SM: Final preparation of the body for transportation

SM: Final preparation of the body for transportation

The body is waiting for a container. It’s brought to a shipping company in Marseille. Again a few waiting days, the container should be in Montreal on March 1st. sm_217Here she is, in Marseille, delivered by my brother. Thanks Laurent! sm_218Huge protection work...
SM: Body preparation for transportation

SM: Body preparation for transportation

When the body shop completes its work, the body is brought back to my father’s home. It will stay here to wait for its shipping over the Atlantic ocean. Front and rear half axles still have to be back to obtain a rolling body. My father works on these half axles...
SM: Work on the new body, continued

SM: Work on the new body, continued

During August 2005, I’m in France for vacation, so I can go to the body shop, the body is almost finished: sm_173First sight to the beast 😉 sm_174The interior and the front unit are gray sm_175The exterior panels will stay on primer until the final paint...
SM: Work on the new body

SM: Work on the new body

I first thought that I will not have any pictures of the body work, but yes, I got some! Here are the first ones: sm_157We start with an overview: the usual trunk bottom is in bad shape sm_158Then it’s the bottom of each rear fenders, in very bad shape also...
SM: New body

SM: New body

My father found a body in France that’s almost “naked”. This one is in pretty good original condition but needs steel metal work anyway. Here are some pictures of this body. It’s not rust free but it seems that there is no major damage....