Suspension is Out

Its been a few very productive days with the nice weather.  I have the frame almost completely ready for paint prep.  The past few days have consisted of sanding the frame down and removing any last removable pieces.  This included the front and rear drive shafts...which ended up being a lot easier than I anticipated.  Both came out relatively easy...although there wasn't much room for wrenches on the front.  But they are out!  Next up came the tough task of removing the leaf springs and axles.  Managing where to put jack stand was a big test, but in the end worked out pretty well.  Taking out the shackles and leaf pins was a different story.  The pins actually weren't too bad.  The rear spring pins were rusted out and completely stripped of threads.  I was finally able to cock-eye the bolts and force them out.  The shackles though...they didn't want to budge.  In the end I brought out the 3 lb hammer and gave them a few good whacks and they finally came out minus the bushings.  The bushings ended up being rusted to the spring hangers and it took some work to pry them out...but I finally did.  So...now the things left before paint prep...drill out the broken bolts...sand blast the areas I couldn't sand with the sander/wire wheel...and then its on to chemical rust treatment!