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Originally Posted by Baron Von Zeppelin

I don't think your car posed a hazard to anyone in any way.
But you knew it was going to be tough, and you are working it out with an extremely great attitude.
More power to you and best wishes !

Cheers! I retired when I moved here so I'm actually enjoying the periodic visit to the body shop to talk about the car and review the progress. I suspected the front leaf spring pockets might be weak, but I had no idea they were as bad as they were. Be nice to get the car back knowing there's no hidden areas of rust.

Big shout out to Ames too - I hadn't counted on needing a tailpanel so I did not include one in my original parts order. I was worried it might delay the progress but the good folks there had everything boxed, shipped and landed in NZ in a very short period of time.