1976 Trump 2500S- first chop casualty

OK - she's a mess, but has given me 4yrs of no hassles and deserves some proper care for once.
We all know the feeling closely followed by then which leads to the missus ....... as the shed gets all the TLC.
I trashed the before photo's apart from these - sorry


been running her for 3yrs before Belgian tw*t used her as a parking guide - leaving me with this innocuous looking crumple

So she went into the corner and bits were ripped off - no in progress shots unfortunately due to me being a wally - here's the up to date stuff though.

front wing chopped and replaced - inside sorted too

then started moving backwards - both floor pans


note - track control arms to be done! - Forgot

chassis arms done too - then jumped a little to the rear arch

then swallowed my pride and took a look at the sills 'properly' - oh my word





and this photo shows what I was looking at for the rear arches - typical curse word rubber drain hoses disintegrate leaving you facing this both sides


so did what any sane person would do and put some shiny bits on it....... ;D

rear shocks too - no photo, and stainless exhaust

I've the new rear springs to chop ( courtesy of Dez's guide ) as they're like stilts then the poly bushes are sitting awaiting onslaught.
No chance this weekend though - SWMBO mums' birthday so driving to Dusseldorf for surprise party.
Now I've intro'd her - I'll actually have to get something done and keep it updated....... best spur I can think of to be honest. Banded steels are in the pipeline - but postage to UK not so cheap! Trying to find similar company here...... will keep you posted.