I bough him 3 years ago for the pricely sum of £100, but alas he had no mot or tax...
But he was a 998 auto and that simply wouldn't do - so i aquired a 1275 engine and all bits and bobs i needed, so out with the auto
and in with the 1275 manual 
He wasalso quite bashed about and generally unloved. So i set about replacing all the bent / rotten panels with some others I got nice and cheaply from an ex rally mini
From here not much happened, but his was evicted from the inlaws drive as they sold their house - so i moved him to my parents garage wherer i set about stripping him down ready to visit the bodyshop and restored to his former glory.
Once at Full Circle in Marden I spent a week off work learning to weld and making it a solid shell before they hepled me panel him up again.
Much welding was needed, mainly the shock absorber mounts, the passenger footwell (which i put a hammer though) and 2 patches below the rear screen. He had already had sills replaced and flitch panels so in relaity he was a very good shell.
The second hand door was full of filler so a new skin was ordered and fitted.
I also set about welding up the sunroof hole, only to warp the roofskin and totally fubar it
, but a phonecall to curley fibreglass secured his genuine rover roofskin that had been used to make moulds for CF roofskins - and at only £100 it was a steal.Fast forwarding about 3 weeks and his was in primer, to be rubbed firstly with 400 wet n dry before doing the whole car again in 800 (que bleeding fingers)
