How many here that did their own ground up resto @ sandblasted the undercarriage

[moparnut]

I am hating the sandblasting the bottom and wondering if anyone else here is as stupid as I am without a rotiserrie?lol.I just didnt want to build one and then only use it once,so i am blasting by jacking one side of the car up.

[rusty dodge]

I sandblasted mine, we ended up putting it up on the lift at the body shop.

I 1st started doing it with it tilted, like you plan to do. That will work fairly well, but you will probably miss some spots. You will need a brite worklight, like a 150w halogen floodlight, so you can see whats going on.

Its a big mess to do either way. It defenitly can be done that way, and well worth it when you get it finished.

[RUSTY Cuda]

Hmmmm, I had mine on a rotisarie, but did it by hand, heat & scrapers on the undercoating, a little solvent to get the rest, many many wire wheels to get the rust, a lot of paitence but it gets done eventually, I had new floor & trunk pans, so tunnel & rear floor pans back, rails etc had to be done!

[RUSTY Cuda]

After neutralizing the remaining rust & etching the metal I shot a coat of por 15 & then primed it , eventually got around to painting it!

[moparnut]

Luckily sine mine is a calif car the stuff came off rather easily except for lying under getting blasted with sand.My paint guy says all i need is DTM primer sealer and then paint before the 30 minute flashtime of Valspar DTM 2K primer.THe bottom will probably get finished and painted this weekend

[4Cruizn]

I had Ace Stripping in Detroit do the convert.

[moparnut]

I had Ace Stripping in Detroit do the convert.

Ah the easy way out!Kidding,at this point I "ALMOST" wish i would have sent it in to be done

[rtgambit]

My two cents?

If you only plan on sandblasting then you're probably wasting money on a rotisserie (unless you can rent it by the week or day).

If you have a large amount of metal to replace on the bottom in addition to media blasting, then a rotisserie may not be a bad idea, especially if you plan on tackling other cars once this one is finished.

[moparnut]

Sandblasting was all i need to do.After all this work I dont think I will be taking the Chally down to the same stripped level I have the GC.Its too much work.I will probably only do the outside but may change my mind down the road IF i decide to do another ground up resto.Even if i do,the CHally has been in calif all its life as well and needs nothing other than stripping Undercoating and blasting,if I take it to that level.It will be a couple of years I am sure before I would want to tackle another in depth resto.Once the GC is finished I will rebuild the Chally Trans and drive it for a while first,Since it is a 20 footer