The Bandits 72

[hfdco4]

Should be rolling chassis soon!

[The Bandit]

Well It's been a little bit but I'm finally starting the reassembly of the frame. After letting the frame sit for a few days the first time we discovered an issue with the paint and well lets just say it was painted again But this time turned out great for me! It look like it either solvent popped while curing or something but it's now fixed and I can move on with it. It's still black but this time it has a little bit of metal flake in it as this paint was given to me to do this respray with.

[The Bandit]

I let the frame sit for a week and a half while work was still hot and heavy so it would have time to cure and harden up before I bolted anything back to it. While that was happening I was burning the midnight oil working well past midnight in my shop at my house getting all the other parts cleaned up and painted and finding the necessary bolts to fasten everything back in with.
I managed to pull the leaf springs apart and get them all cleaned up and coated with rust encapsulator then got them bolted back together and painted.
Fuel tank is hopefully mounted it for the last time as well with exception of finding the right colored (yellow zinc plated) bolts to fasten it down with.
So far it's turning out to look pretty good and it should be back on it's wheels maybe by this weekend.

[Jsupreme]

Wow!! Nice work!

[sargentrs]

Great job!

[hfdco4]

Any updates, or are you buried in getting things installed?

[The Bandit]

No updates as of right now It's at a stand still while I work on finding some little items and fasteners that i'm in search of. I have most of them I just need to get the time to clean them up and get them painted.

[hfdco4]

Sounds good.