Thought I'd create a blog like thread to keep people updated with my car and how I'll go abouts getting my baby back to full health again.  The plan so far in my head is source as much of the bolt on stuff that I can fix myself as I can while getting the cutting, welding and painting done professionally.....this will hopefully save me money while getting the car fixed to a decent standard......well that's the idea anyways I think.   I spent the day up at RRG Macclesfield today with Rich (big thanks for being a star, working with us there as he's supposed to be off work all week but here he is helping me sort my car out and getting it looked at) along with Dave who was there being a legend as usually supplying me with some spare parts that he had lying around while continuously pimping his car up even more, so a big thank you to you too Dave!   After Dave had his car sorted, in went my car and thanks to Gary who fitted me Dave's spare wing mirror and then had a look at the washer bottle.  Sadly the bugger got pushed back and punctured a small hole and one of the pumps had cracked in half too, so Gary just bunged it up (luckily it was the head lamp washer pump which is broken at the other end anyways so no use to me, I just want the windscreen to get sprayed) and then he silicone sealed the small hole in the hopes to make it watertight (we will find out tomorrow when I top it up with washer fluid).  Gary also had some issues with the wing mirror as firstly the door wouldn't open properly cause the door was catching the front fender, but Gary gave it a quick tug with a crow bar and now the door opens fully no problems (bar some creaking) but then he struggled to get the old wing mirror cable out properly as the outer door skin had been push in a bit reducing the space inside but again, Gary prevailed eventually.....Big thanks to Gary!   While the car was up, we had a quick poke around and again, couldn't seen any issues from underneath, though still with all the panels and stuff in place but we're pretty certain that it's all good mechanically.....100odd miles from London to home and then another 200odd mile from home to RRG Mac and back again with a bit of spirited driving in-between disclosed no issues at all.    After the car was now drivable without getting neck pains from not needing to twist my head around to see what's down the left of me, we wondered over to the body shop in Manchester for it to be looked at and get quoted on (which Rich will sort out next week when he's back in work officially).  Closer inspection to the front bumper and lamp area, looks like the lamp will need changing as the plastic brackets have snapped   (not guna be cheap unless I can find a second hand one) and the front bumper brace thingy where the bumper and the lights attach to seems to have shifted across slightly, this either means rejigging it across slightly or cutting a section out and welding a new piece in    And obviously still no idea what damage I may have caused to the sub frame under the front fender and the under seals but touch wood there's either none or very little work needed    So here's an update pic: