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Initial work involved sourcing fittings, undertaking a condition survey, obtaining costings, cleaning and painting the underframe and ordering a kit of bodyside frame components.<ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/gwr5043.html LNER Carriage Group] (Retrieved 2 January 2018)</ref> Work commenced in earnest following a shunt on 7 November 2017 which moved 5043 into position for restoration to commence.
In November 2018 it was agreed that with the rebuild more than 50% complete, the coach would subsequently be referred to by its new number 9581.<ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/gwr-progress-2019.html LNER Carriage Group]</ref> {{As of|20202021|12}} work continues on the bodywork, framing and windowsmuch of the interior, with the LNER Carriage Group supplemented from time-to-time by further volunteers from [[The 2857 Society]] and the [[Great Western (SVR) Association]].<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/collett-5043 SVRLive news page]</ref><ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/gwr-progress-2021.html LNER Coach Fund Progress update December 2021] (Retrieved 22 October 2022)</ref>
Updates are on [http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk//gwr-progress-2019.html this webpage].
