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Originally Posted by Arctic
HI Brian.
Long time no speak or see  first in the light of day jack the car up either by the jacking point, or at the rear jacking point in the middle using the tow hook.
Remove the wheel then go from there, the spring should pull down the seized shock, with the wheel off you could maybe get a second jack or trolley jack on the arm and take the tension of the spring.
Then remove the bolt from the bottom of the shocker.
HNY by the way 
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New years Greetings to you as well Steve.
When I jacked the car up last night the wheel just lifted straight off the ground. When I took the wheel off i could see that the spring was still compressed.
The top of the upper arm was about where the second visible spring coil down is in your second photo.
I reckon the best bet would be to encourage the local Rugby team to sit in the boot while I undo the lower shock bolt and then get out one by one to let the spring decompress!