My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck

[Gregski]

game on, say hello to my little friend, it sucks, and that's good!

[Gregski]

I also swung by Grainger [pronounced: "opposite of Harbor Freight"] and picked up another window for my media blasting cabinet, and oh my god, you can actually see inside that thing, who knew?

so then I went to town blasting everything in sight, no matter how big or small, though I have no idea what I'm going to do with these fender bolts now that they are naked? any ideas / suggestions

[D-n-Tyke]

Originally Posted by Gregski

I also swung by Grainger [pronounced: "opposite of Harbor Freight"] and picked up another window for my media blasting cabinet, and oh my god, you can actually see inside that thing, who knew?

so then I went to town blasting everything in sight, no matter how big or small, though I have no idea what I'm going to do with these fender bolts now that they are naked? any ideas / suggestions

Very jealous of your blasting progress. I spent half the day today trying to get my blasting cabinet to work without any real success. You mind if I ask what media you are using, the pressure you are running the cabinet at and what nozzle tip you are using? This stuff is like black magic to me.

[Gregski]

remember this drive shaft bracket

[Gregski]

reserved for pics of powder coated bracket

[Gregski]

nothing to see here folks, just drive shaft #5

[Gregski]

media blasted its center support bracket plate thingie

[Gregski]

I also decided to spreadarize it as it's easier to shorten a drive shaft than to lengthen it, and this will allow me to measurize it more easier and better (we think)

[Gregski]

this update brought to you by Rock Auto

[Gregski]

and AMAZON ... keeping landfills full of cardboard boxes since 1994

[Gregski]

big day today, hope to accomplish quite a bit, install brand new steering linkage, and get the radiator core support and inner fenders back on, among 7 million other little things, you know how it goes...

[Gregski]

so with a help of a friend got the steering linkage on, the inner fender, and the radiator core support

[Gregski]

then we took on the Prius power assist steering and decided to graft it into the GM intermediate steering shaft

[Gregski]

this is the side that will connect to the GM manual steering box using the stock rag joint

[Gregski]

here we are re clocking the Prius gizmo

[Gregski]

we also extracted the steering wheel shaft from the upper part that runs to the steering wheel

[Gregski]

then we sliced and diced the north pole, GM just calls this the Intermediate Shaft Coupler

[Gregski]

the GM intermediate shaft coupler married to the Prius upper steering column shaft

[Gregski]

and poked a hole in it to rosie weld it once it slipped on to the native Prius splines

[Gregski]

you are going to need a dance partner for the next part

Step 1. cut a bunch or random pieces that look like this

[Gregski]

Step 2. welder them all up in any random formation

[Gregski]

mount it to the frame, and back away 50 feet

[Gregski]

enuff already mount the damn thing !!!

alright, alright...


mounted it looks great, is strong as hell, and it even turns them wheels

[Gregski]

the flux capacitor

[Gregski]

The Iron Maiden