Restored my 1961 Suburban snow/ dozer blade

[BHunter 1,700]

I just put a lot of hours in this blade. I removed all the pieces , sand blasted, then applied epoxy primer and paint. Then I bought some round stock and replaced the extremely worn out pins.   It was worth all the work. It’s good for another 60 yrs now. 

[Pullstart 63,201]

Great work!  Yeah those pins look a little bit shot.

[BHunter 1,700]

1 minute ago, pullstart said:

Great work!  Yeah those pins look a little bit shot.

Thanks. Yes they were. There was a lot of extra movement in the brackets. 

[ebinmaine 68,875]

Looks fantastic sir.

 

Did you do anything with the holes that those pins went into or were they okay?

[BHunter 1,700]

13 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Looks fantastic sir.

 

Did you do anything with the holes that those pins went into or were they okay?

Thank you.

The holes were ok. I thought I was going to have to weld them up but the new pins fit good. 

[BHunter 1,700]

19 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Looks fantastic sir.

 

Did you do anything with the holes that those pins went into or were they okay?

Snug fit.  

Looks like texture paint but it’s rust pits. It must have spent its entire life outside. 

[WHNJ701 4,165]

Looks great ,when is it getting mounted?

[BHunter 1,700]

26 minutes ago, jabelman said:

Looks great ,when is it getting mounted?

Thanks. Hopefully before the next snow storm. If we ever get one this year 

[WHNJ701 4,165]

26 minutes ago, BHunter said:

Thanks. Hopefully before the next snow storm. If we ever get one this year 

I would be happy if I never see snow again

[BHunter 1,700]

38 minutes ago, jabelman said:

I would be happy if I never see snow again

Me too . It creates a lot of extra work for me to do. We’ve got lucky so far this year. 

[Achto 27,913]

Super work!!! I'm would really like to have a down draft booth like that!!

[BHunter 1,700]

49 minutes ago, Achto said:

Super work!!! I'm would really like to have a down draft booth like that!!

Thanks. It’s nice. No dust in paint and you almost don’t need to wear a mask. The over spray gets sucked right down. 

[Achto 27,913]

1 minute ago, BHunter said:

No dust in paint and you almost don’t need to wear a mask. The over spray gets sucked right down. 

 

 Much, much better than a box fan in the window.

[BHunter 1,700]

1 minute ago, Achto said:

 

 Much, much better than a box fan in the window.

For sure. It’s so nice to be able set the temp on 75 when it’s 20 degrees outside and lay out a beautiful paint job. Then crank up the temp to 140 and cure the paint . Dry to the touch in 40 minutes. 

[oliver2-44 9,929]

I too would like to have access to a great paint booth like that!

1 hour ago, Achto said:

Super work!!! I'm would really like to have a down draft booth like that!!