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BEFORE: 
As bought and lightly used. I hadn't noticed in the seller's pic' (above) that it had a vacformed interior! On dismantling it ready for a clean and polish it seemed to be a factory original installation.

A quick check with the seller and various Googled pic's confirmed it was, being one of MG Vanquish's 'racing' releases, which I hadn't been aware of until now. Makes me wonder if an earlier Chaparral I'd bought as en 'ex-racer' - and it really had been! - was also from the 'racing' line-up, although the interior and (lack of) engine detail was much cruder.   

I can't say I'm that keen on vac-formed interiors on open cars such as this so, although it may be sacriligeous, it had to go.

I turned to my two 'donor' McLarens, which contributed various parts to make a complete interior tub with full radiator, roll bar and engine detail, this being much the same process that ex-racer Chaparral underwent.
 
AFTER: 
   

Much as the with the pink BRM TTS make-over, I much prefer the car looking like this.   

P.S: The two donors have become one complete car, apart from one missing air intake tube - and a bare broken body with a rolling 'Frankenstein' chassis, made up of all non-stock parts and mismatched wheels. You never know though. They might come in handy some day, even though THIS was my last MG Vanquish purchase.