A couple of pictures

[Mike Costigan]

...I understood that the new body was as a result of a misunderstanding. The idea was to repair the original, but instead it was cut up and used as a model for the new one.
All of the above is from memory, so you can choose the size of the pinch of salt you take when reading it!

I was told that all Mike's cars had received new bodies and the old ones thrown away; it seemed a bit unlikely at the time, but perhaps it did occur with one car - perhaps the Ulster - and then the expanded story was spread by, no doubt, jealous 'enthusiasts'.