Frame today

I started putting the frame back together. At the end you will notice the RIGHT side is all together. At 4:00 I figured out that I put the Left Spindle on the Right side. I have to take it all apart and start over now..

 After I get all the frame parts bolted back on, I will re-shoot the Black paint to cover all the nuts and bolts.

 Bolts go INSIDE the cross member

 All nice new grade 8 bolts.

 Front plash pan.

 Rolled the fram over so i can tighten all the bolts and start on the front suspension.

 Bolting the NEW front shocks on.

 Nice and tight.

 Both sides.

 Might as well add the rear shocks while I am doing it.

 All 4 shocks are on and tight.

 Start to add the spindles.

 Added the sway bar so i can put the jack stands under the mounts.

 Add the spring and lower control arm.

 Lower control arm is bolted up.. 

 Ready for backing plate.

 Use and Allen wrench to align the front end.

YEP an Allen wrench.

more frame work.

OK.. So I NOW have the frame PRIMED.. All red lead is done, all sanding.. it is primed..  The photos are real good as I was standing in a cloud of paint while taking most of them.  I will paint as much of the frame as I can tomorrow. I am headed to Canfield Swap Meet to see if I can find a right rear fender. I have 2 but they both need a lot of work that I  don't want to do if i can find a better one. I also need a right running board..

I tried to get a picture of all of it.

Each section was primed, sanded, red leaded, and then primed, sanded and final primed.

Some parts look much better than others.

Some not so good.

The Cross Member looks pretty good.

 I keep trying to get a picture of the whole frame. I can't get up high enough.

 More black primer..

The black spots on the floor ate from primer running out of the holes in the frame. I tried to spray as much as a I could in that area..  I didn't want to miss any bare metal.

 This is just the bottom primed..

 Now we are complete

 Not a lot of room to work right now.

 The primer is pretty shinny.. but I guess that is how it is made.

 Rear cross member.

 front cross member again.

 More cross member

 ALL NEW Grade 8 bolts to hold in cross members, and brackets.

 More bolts.

 New Castle Nuts for the "SPECIAL" bolts.

New motor mount bolts.  Grade 8 per original.

Frame repair

OK..  So I found some holes in my frame. These are not a huge problem as they are on a part that provides one of the 18 body mounts.  As seen in the photos, there are small rust through holes.

 These are the rust through on the frame. The ONLY places where it rusted all the way through.

 First I ground down an area around to get a good place to braze on a steel patch.

I brazed on 3 pieces of steel. 

Final brazing is done.  All brazing is ground down smooth.

I then ground down the braze to make it as smooth as I could.

Sprayed it with self etching primer

All primed now.

Add Nitro-Stan to finish it off.

Needs to be final sanded.

All set.