The chassis, having passed the paint test, is now horizontal and painted. It took four aerosol cans of Eastwood Extreme Chassis Black, and the result is a very nice semi-gloss black chasis. Just got it painted in the nick of time, I think, as the temperatures in the garage are now going to be too cold for further painting.
The headlight retainers, which were rusted (see previous post), were soaked overnight in Evapo-Rust, which does an excellent job of removing rust and leaving any remnants converted and black, following which were then given a coat of rust converter to seal them up, and after that a coat of zinc paint. The result is a finish almost indistinguishable from the originals (they were coated, too, although it looked more like anodizing or something similar)), and will have good rust and corrosion prevention.
The headlight bowls (not seen here) were placed in a shallow dish of Evapo-Rust, which removed the slight rust on their rims. I then rubbed the rust converter into any corrosion holes in the paint, leaving the original paint untouched, and as the converter is black, have left things like that.
Finally, just a view of the horn after repainting. Thought it came out pretty well!
