The first strip down

The next task to be done was to strip everything off back down to the chassis.

The plan was to start at the top and work downwards – it works better that way.

1 Nov 2008

Note the pumpkin lights are still up from Halloween the night before.

2 Nov 2008

I might buy some shares in the WD40 company . . .

9 Nov 2008

Up to this point, the removal of panels had been tedious but straightforward. All I had to do was remove huge quantities of ¼” UNF nuts.

As I got further down the body, the rust came up to meet me.

This was the day I went to the local hardware and bought another 7/16 socket and a packet of cutting discs for the angle grinder.

If you look closely, you can see what little remains of the outrigger and firewall on the driver’s side.