There was 47 years of grime covering the front end of the car. After scraping half an inch of oil and underseal off it looked a load better. Now I could actually see the brake lines, I could take them off.

They are kinked and crushed in places, so I hacksawed through them and removed the master cylinder. After 5 minutes with a wire brush, I got the drill out and used the wire brush attachment!.

Three hours later, I had clean metal but it was starting to get dark and rain. Rather than leave all this bare metal in a damp garage, I decided to clean the grease off with white spirit followed by thinners.

A quick coat of black Smootherite later, and the frame started to look as good as new. I’d rather have to paint this a couple of times than leave it all bare, as the garage is seriously damp for some reason. I need to get some spring compressors so I can take the suspension off and clean it without removing an eye.