Teal daily driven farm truck.

[Orpedcrow]

You're welcome!
I'm still somewhat in disbelief that I have been able to score two of these things in 3 weeks. They're so much rarer than regular 400s, they don't get in the yards very often. And when they do, they get picked clean pretty quickly. Like "turkey at Thanksgiving, clean to the bones" quickly....

That is pretty incredible, I don’t even see them out in the road anymore

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

That is pretty incredible, I don’t even see them out in the road anymore

Cadillac Bob said he read that there were only around 50,000 of the Escalade built in '99-2000. Denali numbers are probably similar, and Tahoe Z71 and Limited were only 2000 year so prolly not too many of them left. I saw a pewter Z71 one recently here near the park, and that's what @Dariusz Salomon 's Tahoe is. In Oxford, England of all places!

 

[Orpedcrow]

There’s a pewter z71 limited in a backyard in town. One of the girls at the banks husbands friend owns it or something like that. Just sitting there, grass growing up around it. She gave my number to her husband but I never heard anything.

 

[Orpedcrow]

Queso, I’ve got the next four days off and the shop to myself. I’m going to start by sandblasting these brackets and getting a coat of paint on them so they’ll be cured bygthe time I’m ready to install them.

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[Caman96]

Queso, I’ve got the next four days off and the shop to myself. I’m going to start by sandblasting these brackets and getting a coat of paint on them so they’ll be cured bygthe time I’m ready to install them.

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Curious, can they be clear coated?

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Curious, can they be clear coated?

Is there such a thing as clear powder coating, or clear Cerakote? A silver Cerakote would look cool too, and close to the cast aluminum.
Or you could do like @kennythewelder and polish em.....

 

[Orpedcrow]

Curious, can they be clear coated?

Is there such a thing as clear powder coating, or clear Cerakote? A silver Cerakote would look cool too, and close to the cast aluminum.
Or you could do like @kennythewelder and polish em.....

Definitely can be cleared and clear powder coat is a thing. I “restored” an original motorcraft alternator on a dent side I was working in and satin cleared it. It turned out nice.

I’m doing “gloss smoke grey” from rust oleum to match the lower intake. I loathe oxidized aluminum, and this still being a working truck I won’t detail it all the time.

 

[Caman96]

Is there such a thing as clear powder coating, or clear Cerakote? A silver Cerakote would look cool too, and close to the cast aluminum.
Or you could do like @kennythewelder and polish em.....

I didn’t understand you were powder coating them, I like that too. But, yeah, clear powder coat would be cool! I’ve always liked the OE look. Either way, your motor already looks good.

 

[Orpedcrow]

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I didn’t understand you were powder coating them,

Nah it’s just an oil based enamel. Bob rossing it

 

[Caman96]

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Nah it’s just an oil based enamel. Bob rossing it

That’s just from a parts washer?