So i found a shell on eBay in middlesex, so after a road trip to get it and £100 worth of fuel to tug it back i had a new shell for £250 total. bargain!!

and it was pretty mint besides a couple of bits. all gen ford wings etc. just sodding battery tray

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So I thought i would rip out the tray to inspect the rot




But i thought get a repair panel and have away with old bit



put the new tray in but i wasnt really happy with the welded look


Meanwhile ive stripped the whole of the old shell, and with the help of a tractor a couple of times got every last bit off



and rolled over to strip underside, my mate cracking straight on



Result was one stripped shell good for scrap and nothing else. shame really from what it was but never the less onwards it goes


But even then i cut off the whole front, and cut out the bulkhead to replace the garbage repair on the tray, i shall spot weld it in for the original look