The BAD AST Project - Faze II

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A few more things got done yesterday. I prepped and painted both stab bars and the driveshaft loop and cleaned and scuffed the rear end for a repaint.
I let everything bake in the sun all day, even rolled the frame out for some sun time.
The bars and rear end were painted with black hammered.






The drive shaft loop got silver hammered to match the frame

I also made a decision as to how to route the wiring and fuel lines. To keep them accessible after the frame is installed I decided to run them on the outside of the original frame rails. This meant I had to bunch 2" diameter holes in 6 body gussets to create a routing channel... Not to difficult until the last two holes when my hole saw decided to go dull on me. A trip into Lowes for a new saw and I finished up the process last night at 8:30.


I have told myself I can't put the chassis together until I get the underside of the body finished and painted. I hope to get that wrapped up next week.
The exciting thing here is I am going to be putting the frame together for the final time here in a week or so.... This will be the 7th (and HOPEFULLY final) time everything has been bolted together...
Mark