1966/'69 A100 Twins Build
- Thread starter Jim Kueneman
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Now it time to get busy. Warning. Make sure the pinch bolts on the T bars are tight or when you are at 90 degrees the body and slide down the bar and land on the bottom tie bar and bolts creating new metal work to fix. Also trying to get the T’s slid back up the cross bar with the vehicle on its side is precarious.
4WD lift kit is looking good there.... 
mygasser
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lol, i was thinking 70's street freak
Wimping out... have a guy coming Wednesday to blast the bottom and bed bottom along with doghouse, axles, tailgate and anything else I can fit into 5 hours. Splitting the travel time with a guy down the road who is giving him the rest of the 8 hours for the day. I am sick of blasting at the rate I am able with my equipment.
abdywgn
dismantler
sometimes it's just better to pay someone instead of getting burned out. or in my case, actually getting something done.
Amen. I love sandblasting small **** in my DIY cabinet and painting them. Biggest I did was 8 3/4 housing and sb kframe, that wasn't fun. Made a redneck shower stall to blast them in, pain in the arse. Sorry for the sidetrack....pick your battles.
Looks great, super jealous!
Looks great, super jealous!
I have done 4 axles and subframes in 6 years.. I am done.
Coming along great, Jim! Really jealous of your gift with metal.
Holy crap does that thing move some air!
JDMopar
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Get that SPI epoxy primer ready.....he'll be done in a little bit! 
No way my little home setup could do this good of a job on that black rust. Tomorrow he will finish up many smaller parts, doghouse, axles, springs etc.
Well crap…. Now my work begins. Best $1500 I have ever spent. The rust is dead inside and out. My enthusiasm for the project is at an all time high!
And I’m spent. And out of Epoxy. This thing has a LOT of surface area. Used 2 gallons of SPI red oxide epoxy already.
mopowers
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$1,500 well spent! Just think how long that would've taken you. My hardheaded *** would've spent weeks doing what he did in a couple days. Great progress.
I’ve never seen it done professionally before. There is no way I could’ve got it that good. There is not a speck of black rust left in any pit. I’ll never do it myself again there’s just no reason. I just couldn’t get anybody to commit to come out in a reasonable amount of time or even answer my calls now I’ve got a guy I even gave him a couple hundred bucks extra just so the next time I call him he’ll come right up.
mopowers
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Smart man!
Wait Next Time? I’m done restoring cars.
mopowers
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That's why you have trucks now. Haha!
racerdan80
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Looks really good! What media was used? Sand, glass or soda?
He used sand. The amount of air and the velocity of the air was insane... I can see how panels can be destroyed in the hands of the inexperienced...
Yes sir! That's gittin it did!
Jim, you should have called him sooner. Maybe you wouldn’t have had to scrape all that foam insulation off the inside of the cab!
I didn’t know he existed. I’ve tried a couple times in the past and I’ve had zero luck either. They never call me back too expensive or six month wait. This was just a happen stance conversation with a friend that uses him for his business from the time that I called him to the time he was blasting was 48 hours. Now I have my contact.
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