After blasting, we degreased and prepped the frame and applied POR 15:
We found a frame from a 79 C10 and a short bed. Its in the background in one of the pictures above. I think we paid 350 for all of it. From the frame we got the power steering box, front saddle, suspension, 5 lug 1.25 discs, sway bar, AT crossmember, etc., and the 5 lug rear end.
From there we tore down the 79 front suspension and blasted it. For the big parts, we had to hire someone to blast. For control arms and anything smaller, and for some other things we are working on, I built a poor-man's blasting cabinet from some things I had laying around. I think I have about $40 (including the media) in it and its fairly large. Its not the greatest, but it does the job. (I thought I took some pictures of what we blasted but I cant find them.)
After blasting and cleaning everything we had the upper and lower control arm bushings and the ball joints removed and replaced. I think the guy charged $100 for the labor. We used all Moog bushings, tie rods, etc. We coated the suspension parts in POR 15.
