Next up, I drilled the remaining holes in the frame, installed the bolts and torqued them all to 80 ft/lbs, why? Two reasons: 1) because "if it is worth doing it's worth overdoing" and 2) because that is the spec I found when I looked up torque specs for 1/2" coarse thread grade 8 bolts! I know, most of you think I'm
After that I rolled it outside, cleaned off all of the WD-40 that I used drilling holes, washed it with Dawn dish-washing liquid and a scotchbrite pad and then waited for it to dry. After that I hit it with 2 coats of Rust-Oleum satin black paint. I must admit that up close it isn't pretty. You can see every scratch that the 80 grit flap-wheels left and every run I got in the paint, but in the end I painted it for the same reason that GM did 27 years ago - to protect it from rust.
-Richard