Project 240K

The sandblaster had been delayed with some equipment failures and general bad weather, but got an update today with some pictures. The shell is completely stripped along with the doors and front quarter panels. Only the bonnet and boot lid remain to be done.

The majority of rust seems to be around previous (rust) repaired areas, and looks like a little bit of accident damage in the rear drivers side quarter. Spoke to the body shop next door for them to quote on fixing it up, he seems to think that the shell is actually quite good and finding a better one would be difficult, but there are a number of areas to be attended to.
I had originally planned just to get it epoxy primed and the underside/engine bay painted.. leave the bodywork until later, however i am starting to think that this will just end up costing me more in the long run and that maybe i am better off leaving it up there for a while, paying them in installments to complete the work required in batches (which of course is substantial.. as any thing is in this car game).

In any event, it seems that it will take a little longer than i had planned  for me to get the engine in.