suspension removal and a cart...

After getting the car home and having some time to inspect the body it was obvious to me a complete tare down was needed all the floors would be replaced and rust removed and more panels repaired. To start I set out to remove every thing from the car; all suspension, the doors, the hood, the trunk, the fenders, any hardware, cables, any thing and every thing I could. After removing all the suspension and stripping out all the bushings and bearings.  I started by welding together a dolly for the shell to rest on, this was just a simple cut and weld dolly i threw together on the driveway without any plans.
After spotting together a base on casters I positioned it under the car to measure and cut the upright sections of the dolly. I saw a few pictures online so i decided on the mounting locations and made some adapters to bolt to the car that i could welt to.

Once done, I had a box of suspension components and my car stripped and on a little rolling cart that made it 100x more easy to move around and work with...  now to find someone willing to take the care and time to remove all the rust, because wire wheels and grinders do more damage and take much longer than is needed for a project like this i need to find someone with the right tools. I'm going to look for a local blasting company that can take care of this step of the project for me quickly and efficiently removing only what is needed (rust) and leaving as much material behind as possible.
 
(Box-O-Suspension) 



until next time, going to get the inside blasted out...




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