updates and more photos.....
here are a few pictures from last week after the first big clean.
I spent an hour down the garage today and started the strip down removing the front bumper,indicators,grill,front panel vents and number plate. there was unfortunately 2 casualty's, the bumper has came away from the o/s bracket probably caused by the bump it had years ago and the o/s indicator has 2 studs missing and was screwed in sideways to the wing with a self tapper, again probably as a consequence of the bump and its sods law that the spare I have is for the n/s!
engine bay, largely original except for the heavy duty battery
here are a few pictures of the worst of the rot
firstly the n/s inner wing, sorry about the finger!
n/s inner rear arch, the o/s is similar but smaller
I read somewhere that series 1 estates were only fitted with rear mud flaps, were these added after sales?
n/s front wing
o/s wing/sill
o/s front floor pan underneath rear seat mount
o/s front floor pan/inner step
the car came with a few random bags and boxes of bits, here they are.....
the original hub caps in the above photo are quite bent and rusty, are new old stock ones available?
and finally here is a photoshop image that a friend of mine quickly knocked up to try and convince me to keep it stock but lower it, I must say it does look good and is very tempting
