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The deflation resulting from the decision to halt the Cappuccino’s rebuild has only been intensified by seeing the forlorn, broken body of the car hanging from the rotisserie. Reluctantly it’s time to start tying up loose ends and concluding this rather sad story…
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Assessing the extent of the corrosion – and uncovering the various bodges applied by previous owners along the way – has not been a fun process. Having made a full check of the car’s underside there’s no other option but to bring the rebuild to a halt. There’ll be no resurrection for my Cappuccino.

The rear subframe is now off the car and the front subframe has been split from the engine & gearbox – that trio was a bit too weighty as one block! There’s some tidying up to do both on and off the car (two subframes and a large chunk of drivetrain take up a lot of workshop space) and then it’ll be time to turn the car upside down and get a better look at the underside.