I picked up this little beauty on saturday, after winning it on ebay, I believe it was 'Kraken' who posted up the link on here so a big thank you for bringing my attention to it.
I was actually surprised it didn't go for more as its a pretty solid old thing, with, as far as I can see, not much welding to do. The interior is really good, and complete by the looks of things, without the usual wear and tear and cracks etc.
I got a bit of information on it's history over the past few years from the seller. Apparently, sometime around 1986 it was laid up, for whatever reason he didn't know, In a domestic garage and pretty much forgotten about. It was brought to the sellers attention via a contact he knew (he has a restoration business, and a HB he is rebuilding) so he went to have a look. When they opened the garage, there it was, suspended on two scissor jacks. Yes two, one under the center of the diff and one in the middle of the front crossmember, how it didn't fall over I don't know. But the reason for this was to keep the wheels off the floor, which i guess saved them because I towed it home on an A frame on those same wheels without issue. The rockers were also taken off, presumably to close the valves and protect the cylinders. valve seats, etc from corrosion, I will find out if that worked later today . And that's about it, It shows up on the DVLA database, so all is good there.
There is rust, it does need welding, and from initial inspection, a complete brake and suspension overhaul, but that is to be expected, but from what i can see it's £520 well spent .
OK here are a few (?) pics
*note: not as many as before as photobucket wrecked everything but you get the idea*
So there you go, now you know as much about it as I do
I'm going to check out the engine today, and poke around a bit more with the underside and try to make a list of jobs for myself, If possible, I'm gonna try to get it to 'not billing' , fingers crossed.