77 Bonanza Progress

[LBJ]

Doing some more work on the 77 prior to paint. Changed out the cab bushings today with poly jobs. The old ones were in pretty bad shape. Came off pretty easy though. Also been painting behind the grill area with POR-15 to clean it up and stop some surface rust. Couple of areas around the left and right fenders that showed some potential to get really rusted. POR dries to look like powder coating, but must be topped off with another paint to stop UV damage. This only applies to areas where the POR will be exposed to sunlight. I'm not sure about how much light will penetrate the grille area, so will go over it with POR Chassis Black topcoat. Also installed a new vent window assembly Sat. Went right in. These are still available for the 1985 -87 trucks. Only thing that did not work well was the window catch. Had to modify it a bit to work on this window. The one for the 1985 was $35 and I'll take it back - didn't look right anyway. New dash pad and radio from LMC. I used the dual speaker dash speaker for stereo. goes right where the old one did.