Stated to take the passenger side wing off yesterday which basically means drilling out the spotwelds and grinding out the welded areas at the rear light area/b-post.

Two areas of big rust were identified. Firstly around a bit on the inner wheel arch, which is easily fixable, given that I have just cut out this part from a 1976 Spitfire 1500 (these panels did not change for the entire 18 year production run!); second area was more disappointin - it's underneath the b-post cappings and is a fiddly panel to have to fabricate - most of the repair will be under the capping and so hidden though. I might be able to run the section from the same Spitfire 1500 that I got the rear seat deck from though which will save a lot of fabrication/patch welding. Fingers crossed.

On a more positive note the aluminium grill panels (two egg box split panels) have polished up a treat! And because I couldn't resist I've position my Standard Triumph Automogbile Association car badge on her to see how it would look - it's very very nice :-)

Here's a photo of the badge (not on the grill though)