John Fraser, who I met through UK Hotrods called in yesterday to see the car. It was reassuring to talk to someone else about what you’re doing and whether it’s all coming together properly. It seems to me like I’m still taking more off the car than I’m putting on, but it’s moving along.

I took the last of the rotten wing off today, and ground the rotten bits out of the passenger side edge of the inner panel. It was worrying seeing so much daylight from the inside after it was cleaned up. I took the heater matrix and the fan housing out, pulled out the last of the old matting and gave it all a good clean ready to patch in a repair panel.

I’ve never made a repair panel in my life, but decided to give it a go. I measured an offcut up and got my panel beating kit that I bought for £12 out. After a few goes, I had the curve at the top pretty much spot on, so carried on with a bit more confidence.