7th April 2000:

Outside at last! After being cooped up inside Burnham Autos for so long, she sees the light of day. She has been wheeled across the road to the paintshop at CC Racing for prepping and priming. Things will look a whole lot better now the welds are to be filled and smoothed and straightened etc. I've also had two new bumpers created. The original bumpers were cut and shut to create the right shape and size (the front bumper is the same width but longer round the corners, the rear bumper is about 4" wider) and then moulds were taken off these to create the bumpers as seen in these shots.

This side of the car is nearly there, getting very smooth now. Love the new wheel trims! The tailgate spoiler is sitting on the roof waiting to be attached to the tailgate - won't be long.

There are a couple of things to notice in this picture. The rear of the rear arches now has dummy vents to fill the void (as do the front arches). The bumper has been made with a matching cutout for the exhaust on the right hand side as I expect to be running a twin exhaust system - hopefully SuperSprint rear box with one pipe each side. Also the number plate has to be relocated to the bumper (the Series 3 lights are so much wider) so a recess has been moulded for that. The number plate lights will sit inside the bumper lighting downwards from the top edge.

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