Hi, thanks for the comments and good wishes. Well, it arrived Monday, the transporter (Leigh Classics) backed it off the trailer and left. I went to hop in to get it out of the rain - and hurt my back. With the help of painkillers and by getting through the passenger side and sitting on some wood and the cushions from my sofa i drove, ooh, at least 50 feet.
Clearly its not going to work for me, its me not it, im no longer flexible enough at 65. So its for sale again and im rather disappointed, i should have got one years ago.
It came with various old papers, its last Mot seems to have been 2014 which i think is when 'historic vehicles' stopped needing Mots(?). I would have put it through, as i have with my old bike. I like having someone else checking for safetys sake, its easy to miss something and insurance companies would rather know its Motd.
From the papers it has been a west country buggy, no doubt someone on this forum knows all about it. I bought it as a ruuning project for retirement, had i gone to view i would have realised my difficulies getting in and out (and out is even more harder!) so not bought. Moral? - dont buy without viewing!
Bother, and other terms i wont use here.
gef