Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Slow Going on the Restoration

Due to a busy work schedule, I have not worked on the Triumph that much in the past few months.  The progress that was made was due to hiring Central Mass Powdercoating restore the suspension parts.  Previously, I was in the final stages of restoring suspension parts myself (sanding off the rust and repainting), but after seeing how nicely the chassis turned out, I decided to get the suspension parts powdercoated as well.  The disassembly of previously assembled suspension parts was easy, however, the new rubber bushings were damaged during removal and I will have to get new rubber bushings.

Below are pictures of the suspension parts after being powdercoated.  The springs are powdercoated in red baron to match the chassis and everything else is powdercoated black with a gloss finish.  Total cost for powdercoating (suspension mounts, brackets, frames, springs): $450.

The powdercoated parts look so much better than the paint job I had done.