Hey all,

I had the opportunity to have access to a friends lift for a full week. In that time my goal was to disassemble/clean/repaint the frame and under body of my 69. During this time I also had my friend fully rebuild my TH350 and install a B&M shift kit. This was also the perfect opportunity to install a new rear diff from drum to drum and new tubular upper and lower rear control arms by UMI suspension. I was pretty proud of the final result and wanted to share the before and after pics.

Day one disassembly

20160312_113127.jpg

20160312_113131.jpg

20160312_113137.jpg

20160312_113147.jpg

20160312_113313.jpg

20160312_114646.jpg

20160312_125618.jpg

 

Day Two clean up. All painting and prep was done with Eastwood products.


20160312_134219.jpg

20160312_152152.jpg

20160312_152204.jpg

20160312_163751.jpg

 

Day 3 pics. Eastwood rust encapsulator and chassis black top coat in some spots.

20160312_163800.jpg

20160312_164014.jpg

20160312_164021.jpg

20160312_164026.jpg

20160312_165039.jpg

 

Day 4 and 5 trans tear down and rebuild. B&M kit 30228 installed. Torque converter build by Dynamic manufacturing here in IL.

20160316_184434.jpg

20160316_184151.jpg

20160317_175903.jpg

20160317_180146.jpg

 

Day 5 was mostly cleaning and repainting the diff and springs etc in the driveway and didnt take pics, nothing exciting.
Day 6 was the reassembly of everything. UMI 68-72 A body upper and lower control arm kit 401516-B. TM coded 3.42 posi I picked up from Michigan last month. American racing VN420 15" wheels with BF Goodrich radial T/A 255/60R15 bought second hand from Craigslist.

20160317_224956.jpg

20160318_011335.jpg

20160318_011346.jpeg

20160318_015245.jpeg

 

Looks great Craig. That lift really makes life easy.

So I may have to head up your way and steal your friend for a week

 

It was pretty smooth with everything right over my head. Not sure i'll ever get the chance to do that again so I jumped on the free time hehe.