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Originally Posted by donjunior
Hi Scotty,
As per your request, here are a couple of photos of my next project:74-09397. The body was stripped by either chemical or sandblasting (I suspect the former) and is in very good condition - thankfully, most of the grunt work is already done. The underside appears rust free and would be perfect except for the weld -ugh! This is where I will probably spend a good chunk of my time as I am a sucker for punishment...
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I have a whole bunch of pictures of that exact 151. Taken at the same time as those ones you posted. Cut or not, your starting out with a hell of a nice platform. It looks very clean with minimal abuse marks.
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Originally Posted by donjunior
Your question about fasteners is a good one, prime and paint only to have them get chewed up during installation or paint in place. I guess the ideal would be the way some WWII vehicles were done - paint all the parts, assemble them then give the entire vehicle an overall spray.
I noticed most of the NOS hardware that I have been getting from various M151 suppliers happens to be the gold coated grade 8 or better stuff which survives nicely without paint although it may not go well on a camo jeep. Darcy
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I'm actually just sandblasting my existing fasteners and reusing them, save for the suspension bolts etc. What i've done so far is just dusted them with primer, and then hit them with another dusting of color after assembly. So far its working well, but I wondered what others did. Your quite right, the coating on the bolts is quite good.