Gerahead's 71 Dart
The pace has slowed since the weather has been shifting. I have been stripping down the seat frames to clean them up so I can bring them inside to work on the upholstery over the winter. I am amazed by how much corrosion has taken place on parts that (in theory) have been sheltered from the elements. Between a wire wheel on an offset grinder and my little hand held HF sand blaster, I got the frames cleaned up and painted. If there was any previous doubt about my anal retentive side, I have officially entered that group! When I stripped the old covers from the split bench back, the hardware holding the seat back release mechanism and the metal tabs that retain the headrests were pretty heavily corroded.
Who else would bead blast these parts, wire wheel the cable mechanism and then clear coat parts that will never again see the light of day! . . . and then on top of that, I fired up the buffer and polished the heads of the screws back to a shiny chrome finish! L8r!
Jim
The pace has slowed since the weather has been shifting. I have been stripping down the seat frames to clean them up so I can bring them inside to work on the upholstery over the winter. I am amazed by how much corrosion has taken place on parts that (in theory) have been sheltered from the elements. Between a wire wheel on an offset grinder and my little hand held HF sand blaster, I got the frames cleaned up and painted. If there was any previous doubt about my anal retentive side, I have officially entered that group! When I stripped the old covers from the split bench back, the hardware holding the seat back release mechanism and the metal tabs that retain the headrests were pretty heavily corroded.
Who else would bead blast these parts, wire wheel the cable mechanism and then clear coat parts that will never again see the light of day! . . . and then on top of that, I fired up the buffer and polished the heads of the screws back to a shiny chrome finish! L8r!
Jim
