My 63 Impala SS restoration

63409

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Almost finished cleaning up the frame.
I have to get it checked to see if it's all straight ,paint it with POR15 semi gloss black then start to rebuild it.
A-arms were put in a Bucket with a mixture of molasses and water to remove rust.
 

blkblk63ss

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Know you have impala, you are doing a ss also???? More picture"s required.
 

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I thought my garage was crammed. I'm sure glad I'm not at the stage you are, it's making me tired just looking at it! :D

Have you ever tried phosphoric acid to clean parts? I use Prep-n-etch from Home depot. Mix it 50 % so a gallon makes 2. Lasts a good long time too. Stuff eats rust like a fat lady on an ice cream sundae. :crazy
 

63409

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I thought my garage was crammed. I'm sure glad I'm not at the stage you are, it's making me tired just looking at it! :D

Have you ever tried phosphoric acid to clean parts? I use Prep-n-etch from Home depot. Mix it 50 % so a gallon makes 2. Lasts a good long time too. Stuff eats rust like a fat lady on an ice cream sundae. :crazy
This stuff is not toxic I'll show you some pictures when I pull up some parts
 

63409

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How was it equipped, and what are your plan"s . Paint,engine,tran"s thank"s for picture"s Where did you get it??? Inquiring mind"s want to know!!
Car from South Dakota and picked it up in Omaha Nebraska . Super sport package, Power steering ,no Power brakes , Radio . It had no engine or transmission . The frame has dual exhaust hangers so it must of had a 327 cu because it has a 3/8 gas line running through the driveshaft tunnel .
This is the picture before I cleaned up the frame.
 

63409

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I thought my garage was crammed. I'm sure glad I'm not at the stage you are, it's making me tired just looking at it! :D

Have you ever tried phosphoric acid to clean parts? I use Prep-n-etch from Home depot. Mix it 50 % so a gallon makes 2. Lasts a good long time too. Stuff eats rust like a fat lady on an ice cream sundae. :crazy
Here is a before and after picture of the A-arms when putting Them in molasses for about a week

Before


After
 

yellow wagon

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Not bad. But I'd rather take a media blaster to them for about 10 minutes. I'm impatient I guess
 
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blkblk63ss

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Like yellow wagon said and you will get a much better clean up and trust me you will use that blaster on so many part"s and piece"s you can get into small crevice"s that you can"t wire brushing ,much quicker.if you have compressor all you need is cabinet and media.you can get a bench top size.
 
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