Unfortunately there was a delay with the car carrier, and it took longer than expected to arrive, during which i had managed to convince myself that the car couldn’t possibly be as good as the photos showed (take for example, any photo of a car for sale on ebay 
) and that the car would be in typical 36 year old condition, with the usual rust and problem spots that comes with age.
Well finally the car arrived, and it was every bit as good as promised, if not better!
I was truely amazed at how good the bodywork was (straight as a die), even the underside of the car was spotless!. the chrome Trim was a little dinged in places but also relatively good, and surprisingly, very little in the way of surface rust bubbles.
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It was clear after a little investigating that the car had been resprayed at some stage, but it seems to have been done quite well.
It was clearly a car that was too good to give up, and the knowing the previous owner had cared for the car for so long reinforced this fact. The idea of moving all the good bits from my current car came up, and this idea gained more and more ground.