Got the first wheel done a couple days ago. Because the wooden spokes would not take well to the sandblasting, I totally disassembled it. Steel parts were blasted and POR-15'd followed by a coat of OD in a close match to the original paint. The spokes were sanded down and given several coats. Only had to replace one nut, otherwise everything else came apart OK and went back together fine. There was a little pitting on one roller of one bearing, but I was warned they were extremely expensive, so it will remain as is. The hub cap, being aluminum, was not sandblasted but rather soaked in some carb cleaner and the numerous chisel marks were smoothed out a bit.
Spent almost 3 days in total on one wheel. This is going to be a slow restoration.
Also, here is a shot of the starter generator. Looks like someone converted it to be pulley driven at the starter end.
