Turning Around

I managed to get the car turned around today, now I can start work on the front end at last.

Wheels on, back on the ground:

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And out of the garage, blinking in the sunshine:

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And with one proud owner:

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Now the bad bits:

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tr7-front-bumper-damage

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tr7-front-inner-wing-rust

There’s a bit more rust than I’d really like, but nothing I wasn’t expecting. It looks like I’ll be needing at least one new wing, maybe two, plus I’ll need to fabricate a new windscreen base, but I think the rest of it can be patched.

While the car was out, I took the opportunity to give the interior a good clean out and sort out all the crap that was piled up in there.

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Then she went back in the garage, where the bonnet was removed:

tr7-ready-for-engine-removal

And the bumper and headlights:

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I found an interesting bodge on the damaged bumper corner:

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A VHS case and some wire wool, WTF?

With all that done, I called it a day. Tomorrow I’ll be stripping out all the engine ancillaries.

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