building an Exocet kit car - lockdown 1 project creeps into lockdown 2

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way back in may 2020, after a month of occupying the days of lockdown with domestic diy, I decided that I needed a bit of a project to keep busy.

a local facebook ad for a spears / reapers mk1 mx5 caught my attention and I went to have a look

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a deal was done and the next day, this arrived on my drive

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looks not too bad from that angle but closer examination showed this one wasn't going to see another mot

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this had a clean pass only a year ago

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the future didn't look good for this one

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so I took it to bits :

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a couple of days later

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then took the bits to bits

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Crikey.

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the engine got a good service and a tart up

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the manky subframes were stripped and wire wheeled - two days sweating in a dusty garage was no fun but the results were worth it

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then the knackered bushes needed to come out - @paulplom's blowtorch made short (but very stinky) work of that

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once I'd cleaned up the garage, it was time for a bit of painting

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and some fancy pollybushes

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and re-assembly could begin

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(depowered) steering rack fitted and rough tracking set

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engine, gearbox and front subframe re-united

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