Chassis Black and Ready to Go

August 21 2010 by Darrin.

After a couple days wire-brushing all the dirt, loose paint, and loose rust off the HJ-75 Cruiser chassis, she looked like this…

 Three hours more with a 2″ brush and a can of POR-15 yielded the following…

It’s the first time I’ve used POR-15; I’ve heard great things.  If it sticks to the metal like it sticks to my hands, legs and face, it ought to be superb.  Wearing black shorts was a good idea.  Wearing black shorts was a bad idea.  I think I’m going to look filthy for a while!

Anyway, the chassis is now ready to go back together, and it should be a lot of fun to reassemble it.  The next step will be to remove and rebuild the axles.  I have everything I need except for the front brake rotors and calipers - and they’re on the way.  When I reinstall the axles, they’ll mount to an Aussie-manufactured Dobinson’s one-ton suspension.  Everything will be new - springs, shocks, shackles, bushes, etc…  It’ll be really nice to get all the piles of new or rebuildable parts back into a vehicle.  My shop is a cluttered mess…

And then we see if the JDM engine Michael and I brought back from California is worth a crap!

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