Well, I couldn't get to an update last night. Had to go buy a new mattress last night. Those things have gotten
EXPENSIVE!
Anyway....
Topics: Subframe and Core Support Paint, review of Eastwood products and installation of DSE subframe mounts.
So here is what we began with on the subframe. 40 years of gunk, thankfully no rust though.
A bit of time spent with the wire brush prior to sandblasting allowed me to inspect for cracks to make sure the subframe was still useful.
I did find a couple of cracks in the welds surrounding the Upper Control arm mount stands so if you are going this route check there first. Pretty simple though to grind out the old weld and into the substrate a bit to find fresh steel and re-weld it. YMMV of course.
After sandblasting and all the welding I've outlined previously the material on the subframe looked like this.
and the core support (also sandblasted) looked like this...
Hindsight being 20/20 I should have painted the core support as soon as I got it back from the sandblaster. It would have saved me some time. It sat for a few weeks and developed a bit of surface rust. Nothing bad at all, but it cost me some wire-wheel time that I would have preferred to spend in other ways. Oh well, it's an opportunity to further evaluate the Eastwood stuff right? I'll keep telling myself that.