[yak]

i'm just wondering if there is such a thing as a book written about restoring a 1970 gto? i pulled the motor and tranny out of my car about 4 months ago and and have now made up my mind i'm goin to rebuild the original engine mostly stock except for roller cam,rockers, headers and swap a 5 or 6 speed in to replace the 4 gear.... i then thought i'd just drop the motor and tranny into the car and drive it some more...but now i'm thinkin i might as well bring the car back to the shop and pull the body off the frame....with the frame in the shop i'd replace all the ball joints and bushings and what not..... is it goin to be ok to sandblast the frame and just paint it with some kind of paint? i think i'd really like to have it powder coated but is that something i can do myself? i'm not really close to any cities that might offer services like that(5hour drive)........any input you guys have to offer would be great cause i don't wanna mess my car up...

[Daves67GTO]

The GTO restoration guide is the book I have. I also bought the CD that has all the manuals. A word of caution here. It is a BIG job to take the body off the frame and restore everything and get it all back together.

I just finished messing up my 70 GTO and I can tell you a few things NOT to do. What ever you do, don't sandblast the body because the heat from sandblasting warps the body panels. As for the frame, when they sandblasted mine, they sandblasted the VIN numbers off the rear frame rail. I would suggest covering the numbers before it is blasted.

I had my frame powder coated. I don't think that is something you can do yourself because of the size of the frame and the fact that the powder has to be baked on at a few hundred degrees.

Most of the people here are very knowledgable and willing to help. Good luck with your car.

[SWEETJUDGE]

Get an eastwood catalogue & there frame paint....... If i were you, Keep it as original as possible if you have the original parts.........
It will be well WORTH more in the end.