So, with the car in front of me and with it being only the basis for my project, I whipped the shell off to reveal what I was already aware of as it was shown in the auction, a hacked about chassis, which looked like a cack handed, hacksaw wielding buffoon had had a fit on it.
Not to worry though, as that was going to be sacrificed regardless, and with that in mind I set about the stripdown. So, with phillips screwdriver in hand and dinner still in the oven, it came to this.