Meanwhile I've cleaned up some more parts, and spent several hours yesterday working on the valve covers. I have two 'dipped' in the middle ones and one FUEL INJECTED TURBO one. All had several layers of paint on them and I used a paint stripper and steel wool to clean them up. Not done yet (in fact I need help figuring out how to remove the remainder.)
Here are the pictures of the TURBO valve cover:
What I started with:
Current Top:
Sides:
So any advice on how to clean up the remaining paint? I've already done three sets of stripper and these aren't budging. (And no I don't have a bead blaster. I wish!)