Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread

[Ackattack]

Today I finally finished up sandblasting the frame. It took longer than I had really expected, and it would have been easier to pay to have it done. Ended up taking 1100 lbs of sand to do! I also blasted the control arms and the engine crossmember and transmission cross member.

I need to roll the axle into the garage and blast it and parts of the front suspension, so just a little more time blasting, then I'll be done with that dirty job.

I think I'm going to have to get a new crossmember where the trailing arms bolt up to. The one I have is cracked on the top, and has some obvious (and poor) repair on the bottom. I could weld and fix it, but I was thinking of using the ECE extreme drop crossmember. Anyone else use this?

I'll be glad to be done with the dirty parts.