Never had chutes on the Mk1 - the general assessment was that you would end up wrapped round the tailplane. Can't say it really bothered me...
I do remember ferrying one airframe from Luqa to ISK for a major, and subsequently learning they were seriously considering scrapping it due to the in-wing corrosion
must have been about '75, I'll have to dig me logbook out and see if that one's still around...