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Old Sep 29, 2020 | 11:24 PM
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Hi, I've posted with questions about Vin location, differential removal, etc. Today the frame went to the sand blaster. Will post pics so follow along with me. It was a nice afternoon here in the Pacific Northwest.





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I remember those days...

You might want to remove your seat belt cables..










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Good eye, I wasn't sure how to remove them. I was told they were OK, he could work around them.
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Where did you have your frame blasted, I'm asking because I happen to live in Auburn also.
Small world
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I'm having it done at Performance Coatings on 37th St. buy the airport. They do powder coating also. I chose to have mine painted instead. They recommended a painter over by the Corvette shop.
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Good eye, I wasn't sure how to remove them. I was told they were OK, he could work around them.

Do your cables still have the 'plastic' on the cables?
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Do your cables still have the 'plastic' on the cables?
Yes, a black cover.
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Yes, a black cover.
Hope they can protect them when they sand blast....

They are easy to remove...unbolt the outer ones, the center one, use a large flat top screwdriver in the tab and bend it over just enough to get the cable out...then put cable back in and use a hard rubber hammer/dead blow and bend the tab back into place...
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OK, it looks like pics are reversed. Moving along, the frame was sand blasted then off to the painters. He did a great job and after sand blasting and painting the VIN still looks like it was punched yesterday. So far so good...
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