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  Been a productive month, managed to pull apart the doors and remove the quarterlights, stripped the paint off, and have been cleaning up a few odds and ends. Been slack on photos Turned the car around so i can get to the other sider easier Only photo i took was when i was getting rid of the old Toyota Ipsum i had  Checked over my gearbox and that looks fine, rebuilt the shifter mechanism, played around with rust treating a couple of smaller things like door components and the gearbox crossmember.  My son is doing mechanical engineering at school and one of the assessments they have is to make a shifter knob. They machine it with an M10 thread i had an old long shifter in my box which i gave to him and his teacher was ok with him shortening it and rethreading the stick with a M10 thread so i can use it. Which i think will be a nice touch for both him and i. In additional news the 1500cc engine i had my eye on fell through, but i do have have an engine its a very early 13...