My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck

[Gregski]

lower control arms powderized

[Gregski]

always love doing stuff out of order instead of the stuff that I should be focusing on


the three amigos: original, wire wheeled, and media blasted

[Gregski]

didn't wanna bake the bearing seals of my new six lug disculators so threw down some sexy gloss aluminum on 'em

[Gregski]

KRYLON RTA9213 Gloss Aluminum

[Gregski]

I tell you what these $23 Cauliflowers came painted or maybe even powder coated, you can't beat that

[zicc1835]

its all about the detail....fun stuff

[Gregski]

I don't know about you guys, but sometimes just getting brand new parts puts you in a good MOOG

[yuccales]

Originally Posted by Gregski

sometimes just getting brand new parts puts you in a good MOOG

Seeing parts made in USA puts me in a good Moog. Unlike my recent front brake job.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by yuccales

Seeing parts made in USA puts me in a good Moog. Unlike my recent front brake job.

ha ha, yup, NAPA now rebrands the cheapest parts, their service techs words not mine, from the last time we opened some brand new boxes at his counter to take a look

[Gregski]

hecho Estados Unitos - Bonus!

[Gregski]

Man I just can't tell if these eBay special dust shields are coated with something or just raw, so I think I need to powder coat them, I highly doubt they be chrome

[Gregski]

yup more cleaning, more painting in this case

[Gregski]

not sure if I'm gonna run these now that there is no engine, but I was thinking maybe they add some triangulation to the frame rails

[Gregski]

what the H, this is the only piece that has failed me so far, and I cleaned it with the same Wax n Grease remover before powderizing it like it's twin and all the other pieces I done did already, and I tried powder coating it twice already too and it still failed, again

[Gregski]

me trying to contact Clint Eastwood tech support, you can't make this stuff up folks:

[Gregski]

well shoot maybe a third time is the charm, so I took this one down to bare metal

[Gregski]

and then I powder coated it again, and although this time it took, ie the powder stuck, it dried all dull ie matt instead of glossy

and I powder coated a door hinge at the same time and that dried nice and glossy like all the other parts, so I have no idea what is up with this saucer and honestly as long as it's black and protected from rusting I really don't care

[Gregski]

so big day tomorrow all this stuff gets bolted on

Electruck EV Conversion Update 2 Front End Rebuild / Disc Brake Upgrade

[Gregski]

happy to report the final assembly has commenced and with the help of two great new friends and forum members without whom there is no way I could have done what we did today, we got the trans mounted, the cab mounted, and the crossmember installed (we could not mount the control arms as I am still waiting on the rubber seals

Fun Level: 11.2

[SRU1436]

Coming together really nice, I’m enjoying the journey.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by SRU1436

Coming together really nice, I’m enjoying the journey.

thanks mate, I hope to have it start looking like a truck again real soon

[Gregski]

hope you all had a great fathers day, I got to go fishin' and here's what I found:

yup it's a 1" anti swear bar, and judging from the 8 lugs that appears to be a 3/4 ton Squarebody (couldn't tell what year) but the word on the street is that it could might work

Fun Fact: some of these are held on to the frame with brackets using 3 factory rivets and 1 bolt, other's using only two factory rivers and 2 bolts (the rivets have to be drilled out [ahem] in the field)

Fun Level: 2

Note: these trucks still use the 67-72 style lower control arms, how neat is that, tells you what a great and smart design they were

[Gregski]

now what's more better than one anti swear bar?

that's right two anti swear bars

this next one is fatter than 1" and came off of a GMC 2500 rig (I recall 10 years ago you could find half a dozen 1/2 ton short box trucks in the yard, these days you might find one or two 3/4 ton 8 lug long bed work trucks completely wrecked or stripped down)

by the way they was $45 bones each, not bad though the rubber is perished

[Gregski]

so then it was time to transfer all the dirt, grime, and rust off of these beauties and onto my face

first the 1 1/16th skinny bar (or at least that's what it calipered too, maybe that included a layer of dirt, grime and rust)

[Gregski]

wire wheelin' like a Boss !