Back again. Having actually bought a throw-away gazebo and even put it up over the car, I thought it rude not to do some work. My son helped move the car by pushing it down the garden a little so we could cut the grass under the car. I say grass, it wasn't really, more mud. Some donated slabs covered that nicely and we tried pushing the car back again. Oops, a combination of an under-inflated tyre and a slight uphill gradient made it too hard. Crossing fingers we connected the battery. Then it dawned on me that I'd pulled all the wiring out of the dash including the ignition barrel. Seemingly foresight was with me that day though as I'd connected the terminals back up after removing the barrel. Number one son wiggled the key whilst I tweaked the carb/choke. A healthy squirt of carb cleaner and patience saw it fire up after six months of being idle. It ran well enough to reverse the car back and onto the new slab base. It's just laid on grass but will eventually be done properly on a sand base.

Following that success and a two hour round trip to return son to his mother, I got back on the tools. The thermostat controller for the fan is now connected and I've also popped some new connectors on the nosecone indicators. Unless the leaden skies prevent me, it's back out there tomorrow for more!