Jeff-the grill is dissambled. I am working on removing the paint from the lid right now...about half done. I havent had a lot of time lately.
The top vent...very little porcelain remaining.
Current status
And a close up of the lip of the lid.
At first I was concerned that I was removing the original color but the brick red color you can see in some of the photos is beneath the black paint but on top of the pink colored porcelain. This leads me to believe the grill was painted twice; once in brick red then black. The brighter red you see in the last photo appears to be underneath the lighter colored porcelain.