I bought Sarah in 2004, and used her as my everyday car until summer 2009, when I laid her up in a garage. She's currently being used as a sort of shed
. Underneath, she's had a number of repairs carried out over the years, of varying quality. It has the dreaded 'cover sills' on all but 1/4 of the sills, but curiously when I removed the o/s kickplate, the original sill looked reasonably good. Both of the rear chassis legs/spring hangers were replaced about 5 years ago and are still nice and sound. One crossmember end has been plated, the other replaced properly. The floors have a number of patches, but no current holes. Particularly amusing is the 'professional' repair to the o/s tie plate that I had done at a garage in Exeter. They clearly thought that 4 holes was insufficient, and welded in a repair section with 5 holes in it 
. Both chassis legs appear OK, although one has been plated. Fingers crossed, it's all solid enough to go through an MOT. So far, so good, but the biggest problems with this car are mechanical. Both the engine and gearbox are shot - the bottom end of the engine is knackered and has very little oil pressure, whilst 2nd gear exhibits a lovely 'clackety clack' sound at the same time as vibrating heavily. The exhaust has rusted beyond repair, and due to sitting, the rear brakes appear to be at least partially seized.
Therefore, my current thinking is to sort the brakes out, then swap the good(ish) engine and box from Maggie into this car. At least I should then have a usable car. All this is not helped in the slightest by the fact I've been ill for almost the past year, including a long period of immobility, so have to be careful I don't strain anything or generally 'over-do it'.
Here's a few photos of the car as things stand:
Not pretty, as you can see. I had planned to do a more leisurely and complete job, but unfortunately needs must at the present time.
