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LET THE CUTTING BEGIN!

detailed last issue, I had compiled an extensive list of jobs to be done on our project Midget, divided into three categories: those required for an MoT, those that I wanted to do before driving it regularly, and those which would be nice to do if time and funds allowed. As is usually the case with any classic car, potentially the biggest jobs in terms of both time and money concerned the bodywork. In particular, the sills were clearly standing proud of the front wings and so were probably over-panels hiding rust, and there was also considerable filler in the A-posts and in the rear wings above the sills. None of this would have failed an MoT given that the areas in question were demonstrably solid, even

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