Re: [FWDLK] frame and bodyshell restoration

["John McCann" <jmccann02@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Jack Luiten <JCLuiten@xxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 12:43 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] frame and bodyshell restoration


>I just lifted the body off the frame of my '58 plymouth belvedere 2-door
>hardtop and I heard there's places that can dip the whole thing in acid or
>something. Has anyone had experience with this? I'm thinking sandblasting
>would leave media inside the box-section frame and cavities in the
bodyshell.
>Also- I get my rubber parts from Andy Bernbaum auto parts near Boston, I
live
>in so. calif.- any better places to get parts?
>        thanks-  jack luiten

    Check out this page on soda blasting, I found it through an antique car
newsgroup and it looks like a non destructive, non poluting method to
clean/strip parts.
    John