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tcb-1 · 04-13-2010, 10:12 PM

gang,

been a while, but I've been working on things; mostly on designs for the raised bed floor. not as easy as I thought, especially when I'm trying to make the bed floor look 100% stock and 100% aged. ran over to LMC and bought all of my bed bolts in regular steel. to get the rust on the heads as the original carriage bolts, I am blasting the heads, dipping them in an alkaline solution, and letting them set out in air. sounds like a lot of work though just for the patina-ed look, so that one is still being mulled over.

I'll post up the first step of the bed going back on as soon as my metal gets in and chips are flyin'...............

04-13-2010, 10:12 PM	#276
tcb-1 Nothing to see here..... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 4,625	Re: Air Ride Install - '69 Chevrolet SWB Stepside gang, been a while, but I've been working on things; mostly on designs for the raised bed floor. not as easy as I thought, especially when I'm trying to make the bed floor look 100% stock and 100% aged. ran over to LMC and bought all of my bed bolts in regular steel. to get the rust on the heads as the original carriage bolts, I am blasting the heads, dipping them in an alkaline solution, and letting them set out in air. sounds like a lot of work though just for the patina-ed look, so that one is still being mulled over. I'll post up the first step of the bed going back on as soon as my metal gets in and chips are flyin'............... __________________ Doug THANK YOU to our American Soldiers & Veterans - POW MIA "You will NEVER be forgotten". The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson Last edited by tcb-1; 04-13-2010 at 10:13 PM.