One of the problems with being a lefty is that an angle grinder blows everything toward you. It's discrimination against the southerly-pawed.
Anyway, I got the upper cowl mostly cleaned up today and sprayed some primer and rust-oleum in there for rust prevention.
These little 3M scotch brite roloc discs made quick work of the rust, but didn't last long before they'd get full of rust.
All the rust and scale was confined to the surface. With the underside looking pretty good, I got started on the top since I was sick of looking at that blue paint and yellow primer.
I'm also going to file this under things I never want to do again. This took a lot longer than I thought it would.
Can I get away with sand blasting the rest?
After primer and paint.
There's at least one dent on top I'll need to address eventually.
I also picked this up today. Brand new, never used. Normally goes for $110 at HF. I picked it up for $60.
I'm off vacation as of tomorrow. So work will slow down again. The good news is I'm done with the biggest part of the restoration with the floor installed. Everything else will be smaller projects I should be able to knock out over weekends and evenings after work. Getting the cowl back together is the first priority. I already have the sand blaster, so that shouldn't take too long.