Yes the engine will continue. Going for a Topspeed run is a different thing at the mo I don't see the point but getting back the car may change that. It had been a dream to set the record myself, we will have the Power for me to do that even if I cant max the car out. However the TGA & recent eye problems mean its unlikely that will happen. Its the 70 thing I guess my friend felt much the same im getting older, slower less able & health starts to intrude. Plenty of life left I hope but I feel so out of touch with this new generation of RS guys, don't get it, to me a Cossie is about going fast if it don't its one of the worst cars you can own. Endless pages of my cars is so original its got a 1986 fly on the windscreen, shite slow & handles like a sack of poo but original . Time for me to leave me thinks .