02-03-10 Frame done

This last weekend was nothing but cleaning silicone, road grime, old paint, and carpet adhesive off of aluminum panels, and waiting for powdercoating on the frame and engine bay panels. I was expecting a couple of weeks turnaround, but got the call yesterday on the first batch of panels and on the frame today.

Let's just say it's a bit more striking shade of blue than I thought it would be, but it still looks pretty cool.

With the dark mottled finish on the panels and aluminum rivets, it should look pretty sharp.

I've still got the last two cockpit aluminum panels, the largest ones, to finish cleaning before I can take those over for coating. I thought I'd have another weekend or two to finish cleaning all the other parts - suspension, gas tank, etc. Oh, well. Gonna have to get a few other miscellaneous bushings and other parts I'll need, and it'll be time to start the reassembly phase!