Many may decide not to read this thread as I am not responsible for the build and buying one may, in some eyes, breaks the cardinal rule. Nevertherless, after 18 months of neglect, in my eyes, it will be restored and if at all possible, improved upon.
When i got it delivered by Colin, in all honesty, it had weathered the last 2 years fairly well. I did no more than MOT, Tax and insure it. The plan was to tuck it away for at least 12 months but after taxing it decide to use it a bit and even took it to Billing to be re-united with its previous owner.
Nick was aware that I had got hold of it and has very kindly offered as much advice\help as he could. Cheers Nick.
After billing i've used it a bit, the idea is to assess what needs sorting. The carbs are in need of a strip\clean and re-tune but the run to and from Billing was amazingly smooth.
Things were\are stiff, brakes in particular, steering, gearchanges etc but as i used it a little, have improved. The digidash speedo even started randomly working
I spent the last couple of days under the car cleaning the filth up, pics below. The fitment of Gaz coilovers has caused an issue on the rear chassis
before cleaning - note damage to paint
after
dirty wheel inners
slightly better