Thanks to some of you here I was able to figure out how to remove the rear fenders. It's the damnedest thing. It's held on by bolts
who knew? So... with those babies removed I moved to the back and pulled the back...thing... box... off.
I ordered a 32 oz container of Ospho rust converter off Amazon and started lacing into the beast. I coated just about everything I could reach. This should have been my first clue on how long this would take. After application you had to wait 24 hours. Not that I didn't see some wait time ahead of me but literally everything I've done requires a 24 hour wait time for some reason
Whatever. Tis life. So I started by doing some of the smaller things. I began by taking the air cleaner apart and freshening it up a bit. Then I took one of the smaller panels and began working on it for paint.
The PO who I bought it from had given it to his son to have fun with. It's quite obvious he had a grand time. First, he was from TN and spray bombed it orange which had faded to a sweet shade of sherbert. A very helpful member here suggested aerosol paint stripper. I went back to the paint supplies in the back room and saw that I had some old Strippeez or something like that. Since, I'm a cheapo I figured this may save me a few bucks. To be truthful I had like three kinds and this one was the best. You can see the before and after.
It worked so well in fact I started on one of the rear fenders
