Well as my holiday in Sydney was ruined before it even started by the bastard ash cloud, I did get a bit done on the Mazda.
Removed everything from the engine bay.
Looked a bit nasty down here.
After a coat of paint stripper came to this.
Note how this side was a different colour. Must have taken a hit once upon a time and replaced.
Then got stuck into it with a assortment of wire wheels and finished of with this little beauty.
And came up like this.
A bit of damage on the chassis rail probably when the inner guard was replaced.
Now will throw a bit of rust converted around and finish the front panel. Also when I removed the front guards found this

but I will leave this for another time.