Of course, I didn't get started on the project until last year. The car in the back ground has been taking up most of my time (that one is not even close to finishing).
First thing I did was take the bridge apart as far down to separate parts as the bent tabs would allow. (Amazingly throughout the entire process I only broke two tabs during re-assembly.) I then began to strip the paint with a combination of acetone, Evapo-Rust and regular aircraft stripper. Evapo-Rust must have a TSP component, it began to dissolve the original paint, but didn't touch the re-painted sections.
Good old Pittsburgh Steel!
Had to actually form a pan large enough to contain the 24 inch spans. I made this one out of many layers of wide heavy duty foil.
Ready for paint!
