♻️ Grizz’s ~~ ASTRO Van 🚙 Renault SCENIC 1.5dci 🚙 1966 Chevy C10 Restoration “Reboot” 🚘

[grizz]

Redoing a job I did 10 years ago 

Not ideal. 
 

No choice though. 
 

So I got onto the front screen frame with a wire brush on my air die grinder 

It is very air hungry but the compressor almost kept up with it. 
 

 

I also tried some new shaped pointy wire wheels….. Absolute Junk in my opinion  

I would not recommend them unless you know something about them that I don’t know  

Post advice in the video comments or down here, to show you are alive  

Photos of before and after 

 

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[Westbay]

What rust  potion treatment are you using ?

[GlenAnderson]

Yeah, those brushes aren’t really that good. A die grinder is probably a bit too fast for them too. 

[grizz]

38 minutes ago, Westbay said:

What rust  potion treatment are you using ?

Nothing 

[grizz]

31 minutes ago, GlenAnderson said:

Yeah, those brushes aren’t really that good. A die grinder is probably a bit too fast for them too. 

i actually ended back on the drill in the next session 

[grizz]

 

Well…….

It seems like I may have unknowingly pissed in someone's ear.

 

 

 

[93fxdl]

According to the boxes, those brushes are rated to 4500 rpm, die grinder will be way way faster than that, they must be pretty good to have not disintegrated at the speed you were running them. 

Air tools are expensive to run, afaik a drill will use about 350 watts, an angle grinder a little more but your compressor will be using about 2800 watts, so guzzling the electric 

Ttfn Glenn 

[grizz]

On 17/03/2025 at 07:27, 93fxdl said:

According to the boxes, those brushes are rated to 4500 rpm, die grinder will be way way faster than that, they must be pretty good to have not disintegrated at the speed you were running them. 

Air tools are expensive to run, afaik a drill will use about 350 watts, an angle grinder a little more but your compressor will be using about 2800 watts, so guzzling the electric 

Ttfn Glenn 

Thanks Glenn 

 

Guzzling electricity and actually not doing the job as well as I thought. 
 

Video below to illustrate. 

[grizz]

Next little job to get done was the door frames. 
 

At some point in the past the door seals were glued in place. 
So when I took them out  in 2015 there was rock hard residue on the door frames. 
Using a knife an a scraper both chipped the paint and glue all the way down to bare metal. 
 

So I decided to try using the air driven die grinder. 
 

Passenger door done that way with the die grinder and with other things,  The high speed of the grinder unfortunately melts the glue and spreads it. 
 

So I changed to the cordless drill with a wire wheel on the driver side.  
 

Much better. 
 

VIDEO. 

 

 

Ultimately, I carried on and sanded back some more of the paint on the sills and eventually shut shop  

I had also done a few other things that needed doing  

 

So on Saturday I had a long chat with Dennis and he suggested that I do a bare metal repaint because of the layers of paint already on the truck  

 

I really didn’t want to do this  

 

More discussion about this to follow  

 

Thanks for checking in  

 

 

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[GlenAnderson]

I think, given the layers of paint, I’d be agreeing with Dennis. 
 

Not sure if I’d want to be stripping it by hand though, even though it’s small. Have you considered getting it blasted? 

[Westbay]

"So on Saturday I had a long chat with Dennis and he suggested that I do a bare metal repaint because of the layers of paint already on the truck  

I really didn’t want to do this  

More discussion about this to follow  "

... seem to recall a conversation , week ten days ago ..

[grizz]

1 hour ago, GlenAnderson said:

I think, given the layers of paint, I’d be agreeing with Dennis. 
 

Not sure if I’d want to be stripping it by hand though, even though it’s small. Have you considered getting it blasted? 

I will pass on the logistics of blasting. 
nearest place is Rye. 
Mate Martin ended up with a new cab after blasting. Maybe not their fault. 
However, I am not going down that trail. 
I already had doors, fenders and some other parts done and etch primed 5-6 years ago 

I will continue with the orbital machine or a DA sander. 
 

I will do all larger flat surfaces bare metal and possibly live to regret not getting the rest blasted. 
 

Thongs like bedsides are both fragile and if you look at the cost of a pair, delivered……. Nope.  

[grizz]

1 hour ago, Westbay said:

"So on Saturday I had a long chat with Dennis and he suggested that I do a bare metal repaint because of the layers of paint already on the truck  

I really didn’t want to do this  

More discussion about this to follow  "

... seem to recall a conversation , week ten days ago ..

 

Yes. 
 

And of course my post today is already 5 days ago’s work……. 
 

It takes a certain amount of time, effort and not getting to CBA to maintain a thread. 
 

I will be putting in the effort to wishfully hopefully build a £20k truck vs £15k 

Of course nobody on here would be buying it, so it probably makes no difference how it gets done. 

Even as it stands, in the simplest terms, it owes me around £11-12k as a pile of parts. 
 

So building it any whichever way, like the Rezin Rockit, I will be the loser here. 
 

Right……..

 

Out and down to the bottom to bare metal the roof in 7’C with a breeze, dropping it down to whatever it becomes when you add in windchill, which is absolutely real.  
 

 

Later. 

[Westbay]

What about using some paint stripper solution to reduce the friction effort ?

[grizz]

7 minutes ago, Westbay said:

What about using some paint stripper solution to reduce the friction effort ?

Another chemical to neutralise, wash off, add flash rust. 
 

I could be wrong. 

[bezzabsa]

8532 possibly firing order on 1 bank???

[grizz]

11 hours ago, bezzabsa said:

8532 possibly firing order on 1 bank???

Great idea. 
 

I will check in case it is repeated on the other side 

[grizz]

 

And that was my day today. 
 

 

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[SilverMachine]

is acid dipping an option or some sort of soda / nutshell or bead blasting?  i dont know what services are around you but my gf would happily bead blast it if she had the kit, she loves the shotblasting youtubes! its scary what it can uncover but it would save you a lot of time and effort for probably less than you may think?

[grizz]

39 minutes ago, SilverMachine said:

is acid dipping an option or some sort of soda / nutshell or bead blasting?  i dont know what services are around you but my gf would happily bead blast it if she had the kit, she loves the shotblasting youtubes! its scary what it can uncover but it would save you a lot of time and effort for probably less than you may think?

 

I had doors, fenders etc blasted and etch primed years ago. 
 

Cab is a logistical nightmare. As it loadbed and hood.  

[Westbay]

On 18/03/2025 at 11:24, grizz said:

Another chemical to neutralise, wash off, add flash rust. 
 

I could be wrong. 

If you don't treat the metal you have already 'cleaned' it will rust anyway ...

[SilverMachine]

17 minutes ago, grizz said:

 

I had doors, fenders etc blasted and etch primed years ago. 
 

Cab is a logistical nightmare. As it loadbed and hood.  

bed and cab should strap onto a car trailer but strap them well! was wondering if the cab alone could fit snugly in the back of the astro? hood could also or be strapped to the loadbed?  it would probably work out cheaper to have them done together, but depends if you want to sort the cab then move onto the bed? other than that theres mobile blasting peoples? but normally if dipping they have acid neutralised and can prime for you too - could save a lot of messing about? but as i said i dont know whats available in your locality!

hows the doors and fenders faired ?

[grizz]

R • I • P

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BRAVE GRINDER 😢

You gave your all…..

And I pushed you beyond your limits. 

Till you gave up the fight with a POP-PFFFFFFTTT…

And smoke from your gills. 

SOOON YOU WILL BE A DISTANT MEMORY

I am off to Evilbay to look for a replacement 125mm brutal grinder to intimidate me once again. 

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[GlenAnderson]

RIP

I think Lidl have 125mm grinders on offer at the moment…

[grizz]

9 hours ago, GlenAnderson said:

RIP

I think Lidl have 125mm grinders on offer at the moment…

I guess I’ll have to look at this as a lesson in patience. 
 

I have a Lidl quite a few miles from home. 
As usual, parking would be expected to be limited. 
 

So I ordered one for £32.00 delivered from EBay. 
 

1200W for £32.00 should be a brute as the last one was.  Unfortunately I didn’t get it for £20.00 plus 10 miles and an hour in my day, hoping there was one in stock. 
 

The alternative cheapy was 710W for £23.00 online. 
 

Hopefully delivery on Saturday. 
 

also killed a vintage Atlas Copco 115mm grinder Mickey had thrown out. 

[grizz]

I glooped together a bunch of clips from the last 5 years after finding a video of my “NOT A PROJECT”  79 Chevy Blazer from 2019. 
 

Just some random automotive and other memories. 
 

 

I will do an update on the C10 on Saturday morning. 
 

Short Video uploaded but not yet published. 
 

Have a great Friday. 
 

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[Westbay]

Perhaps the Patron Saint of angle grinders is trying to tell you something ...  🤣

 

Patron Saint " I must warn him ... "

Ebay Devil " No! NO! I have to make money .."

[93fxdl]

If you are going to bare metal the cab, i again say to get some poly discs, they strip paint as well if not better than a wire wheel, but more importantly, less vibratiom and no wire spikes flying around. 

Also available in small sizes to fit on a die grinder

Ttfn Glenn 

[grizz]

6 minutes ago, 93fxdl said:

If you are going to bare metal the cab, i again say to get some poly discs, they strip paint as well if not better than a wire wheel, but more importantly, less vibratiom and no wire spikes flying around. 

Also available in small sizes to fit on a die grinder

Ttfn Glenn 

 

if you watch the last video I posted…….

 

Answers there. 
 

Yes. 

[grizz]

8 minutes ago, 93fxdl said:

If you are going to bare metal the cab, i again say to get some poly discs, they strip paint as well if not better than a wire wheel, but more importantly, less vibratiom and no wire spikes flying around. 

Also available in small sizes to fit on a die grinder

Ttfn Glenn 

 

First two discs were peefect.  
 

No excessive vibration 

 

Third one had me stop and start 

 

Had me begging for mercy. 
 

Tonight it wbe Ibuprofen and Paracetamol 

 

After Fillet steak and a nasty G&T. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

11.15pm last night, lights of, turned over to go sleep……

Felt a grrrrrrrr….. on my wrist against the duvet cover. 

Lights on, mobile phone torch, tweezers…. Fail. 

Balancing act with torch and sharp knife, dig, dig, fail. 

POKE DIG SCRATCH LIFT SUCCESS…… 

Klein bliksem.  

Was straight vertically embedded. 

Me ….?? Mehhhh