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Offline Mike Phillips

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1978 Chevy Pavement Pounder Firewall Extreme Makeover
« on: June 03, 2012, 05:39:37 pm »
1978 Chevy Pavement Pounder Firewall Extreme Makeover
 
Here's an update, I stay so busy it's hard to do all the things I want to do including post to 73-87 Blazer Forums.
 
 
Anyway, last week we removed the front clip, engine, transmission and transfercase. This weekend we cleaned up the firewall. Next week the front frame. I'll let the pictures do the talking...

Here's the before shot after first removing the front clip...

 
This is my friend Rene wire brushing the firewall

 

 

 

 
 
Me spraying Easy Off...

 

 
 
Rene spraying Easy Off...

 

 
 
Easy Off is Lye, it will pretty much eat through anything...

 
 
Easy Off Oven Cleaner, it's not just for kitchens any more....

 
After Cleaning...

 

 
 

 
 
After paint...

 

 

 
 
Next week we'll tackle the front portion of the fame to get it ready for the new 454 engine.
 
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Re: 1978 Chevy Pavement Pounder Firewall Extreme Makeover
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2012, 09:26:16 pm »
Very nicely done!  What type of paint did you use?  Primer?
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Re: 1978 Chevy Pavement Pounder Firewall Extreme Makeover
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2012, 11:03:51 pm »
     Nice progress.
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Offline Mike Phillips

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Re: 1978 Chevy Pavement Pounder Firewall Extreme Makeover
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2012, 08:14:35 am »
Quote from: reload on June 03, 2012, 09:26:16 pm
Very nicely done!  What type of paint did you use?  Primer?

Rustoleum Clean Metal Primer and Hammered Black Paint

Love the Hammered paints from Rustoleum.


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Re: 1978 Chevy Pavement Pounder Firewall Extreme Makeover
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2012, 09:27:44 am »
Looks great!
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Re: 1978 Chevy Pavement Pounder Firewall Extreme Makeover
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2012, 03:40:34 pm »
Removed the springs to install the 12" springs I bought from a guy on TGW and stalled out because I want to first install some new bushings.  Started a thread about this here.
Here's a couple of pics...





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