OK, if you remember the car came back from the Retro Car mag track day at Elvington in October 2003 looking like this.
It turned out to be a compressed rear spring but, one thing lead to another and, the car ended up like this
So in just 2 days I'm left with a bare shell and a pile of bits. This was November 2003 and here are a few pics of the progress to date.
First the shell was bead blasted to get rid of any rust and identify any major problems.
As you can see the shell is not exactly original but it was, on the whole, very strong.
Apart from the rear arches which had been filled with about 20 lbs of filler
Again, you can see here the bodge job of the rear arches. There were a couple of bits on the rear of the chassis rails that needed plating but, again, the majority was solid.
The next stage was to repair those rear arches and do the other welding and then etch prime the car to keep the surface rust at bay
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