Looking for Dirt-Cleaning up the 1969 VW Chassis

I am undertaking tremendous work (at least for a beginner). Although I feel that I am diving in deep, I could probably go deeper, but not sure how. So, for now, I'll stick to the stuff I can see. 

I've got the chassis separated from the body, making it so much easier to focus on getting to parts I need to either replace or clean. So, my focus for the next few weeks is with the chassis. 

40 years of grime have built up. There is at least a 1/4 inch of grease, grime and dirt built up on the floor pan, suspension and steering. Everything in the front end and bottom side is normally not visible, but when the body is off; oh man:

Font steering and suspension before cleaning (view from
trunk) lots of grime here

Driver side front. Super clean now, but rusted. 

For the past few weeks, I've been de-greasing, pressure washing and wire brushing everything. The results of hacking away at 40 years of grime are clean parts. It's nice to see them somewhat restored.

I have removed the tie rods and shocks, steering and heater components. I am currently replacing them with replacement parts and cleaning up what I can salvage.

Many parts are being thoroughly cleaned and painted with high gloss black. The more rusted areas are cleaned and painted with POR 15 paint with makes a strong compound with rust.  Here's what I have so far. Doesn't it look better?

Front suspension and steering components

Rear floor plan and torsion bar

Front passenger wheel assembly

Driver side front floor pan and suspension