Thank you all for welcoming me to the forum.
I hope Kelvin doesn't mind me using his Moth Busting catchphrase.
I have dug out a couple of old pics from when I first bought the Midas from the factory
1 by Roy Forrester, on Flickr
Shell in the back of a box van at the Corby factory.
002 by Roy Forrester, on Flickr
Decathlon in all its glory, never found chance to fit those spot lights though.
I have took some up to date pics so you can see the car in its present condition.
3 by Roy Forrester, on Flickr
4 by Roy Forrester, on Flickr
5 by Roy Forrester, on Flickr
6 by Roy Forrester, on Flickr
The engine has done about 20,000 miles.
7 by Roy Forrester, on Flickr
8 by Roy Forrester, on Flickr
9 by Roy Forrester, on Flickr
A number of parts have been removed from the car like the master cylinders, brake calipers, wheel cylinders, front lights, radiator, battery, etc as these have to be replaced as the doner vehicle was a 1976 1275GT which I had owned for a few years but the body work had become too rotten so the Midas was the perfect choice to replace it, making some of these parts about 40 years old. The dashboard has been removed as the heater matrix will also have to be replaced, the carpet and seats had been taken out some years ago and stored in the loft.
The front subframe is still as new, it was brand new when the car was built and heavily coated before being fitted. the rear subframe is not the factory original but was made by Charlie Dodd, as at the time some earlier bronzes had, had subframe failure rotting from the inside and breaking off by the welded tubes, being a bit worried about this I got Charlie to make me one for a discount price as he had my original one off me.
Ill keep you all posted on further developments.
I hope Santa is going to be generous with all the parts I need this year.