So here it is at it's new home for the next few years. Some panels have been already removed and worked on by a previous owner, you can just see them indicated in the picture below. I seem to have spent an exorbitant amount of money on tools and materials. It should be worth it though, maybe this will be the first in a series of restorations. . .


With a little bit of fine grade steel wool and some scrubbing the grill came up very well. I think I have saved myself an expensive re-chrome bill!
This is the rear bumper bracket. Take note of the rust hole marked with the white arrow. Although I soaked each bolt in lubricant, they all snapped off.
The fuel tank is held in by two metal straps, perhaps someone can tell me what the material was that was between the strap and the tank. The exhaust pipe was removed first of all. I keep seeing all that cleaning needed under the body!
This strap for the exhaust pipe is rusted in place. You can also see that the rubber strap is broken. The fuel tank was my first spray painting experience. It was stripped to bare metal, primed and finished in a satin black.

I read once in a magazine that a paint stripping heat gun would help to remove under-chassis paint. It works well, but there is a lot of it under there! You can see the area I started at the top of the picture. Cracks and rust is always around. The picture on the right shows both around the wheel arch under the rear seat. They are not bad, I'll simply weld and patch.

Below you can (just) see some of the holes in the sills that need attending to.


Many hours of cleaning and scrubbing with degreaser and wire brushes and there still seemed to be more road grime underneath

Now it was time to take it to be sand blasted:

A Sunbeam Talbot came along to give us some encouragement.

The engine bay is complete:

The pitted roof no longer exists, with sand blasting and some panel-beating we have a very smooth roof-line.
A lot of extra money is spent on getting the panel work smooth, but I think it will be worth it when the final coats of gloss black are applied.
The floor was beyond patching and was removed and replaced.
There was a lot of rust here and now nothing remains accept bare clean metal.
...One can also catch a glimpse of my trusty 5 speed CX2400.
The windows are in place and was best done with another pair of hands. The rear guards and piping are on. I placed some timber as a bumper because I now roll the car in and out of the garage to work in the day-light and I didn't want to scratch that paint-work.