Suspension

This is like an advanced Lego set. I’ve been cleaning the oil and grime off of the old suspension parts. Wire wheeled and scuffed them, then spray paint. Since this isn’t a show truck that will sit on mirrors at a schmancy car show, no need to glorify the underside with fancy colors. 

Frame is sealed up!

Finally! Took forever to strip, sand, clean and coat the frame. I’d rather paint a bus. 

I am, however, very excited this is all moving along. 

Waiting on supplies and parts

Ok so I am still waiting on suspension bushings and frame paint. Both should be here by the end of the week. 

In the meantime I have completely pulled apart the front control arms and spindles. The passenger side shock mount had a cross threaded bolt so I plasma cut the welded nut off of the lower control arm. I’ll weld a new one on before paint. 

Tagging every bolt and nut I can to make re-assembly easier on me. 

Current challenge right now is to figure out the serial numbers on the Firestone airbags to replace them. Just gotta keep researching.