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Originally Posted by gcottingham
I'm sure it's easy enough to do, but I'd love to hear from anyone on order/checklist for tearing a 69 LWB c20 down to the frame so I can strip and paint it. Any tips, tricks, or otherwise are appreciated.
Gene
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That's a cool list davepl. I can't even read it tho. Too painful for me right now.
As far as I'm concerned, Gene, if I were just looking at what you wrote in your post, without reading anything into it,
because everyone's definition of certain words are somewhat different, I'd still have to ask a couple of questions:
If "tearing down" and "stripping" mean frame-off, then I'd have some tips that would be different than those for removing tidbits
that get in the way of the paint gun.
If you are going to paint the interior, I'm sure there are some tricks that would be lost on an exterior-only paint job.
My initial thought was one, as a guy like you who's had the experience and, "....not worried about the process" won't need to hear
(but maybe, just maybe, someone else will...), is get your arms around your cash now, while you still have it.
Seriously, if it's only exterior paint, no frame off....the tips I know are quite different from a full-frame.
But here's one that should be considered for either approach. Take out the glass and look for and repair all the rust you have.
Seems logical, right. Everybody says, "Well, Duuuuh!" Lots of smart people (smarter than I) don't do it.
I just pretty much finished....except for body and paint. The driveline and suspension are either brand new (all pristine suspension), or in excellent shape....
...Hummm! A 383 and a 700r would be nice...(Oh, Bad Boy, Magwa!) However, next summer, I'll probably pull her all apart to do rust work on the cab. It's not serious....
But is rust ever NOT serious? I should have had it dipped this time...or media blasted...while I had it in chunks.
I'll be pulling off the rust-free hood and front clip. I'll get some help and try to pull the front clip with the grille, rad support and inner and outer fenders in a chunk.
Then, I'll be pulling off the rust-free bed. Then, I'll remove the rust free doors. Then, I'll pull out all the interior, interior wiring, a/c and glass and take the cab
somewhere for blasting. If I don't break any (of the new) glass, all that'll cost me will be the cost of the blasting, and the new sound deadener, door and window
gaskets, and SS front and rear window trim. And, of course, the body work.
Point: Why did I just "contain" the rust, and not "get rid of the rust" in the first place? I was in a (three year) hurry to drive her. And, some would just leave it, I guess.
That'd be okay. But not for me.
Because this I know: Rust Never Sleeps.