Hmmmm.... had a fiddle with the gearbox mount, but it didn't make any difference. I'm waiting for a new engine mount to replace the failed one. Once that arrives I'll have another fiddle. I may try disconnecting the prop shaft and wheeling the chassis backwards and forwards to see if the engine and gearbox will 'settle' into the correct position.
Anyway, I've decided to start to get the old paint (and filler, muck, primer, and god knows what else) off the body before it goes in the garage (so I don't fill the garage with dust).
Started off at the left hand corner, and after trying various grades of wet and dry, found that 120 grit was the only stuff that worked. I got bored with the time it was taking to get large areas cleaned off back to gel, so started using my dual action sander. It didn't touch the surface until I went down to 80 grit, at which point things progressed very well. The blue topcoat came was definitely softer and easier to remove than the very light grey primer. It was interesting to see that the roof was painted silver at some stage over the original blue.
So here is the paint and filler free (ish) rear quarter:
Closeup of the roof/rear wing join - bit more fine detail work needed to get all the paint off of the join:
There are some stress cracks on the top of the wing:
And finally as I trundled towards the door shuts there were some er... interesting... issues appearing
....and then it started raining so I retired indoors.
Plan is to get the paint off the whole body, then start on the glass repairs. Stand by for a dusty driveway, followed by a smelly driveway