First task carried out was to give it that much needed wash, in fact it needed lots of washes to make it look presentable. A new ignition switch came up on eBay so I grabbed it which enabled me to start the car and drive it. The rear wheels would only just turn so the drum brakes were stripped down and cleaned, put back together with new slave cylinders and bled. Next was the indicator switch which would only work if held in the right place, again eBay came to the rescue and what we believe is a new switch was purchased and fitted. The battery needed to be secured and it was ready for an m.o.t test

On Friday 27th September at 3.30pm the test started, I had no expectation of a pass and expected a long list of work to do. Once the test was completed I braced myself for the bad news but was informed that it had only failed on corrosion to one sill ( advisory's were one tyre and the front indicator )

The welding was done at the m.o.t garage this morning and a retest carried out so it has been declared fit for the road