The bonnet was cambered by the impact and if this was all then it might have been a viable salvage item. However, the battery tray was also bent in the impact and thus the battery was thrown upwards into the under side of the bonnet. There are now a number of dents in this area which are unlikely to be 100% repairable - remember the bonnet is a large surface and needs to be warp / ripple free for the car to 'look right'.

The slam panel under the rear light clusters is damaged where it meets the rear wing. This may be repairable, but at this early stage it is difficult to say.

The front bumper is beyond repair and will need replacing. Fortunately the grills appear to have survived so I can flatten them out and re-use them.

A preliminary inspection has revealed that the subframe appears to have escaped pretty much unscathed. The very front is a bit bent, just behind the bumper, but the main members appear to be warp / ripple free. A definitive answer to the 'replace or not' question will be made once it is removed from the car.

The front wing has, quite frankly had it. This is a definite replacement item, preferably in Flame Red. Fortunately it is a bolt on item so, providing the car is jigged and the inner panels are sorted out then it should just be a matter of unbolting the old one and bolting the new one back in place. To match the other side I also need a union/chequered flag wing badge and a side repeater.

This part is suggested by Mike Satur, based upon photographs of the damage. I think he is referring to the metal surround the headlight unit sits in and the original one is pretty distorted.

Another part suggested by Mike Satur. The bottom of the radiator is out of place and therefore it is logical to assume that the lower rad panel will need replacing. Until the stripdown commences we shall not know for sure.

This is pretty badly bent and is very likely to need replacing. This is the inner panel that the battery is clamped to and during the accident it was bent longitudinally, popping the battery free.

Scarlet is an early F, therefore she has manually adjustable wing mirrors and one of them was damaged in the accident. Incredibly the glass has survived and only the mirror back is needed, but I suspect that the unit is only purchase-able as one.

The accident was a dual impact and unfortunately this means that in addition to the frontal damage, the rear bumper is also beyond repair and needs replacing. Scarlet's rear bumper has an additional grille in the opening to hide the exhaust box and this, along with the mudflaps have survived and will be re-used.

Removed the rear bumper today (22/03/03) and found that both the rear box sections that support the rear bumper need replacing. Full details of these parts can be found in the 'rebuild' section under today's date.

During the strip out I came across heavy rusting on the rear panel under the carpet. This panel will need replacing and I intend to paint the new one to help prevent this happening again in the future.

The rear wing is also in my opinion not salvageable and will need replacing. At this present moment I am not sure how this panel is mounted - it may be a welded on piece, so I don't know if I am going to be able to replace this part myself. A new one is definitely required though, preferably in Flame Red.