Time to get this thread back on topic with an update!
A good friend of mine is letting me store her in his other garage so, after putting up some shelves and lights, she has a home!
I've made a start by stripping everything out of the interior to uncover any hidden gremlins and make sure everything is hunky dorey. All of the interior fabric seems to have been originally blue, sprayed/painted/dyed black and has definitely seen better days! All of that has gone in the bin along with the horse-hair'esque sound deadening.
I've began to strip up the tar-like sound proofing with a hammer and screwdriver so once all of that is up I can begin to clean and prep before painting everything in POR. Also picked up a load of parts from a local Z god but i'll put up pictures of those after the weekend!