I fixed it!
Super VXer
I fixed it!
Super VXer
Too little sleep or too dirty a mind I don't know, but this was pretty funny to me.Originally Posted by Ascinder
Good luck with all this, should be amazingly better when you're finally through.
Super VXer
Looking at all that rust makes me even happier that I live in Arizone. I have bare metal on my sliders where the paint got scraped off in Moab back in May and there isn't even the slightest amount of surface rust!
I think that your job would be way easier if you took Choppers advice...a little time to remove the body would save a lot of time in the long run.
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Disection is almost complete. Will drop the gas tank out on Friday and sand blast on Saturday.
My new hover craft!
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That looks way too familiar.My new hover craft!
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on me.
Super VXer
Looks like it would tip over backwards! Oh and you should take more pictures in the daylight, then people could use your VX to photochop wheel/tire combos onto the pic.
(And yes I know there are sites that already do that.)
Super VXer
As I was arranging the back jack stands the fronts were creaking quite a bit. The fron jack stands are rated at 3 tons ans pretty solid. The rear jack stands are as far back I I can get them. I will definitely be careful doing any pulling or tugging at this point. I will get some daylight pictures as soon as the rain moves out today or tomorrow.
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As requested, here is my hover craft in the daylight.
I did some more sand blasting today:
here is the rear end, this thing was rough....
Lower control arm:
Here is the rear end after I coated with Master Series Coating silver. I will cover this with the Master Series gloss black.
Super VXer
That is looking very nice. Your VX is going to be awesome when it's all back together. Should be like brand new
Super VXer
Yeah I was going to say this will give Rickshaw a run for his money... and that's saying a lot. Nice job Buffy!
Super VXer
If you can't see yourself in the diff cover when it's done then it ain't good enough...just ask rickshaw...
Live, Love, Forgive and Never Give Up
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If you can't see yourself in the diff cover when it's done then it ain't good enough...just ask rickshaw...VXs don't have diff. covers
Super VXer
Well then that rounded backside off the axle housing...maybe we call it the pumpkin...
Super VXer
I forgot...the radiator support is particularly prone to crumbling on this vehicle. Might as well yank the radiator and clean all that up too...depending, you may have some metal to replace there
Super VXer
It's been a busy weekend, I got out the sand blaster and got after the rust on the back half of the frame and some other suspension parts. I hope I am at the top of the mountain now and things start getting a tad easier. Hopefully no more rusted and broken bolts. The biggest challenge I am facing is extracting the 4 broken cross member bolts. Once I get past that I only have to remember where everything goes....
On to the pictures....
Some very rusty parts......
After blasting and with coating applied....
Now things are starting to look purdy.......
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