For the sheet metal a small air powered angle grinder with 3 inch scrubbing disks works OK but takes some time. You can also get a couple rolls of 6 inch stick on sandpaper for a 6 inch orbital sander, one roll of 180 grit and another roll of 400 grit. I have found that sticking one of those sanding disks to my hand and hand sanding is almost better than using a DA on a tractor because of the angles and small areas. Use the 180 first, then the 400 grit. A couple years ago I stripped a Model T coupe down to bare metal using the angle grinder and hand sanding. If you use the higher priced disks and sandpaper you can get it done in a fairly short time.
Sandpaper does not work on castings so using some form of wire brush or sandblasting are the only dry ways to do it. I have used a paint stripper and 4000 psi power washer to strip castings but the bare casting needs to be treated real quick for flash rust and you might get water into places you do not want water to be. Doing it right is a time consuming job but hou will like the results in the end.
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