Hi Dave, welcome.
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Upon first inspection it looked pretty solid. It's a 1980 V registered car with what seems to be very little rust. It does have water in the near side footwell though.
This will be (in order of increasing hassle to fix and with percentage occurance)
1) 30%. blocked drain holes in the chamber between the cabin and engine bay, under the slots in the bonnet. The chamber fills up and drains into the car through the eyeball vents.
2) 50%. Leaking windscreen seal.
3) 20%. Rust holes in the bulkhead in the area you cannot see under the front wings. If you follow the rear edge of the bonnet outwards there's a gap between the front wings and the windscreen panel. Peer in there and in the corresponding area behind the dash.
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Also, the fuel guage isn't working
Probably a faulty sender, an easy fix.
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and the 'skoosher' system for the windscreen is very weak.
Clean the pickup strainer in the bottle.
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The passenger seat seams to have a comedy subframe. It won't stay in the position it's adjusted to so that when the driver brakes, the passenger is propelled forward into his/her seatbelt!
Probably the lever you move to release the seat has rusted up and stuck when forced across. Not hard to get a replacement or to change. Look under the car and make sure all 8 seat fixings are in good condition and ideally the bolts covered in some kind of under seal. Getting the seat out is the only occasionally challenging part of the job.
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Pageant Sprint - the rustomite, 1972
Spitfire IV - sprintfire project, 1968
Valencia GT6 II - little Blue, 1980
Vermillion 1500HL - resting. 1974
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