Right. I think I've managed to attach a few pics here....Well, one, anyway.
The chassis has cleaned up nicely. Slathered it in paint stripper, hit it with the wire brush/anglegrinder, then finished off with an el-cheapo home sandblasting kit. It came up pretty tidily.
I have kind of given up on removing the steering relay, though I would love to: it bugs me to have that one last frontier of nooks and crannies not stripped down and cleaned up properly (then again, a year ago I just set out to paint the car and it's all got a bit silly anyway).
Once the chassis was bare (by the way, I have only done the bottom surface and sides - the top's for when it gets flipped right-way-up at last), I hit it with Penetrol. I am really impressed with the stuff. Test patches I left months ago with no paint overcoated stayed clean, bright with no sign of oxidation (and they got wet too).
Then undercoat grey and satin black enamel topcoat. I've also done the bottom of the rails and crossmembers (and leading edges of crossmembers) with a chip-resistant coating as a last touch.
Most of the bodywork is back to metal now. Can't wait to actually start putting things back together.....
Cheers,
John
