OK bit of a pause during procedings there....
Happy to say I still have both Sprints but some things have changed a bit.
1, Moved house in Sept 2009
2, Spent all of 2010, 2011 and 2012 renovating the house (including building a brick workshop and a five car drive
-no garage though
)
3, Had another littl'un.
So onto the more serious and important matter of this car.
I lent it to a good friend whilst we moved house and built a decent driveway, once returned, it has sat on it ever since.
I had turned the engine over every once in a while but that was it since probably Feb 2010
So today it had a new battery and I cranked the engine for about 20 seconds.
Fresh juice in the tank, sucked up by the manual method into the fuel pump (yuck).
Fresh juice poured into the carb reservoirs.
Turned it over again and it started straight away with 1/2 choke
Was running like a peach at about 1500 rpm but then developed a big misfire.
Not sure what the issue is but probably something silly.
So far, we need new wiper blades and to look at the headlamps/switches.
All else seems to be OK but I didn't move it although the clutch it not stuck.
My biggest concern is the state of the tyres, they have not turned in over a year now so may have had it.
Will update soon