Project Trig - After 18 Months Away, Is Back In Town! by Mini 360

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Holy *******, it's an actual update!
 
Having spent two months of my unemployment catching up with college work and doing **** to the house, I've run out of things to occupy me so I've started back on this again since there's stuff I can do without having to spend any money.
 
First up is to get the gearbox casings ready in order to rebuild the gearbox. When the car was restored I painted the housings in hammerite and due to its shitness, it started to bubble in no time. I took a wire brush to this last year but the primer was pretty stubborn and off the shelf paint stripper did ******* all to it.

Bought some epic paint stripper and let it get to work...and swiftly disposed of the brush that it melted in the process!

Brushed it all off and rinsed it looked not too shabby.

In order to get the final remnants off and to prep for powdercoat I masked off the interior and blasted it in the cabinet.  Came out bonny!

bought some silver and 'glass Clear' powdercoat from the USA to go onto this but that will happen tomorrow as it's currently in the oven to outgas for an hour or so. 
Not a major update I grant you but it's satisfying getting into it again with an aim of getting it roadworthy for the first time in years.  It has fairly cheered me up/distracted me from sitting about doing ******* all all day.