A little update. As you know it goes in for a complete respray with the exception of the roof panel for £1500.
Drove it for about 100 miles on the day of its VIC test and came up with 2 issues. The first was the electric windows creaping down when you open and close the windows. That was resolved by resetting the ECU that controls these, similar process to resetting our electric seats on the GS, open all the way down and continue to hold the button down for 10 seconds, then repeat on the closing cycle.
The second issue is the clutch. Its only done 17k miles and has 5 weeks warranty left on it. The clutch is a little heavy and clicks when it gets to the bottom third of the pedal, which I am told is the spring fingers on the clutch plate, so should be able to get this done under warranty, so quite pleased about this.
I also managed to get the phone number for the previous owner. Spoke to him and he has agree to send me the spare key and the manuals for £50. He sent the service book off to the insurance company, but I spoke to them and they are going to send it back.
Got it insured for £350 in the end, after my usual insurer, Aplan gave me a quote of £600 because it was a cat C, Direct Line did not care. I have 4 cars with Aplan, and feel I will be leaving them this year.
Should be on the road finished 2nd week in December.
Oh, and the Sportwagon went through its MOT first time, so I can get on and sell this now.