Crusty Rusty Leaky Squeaky 67 Step

[Vic1947]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Very nice progress on the cab. I just finished restoring my hinge bolts as well as all my other fasteners. I blasted them, acid dipped them blued them with Casey's gun blue. This was just to protect the threads. Then blasted the heads again, then epoxy primered, top coated the black ones, all my door bolts will be painted just like the truck. LINK. I will end soaking the threads in oil before I can install them.
Very time consuming to say the least. I will be using your plastic bag liner to protect the heads on mine too. Thanks for sharing it.

Thanks, Mike ...good trick on the gun bluing, never thought of that.