Indeed, today has been a very productive day!
With burritos in our stomachs, Tris and I headed out to the place where the Chevy resides, to do our pre-programmed Chop day.
Of course, the first load of scrap metal was also taken with, which includes the horrid gas tank that came with the GMC.
First up for the days program was cutting out the lower front lip of whitey. That particular area on the GMC has some large sized holes, some of them as big as 2 quarters. So may as well cut it up and save if for another day.
Next up was extracting the fuel filler neck area, as the GMC has some serious / falling apart rust on the fuel neck filler area. At the moment it works, however, eventually it will have to be replaced.
Tris at work, as we attacked the dog house.
The dog house is actually somewhat structural, as it has mount for the seat belts. It is actually tacked in about every 6 inches, and thus it is difficult to remove from the van.
There have been a good number of vans in the bargain (sub-$2000) category that have exactly that missing, and that is usually a deal breaker, as there are no replacements.
And we dropped the axles, low rider style. So low that even southern brothers would go "Daaaammnnn"...
*Khmm* So yeah, after we cut out the filler neck, dog house, removed a bunch of other stuff - including the wiring harness - it was time to get the big thing. Front springs and axle.
It was surprisingly easy, especially given that I borrowed dad's impact wrench. Man that loosened bolts like butter.
And, of course, the side shot at the end of the day. I still feel sad for whitey. T_T
On another note, Friday's project was cleaning the foot plate of its incredible layers of rust. It goes around the steering column and the br
ake pedal, and it was extremely rusty, even deeply pitted!
Some of the deep pitting is still visible.
Ahhh, much better, although it's still obvious that the rust went deep.
