Current status and pics of cleaned/new parts.

I degreased the car using a poor-man's pressure washer since the car was in my garage: a spray bottle of simple green, a toilet brush, and a pump-type garden sprayer with only water. I trapped the runoff in a 2'x4' drip pan and transferred years-worth of crud into empty milk bottles which I took to the local HAZMAT waste site.

I took the parts to a military base auto hobby shop and parts-washed everything, then cleaned primed and painted where appropriate. I masked contact surfaces and bearing/bushing faces to keep all finished metal surfaces clean.

I'm waiting for the springs to be installed before I reinstall the wheel bearings and the brakes. Working in the wheel well is easier if you don't have a large metal disc right in front of you.

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