Restoring 97 GT Avalanche LE - Help!

GTZaskarLE94

Dirt Disciple
Hi All

I am restoring my 97 GT Avalanche LE i've owned since I bought it in the California, USA. Unfortunately, as I had bought a 97 Zaskar post buying the Avalanche, it has been sitting in a storage shed in Brisbane for about the last 10 years.

It was a year they sold out and replaced the frame with 7005 Alu made in Taiwan.. Either way I'm going to restore it with retro/mod gear and was looking for some assistance in how to bring the frame back to a reasonable shine

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Pre stripping
 

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So I have stripped the frame, blasted it with high pressure water and given it the once over with autosol and some elbow grease.

I now was hoping to get your advice on how best to bring the frame back to reasonable condition. Should I hit it with fine steel wool to remove pitting and then finish with autosol and perhaps braso etc?

Some more pics below

Cheers All!
AB
 
here are the pics
 

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I made my Zaskar with 800sandpaper, where it has got scratches (next to the chain), and then just Autosol Aluminium, and patience... :D
 
97 era Avalanche/LE was not a ball burnished frame it was actually anodized in a color called "billet" It will never shine unless you sand it all off and that's a months worth of detail work.
 
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