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Originally Posted by notsolo
Frame cleaned up nice, LS swap awesome, ET mags will look great hope you have all four...
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Funny thing on the frame. The "restoration" consisted of several degreasing/ power washer sessions, followed by removal of large scale removal with a wire wheel, then generous application of rust converter,
https://www.amazon.com/Converter-Hig...ef_=ast_slp_dp
then Rustoleum gloss black
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pr...l?cm_vc=-10005
with hardener from tractor supply
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pr...t?cm_vc=-10005
added, applied with a brush
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pr...h?cm_vc=-10005...
This is going to be a daily driver type truck. That is why I am going with the LS engine (that and it was free when my brother passed away) as opposed to the 400BBC that is in the truck now. I find it comical that so many people seem to think that they need to sand blast and powdercoat their frames, all the time, every time. Granted, I am not building a show truck, and it is going to be driven in central Texas, but I just don't see it. TO each his own. I actually took it to a friend of my dad's to be sand blasted and epoxy painted and he talked me into the rust converter/ Rustoleum idea.
As for the mags, I do in fact have all four. I picked them up for $100 years ago. 15x8.5", non uni lug. The downside is one is bent. They are E.T.'s. I picked up another pair of 15x8.5", also non unilug, but the are a different brand (US MAG?) If I ever get that far, I plan to see if I can get the matching E.T. straightened, but I can live with the ever so slight mismatch if necessary. (either that or swap to a set of 10" in back, if I can find them. (This truck is going to have a late 70's/ early 80's "vibe", header mufflers, barefoot gas pedal to go with the slot mags, like a lot of the trucks I recall growing up. Until I open the hood and everyone expecting to see the usual sbc or maybe a bbc will be surprised!)