Thanks all for the comments, Bristol values have been steadily rising of late, still good value though. hopefully less so to engine raping kitcar fanciers. It took a decade-ish for me to find just what I wanted, dabbled with a couple of toads on the way. compare this to when I bought my house, looked in 3 or 4 estate agent windows until I saw something not too chavvy with a garage and that was that. I actually put a few hours in today, popped new valves in the carb float chambers, relined 4 brake shoes then finally got around to checking a spin on oil filter adaptor for correct flow direction (been collecting dust for about a year) found it suitable, but the socket headed allen bolts supplied are metric, can't remember where I bought the thing so will have fun trying to find whitworths. Feels good to have done something, but as soon as the thing goes and stops reasonably well I need to concentrate on the bodywork, where progress will be most visible, it should encourage me. Here's how it's looking now, the shabby look does have some charm.
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