Rear differential & suspension refresh

theman440 · Jul 18, 2025

Black Oxide treatment for the rest of the harware -

theman440 · Jul 22, 2025

More painting -

theman440 · Jul 23, 2025

Looking at the spring plates it looks like the shock mount stud was friction welded to the plate - what do you think? I thought friction welding was a fairly new technology.

theman440 · Jul 23, 2025

My Dad bought this car in 1976 after my parents got divorced. It was his hotrod and one of the things he did to it was to paint the brake drums blue to match the body paint. I think this was pretty commonn back then. At some point he re-painted them black, you can see the old blue paint in this pic - I remember noticing the blue drums when I was a kid, I thought it was pretty cool back then and still do, is anybody aware of a hi temp paint (blue in color) that could withstand the heat?

ckessel · Jul 23, 2025

On the shock plates for my 65, I did add some weld on the backsides of the studs.

theman440 · Monday at 10:42 AM

Housing ready for paint -

Painted -

khryslerkid · Monday at 2:31 PM

theman440 said:
is anybody aware of a hi temp paint (blue in color) that could withstand the heat?

Duplicolor Engine enamel has a couple of blue colors. It's been holding up on my drums for a few years now.

theman440 · Monday at 3:20 PM

Thanks for the tip -

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