Alright guys, finally got around to getting some good work done and taking pictures of everything I've been working on, story time:
Started working on the back seats first, got the upper and lower frames stripped down, polished them up, primed a few good coats, then hit them with black Rustoleom to protect them in the future:
Seat Frames:
Rear Seat Frames by
MercurioJJ, on Flickr
I took these down to bare metal, cleaning and removing all the crap, paint, and pounds of rust
Upper:
Upper Rear Seat Frame by
MercurioJJ, on Flickr
Upper Rear Seat Frame 2 by
MercurioJJ, on Flickr
Lower:
Lower Rear Seat Frame by
MercurioJJ, on Flickr
Knocked out all the springs as well, got them cleaned and painted and stored away in a box.
Then moved on to my seat which was rusted BAD to say the least. I was able to clean it up pretty well though..
Here's where I got the top half of the driver's seat down to:
Upper D Seat Frame 2 by
MercurioJJ, on Flickr
Upper D Seat Frame 1 by
MercurioJJ, on Flickr
Nice and polished, ready for primer tomorrow.
Got the bottom to look alright as well, also getting primed tomorrow:
Start:
Lower F Seat Frame Before by
MercurioJJ, on Flickr
Almost finished:
Lower F Seat Frame After by
MercurioJJ, on Flickr
I moved onto the sliding brackets and mechanism. Got the 40 year old pounds of residual crap build up out of there, wire brushed and lubed all the joints, and polished up the rest of them. Didn't spend too much time on the parts that won't be visible once it's all assembled, but just wanted them to look decent. I hit them with Duplicolor clear coat once I was done to help prevent them from rusting out again:
Driver Bracket 1 by
MercurioJJ, on Flickr
And that's all the work I got done the past few days. I've been helping my girlfriend move all weekend, and was just too tired to do much. On the upside, she got me these two little things as a "thank you."
American Plate by
MercurioJJ, on Flickr
She just saw this at hobby lobby and knew exactly what it was, and to check and make sure it was an official "GM" product:
TA Key Chain by
MercurioJJ, on Flickr
Anyway, thats all for tonight. Will have more pictures tomorrow! I've been working on my spare tire after seeing how nice Ben got his to look.
JJ