Working through all the issues yourself, you have saved a bunch of money. It does help to have two examples of the same model, especially when it come down to doing the body work. Body measurements for fitting panels and floors are made easy when you can refer to the body of the spare. You made a wise investment in purchasing both A1s. The prices for these are going up, so you'll be money ahead, even if you do nothing to the second. When we started the A1 project, we lucked out and found three. One was only a parts tub and rotten frame with some serviceable parts. The second was descent, but had lots of extra civilian mods done to the tub. The third was a buildable project, but was missing the drivetrain. It was also nice to have an extra frame to place the body on while setting body mounts. This freed up the restoration frame to be worked and painted while the body work was completed.
