The car was in reasonable order. Floors and sills had been replaced alongside a few other bits of body welding.
The engine was in pretty good fettle with only 20K miles since a rebuild (albeit in the 1980s) and with a bit of tweaking ran pretty well. Only pressing issue was a noisy gearbox which was replaced once it lunched itself on the way back from the Goodwood revival in 2011.
Since then the car has been a real blast, taking us to the 2013 Spa classic (including spirited track laps), 2014 Le mans Classic (less spirited driving VV wet), holiday in cornwall and several other blasts..
However the car has always had a guilty secret, namely a very patched chassis. these include patches in all the known rust spots as well as a strange lack of a rear cross brace and lower "tee shirt".
I have always known that one day I would have to bite the bullet and replace and it looks like winter 2014-15 is the right time.
This Blog aims to document the chassis replacement process. It is my first time at doing this (I have done a spitifre chassis removal in the distant past!) and so will document mistakes as well as triumphs (no pun intended).
The work will be carried out in a 2 1/2 car garage with standard tools. I have already taken the liberty of ordering a pucker new chassis from CTM engineering...
So let the game begin!
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