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As some of you will have seen on the N24 thread I have somehow ended up buying a "Modern". I'm still a bit uncertain how this happened or indeed who's to blame (although I'm fairly certain its myself). At Beaulieu auto-jumble with Joe a couple of weeks ago I spotted an advert on the noticeboard for a "Scimitar SS1, Tax & Test, Headgasket Failure, OFFERS" for some unknown reason I tracked the seller down at his stall and had a chat about the car which turned out to be in bournemouth. Elderly seller with a collection of austin 7's and edwardian motors had bought it 3 years ago for his wife to commute a couple of miles a day to work, she had wanted a new polo but he'd had an SS1 years ago and I don't think she got much say in the matter! Apparently it served her pretty well up until retirement 6 months ago at which point it got parked up in favour of a Saab and a Romahome. A month back the seller took it for a spin round the block to show a friend who was interested in buying it and much steam and water happened. I think writing down his contact details was more a matter of going through the motions rather than an intention of actually going to view the car and a couple of days later I had deliberately forgotten all about it, at this point Joe sent me a flurry of texts asking when I was going to view it - what are mates for etc etc? Anyway ended up driving down to bournemouth with Joe the following bank holiday weekend and had a look at the car and a quick test-drive which resulted in the engine spewing mayo out the side of the head and lots more steam. Chassis looked good and the panels were all pretty straight so being put on the spot somewhat by the sudden arrival of another potential purchaser who had turned up early to view I ended up doing a deal for the car including delivery to lymington ferry terminal. Collecshun Post to follow...