[theastronaut]

Got the steering column parts bead blasted and the tube painted. Tomorrow I'm going to finish cleaning the inside of the bed with CLR and 0000 steel wool. I want to go ahead and get the bed buffed out, undercoated, and the floor in so it'll be ready to go back on the frame. LS2 blocks may as well be unicorns around here so I'll pick up a cheap 5.3 off craigslist to get the motor mounts and T56 crossmember sorted out.

Feels good to finally get to work on the truck, I've been wrenching on the VW the last two months in my spare time!


The turnsignal switch housing was bent so I straightened it out and double checked the fit before blasting everything.






Primed/guidecoated, wetsanded, and painted.










I've also started polishing out the side trim using Wenol metal polish to take the haze of the original anodizing, then waxing it. All the original trim is in unbelievably good condition, I won't have to replace any of it!