[Mustard72]

Back to some more mechanical disassembly this weekend with tearing into the front suspension/brakes/bearings, etc. The pic shows the right side, which for some reason had much more caked on dirt than the left side, but it came apart much easier, too. Had to heat and beat on the upper a-arm shaft to get it loose on the left side. I'm going to end up replacing all of the ball joints and at least the upper a-arm shafts on both sides, as well as all of the stabilizer bushings and rubber bumpers in the front suspension. Haven't looked at the bearings yet, and both rubber hoses for the brakes are shot.

I'm going to haul all of the parts the do-it-yourself car wash place and blast them clean. Then repaint them, put the new goodies in them, and put it all back together. Gloss black for the parts, but maybe ochre or something for the springs and I'm thinking silver for the sway bar. Pretty fancy.