My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck

[Gregski]

shocking, more parts being media blasted...

[Gregski]

reserved for a sexy powder coated steering column bracket pic

[Gregski]

ah yes, good times

[Gregski]

more media blastin', now with 100% more red background

[Gregski]

some day I'll run out of things to media blast and powder coat and will actually have to finish the EV Conversion part

Fun Fact: these took one can of brake cleaner each in order to shoot out and spray out all the media blasting grit out of them that I managed to load 'em up with, but hey it was either that or rust, and let me tell you once they was cleaned up I could spin them spurs with one finger and they would free spin afterwards

[Gregski]

reserved for... blah blah blah

[Gregski]

so then it was time to yank the new used blue manual steering column apart

[Gregski]

and here's what it looked like before being media blasted

[Gregski]

you know what they say:

"if it got rust in the past,
its gonna git media blast"

actually I don't think anybody done say that

[Gregski]

man I really love how that raw metal steering column looks and am considering just clear coating it, it would give the murder truck some much needed contrast, let me know what a bad idea that is so I know I'm right, ha ha

[Gregski]

with the door remounting coming up next, this made me chuckle

[8man]

I love rebuilding steering columns, said nobody ever!

Go with the clear on the shaft, do a stare and compare and then decide.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 8man

I love rebuilding steering columns, said nobody ever!

Go with the clear on the shaft, do a stare and compare and then decide.

ha ha, copy that, good advice

"I love rebuilding steering columns", said the hood body filler remover guy!

[8man]

So inquiring minds want to know, what did you do with the hood? You sort of left us hanging...

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 8man

So inquiring minds want to know, what did you do with the hood? You sort of left us hanging...

still working on it, still have to remove all the bondo from the other side, (the latest pics are just from last night) then I have a surprise for you all on how we are going to mend that crack ?

[Gregski]

so with this EV conversion going super smoothly and fast, I decided to also do a slant nose hood conversion, yup, bought this beauty site unseen at night in the rain for only one crisp Benjamin

[layinrocker65]

Your level of dedication to that hood is unreal!

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by layinrocker65

Your level of dedication to that hood is unreal!

thanks you have no idea, I am about to FIRE myself, so much time spent, wasted, invested? and it still will look like dookie lol

[Gregski]

now I'm sure some of you have heard of the Slant Nose, but this is the SS aka the Super Slant nose, you see it is slanted 2" more [ahem, on one side]

[Gregski]

nothin' me and Cross Eyed Konrad over at Ding Performance couldn't handle

[Gregski]

alright, so this is the general idea

[Gregski]

the BumpStop 3000 TM all weldered up and all bolted up and ready for action

[Gregski]

yes this setup comes with the Shimanator attachment if you order the full kit

[Gregski]

now before I show you the final result let me just share that The Greg went out and bought one of these fancy Vevor $400 let me say that again FOUR HUNDRED DOLLAR dent pullers that absolutely positively suck, unless both me and Patrick are doing something completely wrong, I mean these welds just don't hold, fellers I tried this on my cab and now on my hood and we could not get these to stick at all

[Gregski]

so after trying to pull dents with a MIG welder we had to resort to the drill a hole and use a slide hammer to pull, hence the swiss cheese look, nothing we can't fill with a MIG and hours worth of grinding