Prime front, reassemble, mount new winch

The previous two posts really outline how much work has gone into getting this thing stripped and in primer (well, and fixing and adding little things along the way).

But let's cut to the more fun part.

Front end now primed, and looks great just to have in one color. Already the ugly welded brackets look better.

I scrubbed trim rings and grill with a scrub pad soaked in mineral spirits, to get the corrosion and the many years of over spray off of them, and they brightened right up. Remounted

AND the final product (well as soon as I get the front bumper back on).

Here is the front sanded, primed, chrome cleaned up a bit, and fender fixed.

What is very cool is the new winch mounted on the heavy duty base, and the fairlead mounted on my fabricated brackets. In the pic, I had just unwound the winch, and used it to recoil the steel cable. Works perfectly! So pleased with the look and the work.