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Does it have the shop vac port on the bottom of the cook area?If it does that makes cleaning the cooking chamber easy,the rest is fairly simple with just elbow grease.
I restored my dads 1980's manufactured Traeger. It is one of the first models they produced. The fire pot was burned clear through so needed to make a new one. It doesn't even have an ignitor so need to light pellets manually. I found some high temp paint that was a nearly perfect match to the original color. It works great and seems to do a better job of smoking than my newer model so that is what I primarily use it for. Enjoy your restoration project and post pics when done