68' Chevy II build thread

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Concrete day.. getting excited .

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Floor painted and the NOVA getting comfy in it's new home ...

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Drywall and paint time , and even added some cabinets....

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Now that the shop was pretty much complete and getting full of things ( looked bigger empty lol) Before I actually started disassembly and took the car apart, I took the car to work and used a lift to get the bottom of floor pans clean and some paint added.
Being a California car meant wonderful rust free floorboards inside and out ..
I just pressure washed them and scuffed them as at this point I Was just planning on tidying up the underneath floor pan and subframe and adding a drivetrain. Well things escalated as they do ,so more on that later on ...

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So here is the frame being etch primed,epoxy primed and then painted and control arms getting cleaned up as well .

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I added new control arm bushings and ball joint
I was initially going to use the rivet looking ball joint bolts ,but they looked weak so i went to Fastenal and found some grade 8 button head bolts and used a hex nut underneath .
Added some JB weld,some sanding and paint and they sort of pass OK for rivets to most ..
Control arms with ball joints and bushings added and ready to install...

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Then came the restoration of as much of the front end steering components as possible
Luckily most of it was usable so it was cleaned, paint markings were noted and parts then restored as best as possible ...
Here is everything clean and inspected before rebuilding.