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The story goes that a lot of work had been done to the car, including new sills, a suspension rebuild and stage-one engine, but on its first trip out after all the work it blew a core plug at the back of the engine. It was driven a short distance home and pushed into the garage but the enthusiasm to remove the engine and repair the fault was never found.
When we met up to strike a deal, Simon had removed most of the things that had been stored around it in his garage and although it was dusty, it looked to be in relatively good order - certainly better than I had expected.
More pictures here.
The handbrake had been left off and it moved freely enough to get out of the garage. The bodywork is in pretty tidy shape with signs of previous repairs, particularly in the bottom half of the car but favourite MGB rot points are generally fairly solid, this is probably thanks to the thorough waxoyling it had received sometime in the past. The only exception seems to be the tops of the rear wings (which appear to have been bodged and will need investigation in the future) and the bottom of the driver's door frame is also pretty shot with rust. The paint job is a bit variable but will serve for now.
Other than the known engine fault with the cooling system, the mechanicals appeared to be very tidy indeed. The suspension components are a little crusty from storage but evidently work has been done and these will probably only need attention for cosmetic reasons; it was also nice to see that the front has Polybushes fitted too.
Other known faults included a fuel leak, due to a suspected rusty fuel tank and also the fact that a rat had made itself at home in the engine bay necessitating a thorough check of the wiring both under the bonnet and behind the dash.
With all this information at hand, a deal was stuck and preparations made to collect the car as soon as possible.
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