wagon progress

[chevynut]

Robert, a stock bare frame should weigh about 275 pounds. I don't remember if that's for a seamless or a 2-piece one.

[MP&C]

Thanks, it's a bit muddy here for rolling the rotisserie outside, so trying to figure out how many hard heads it takes to carry it..



Made another trip to the car wash tonight. Tire soak, high pressure soap, and a rinse...







While Kyle was media blasting, I used the 36" AFS to block the tail gate.



This had been blocked a couple times before and never seemed to come out right. Of course, I was using a shorter block as well. The 36 really did the trick in getting things nice and flat...





.....and getting things ready for another epoxy session...









Moved these out of the way, closer to the door so we can get tires on this weekend. Order trim rings today, now for some baby moons that fit... I swear they get brighter every time I look at them..

[chevynut]

2 guys can carry a frame...my son and I do it all the time.

Aren't you going to mask the rotors off? Or are you going to have them turned after painting?

I'm doing similar "spray sessions". I'm using a one-step high build primer that my painter uses on all his cars. Just did my differential case and torque arm and brackets. Got everything sanded and ready for the second coat once the diff is assembled. I try to spray as many parts as I can in one session.

[MP&C]

more worried about good coverage in the fins as they will be visible. We'll clean them up afterwards..

[WagonCrazy]

Curious Robert...
Will your paint hold up to the high heat temps those rotors will go thru? Do you use a high temp primer and paint?

[MP&C]

Just going to spray them with SPI epoxy. We'll see what happens, will be a good test..

[MP&C]

Picked up some 400 grit PSA paper yesterday, used it this evening to get the tail gate finished to 400 grit, next week we'll wet sand to 600 grit.



Nephew Chris came over and helped Kyle and I get the frame off the rotisserie and back on the floor..





With the rotisserie freed up, we now have a new paint fixture...





Parts prepped for epoxy primer tomorrow...









While I was getting these parts taped off, Kyle started blowing apart the rear end for media blasting..

[MP&C]

Today Kyle worked on getting the axle pads welded on....

















.....while I was spraying some SPI epoxy....























.....and while I had some epoxy mixed, we poured some inside the tailgate to
seal the inner and outer skins ..























Axle pads done, then heated the opposite side to counter the weld
shrinking...





























It's real close, just a little more straightening to do...





other parts from the booth today....

















....and then sprayed some silver metallic Imron on the A-arms..

[MP&C]

Well tonight we worked on getting the parts out of the booth so we can get
the next load of parts ready for epoxy, and in between spent some more time on
straightening the rear. In measuring at the bead of the 18" wheels, we had a
+/- .020 on the passenger side and a +/- .035 on the drivers side.











....and more heat applied for some shrink..

















We'll let that cool and get some of the front end parts bolted up..

[chevynut]

Robert, I guess I'm not understanding why you think a crooked HOUSING will cause wheel runout. Seems to me that the axle itself would have to be bent to do that.