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Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter
If you've not got the resources to blast them, just degrease and paint them. They'll look good for many years. This will be a fair weather driver right ? Trucks that sit in the garage most of the time don't deteriorate.
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I wish I had a blast cabinet, but I don't. Absolutely will be only driven when dry. This thing has paid it's dues and seen enough Utah salt and snow, now it's time for it to not deal with rot.
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Originally Posted by Bomp
I built a little glass bead blaster cabinet with a 55 gallon barrel. With glass bead you can blast remove rust and not harm the metal. All for under $50
I would wrap the spindles with tape just as a precautionary measure though.
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Tell me more about how to build said device my friend...
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Not to get off track but what are the plans for the other two critters out in the field?
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The '69 will be getting the frame off, lwb to swb, street rod, and big block(big rat) treatment. My '79 was a great starting project for me as it wasn't in too bad of shape and has a good learning curve. The '69 is in pretty rough shape. It is going to need A LOT of sheet metal work. I really want to salvage as much of the original metal as I can. I have many many memories with my grandpa(R.I.P) and also with my dad, in that truck. As silly as it may sound, I want to preserve as much of the original for sentimental reasons. Now the Nova, 502+ c.i. of asphalt punishment. It is an Oregon car so the body is excellent but I don't have many parts for it. It will be by far the most expensive to build. I needed to get my fix sooner than later, which is why I rolled out the Nova, and rolled in the '79. Oh and by the way, that field is my back yard! I just need to mow is all!
