Finished stripping the steel parts from the tub today. So far, small remedial work only required except the B pillar and seat belt mountings.



B pillar YRM patches etc will be ordered soon.

The rear corner cappings are a mixed result. The RH is reusable and will be stripped & plated but the LH is too rusty to bother with. The good news is the LH one on the other body looks sound.

Progress on the new wings too with the LH now stripped. The headlights are in much better shape than the original and the Deutsch waterproof fasteners swapped over with new bezels fitted. They are ready to go back on...but we are some way off that.

In the next few weeks I hope to get Izzy out of the garage and lift the roof, side panels and soon to be defunct tub off. The grandson has been advised there are many tasks waiting for half term.

Occasionally you find things and think "What made you think this was a good idea?". This looked like a act of automotive electrial self harm.

One of the headlight wires had a "splice" cut into it...I say splice but it struggles to qualify. It was wrapped in a piece of blue insulation tape:



It looked like the remains of one of those awful plastic splices. Along with the bullet crimpts it had to go.

Result with fresh harness wrapping, adhesive shrink wrap and a decent connector:

A few rear body replacement YRM panels turned up today. They were supposed to arrive Thursday but Fedex seemed to think finding the actual delivery address just too much trouble.

The seat belt and B post lowers both needed attention. So the lower and upper panels were dropped into place and a few mounting holes drilled for a trial fit:


G clamps plus a Guiness.



Now the garden shed has been assembled and the greenhouse bits moved there is finally space in the car port for the body.


So its under cover and can be worked on whatever the weather.