Hi Phil and others...........to clear my inbox for Phil I deleted messages from other members and now I can't remember who I was talking to, I am really sorry for not replying.
However, things moved on a bit, I promised to give my Focus to a young kid at work at the end of June so I got into a bit of a rush, I've been using a 1992 MX5 for the last few days and it's not practical. So Sunday night I bought a car on Ebay to give me transport whilst I search for a 75.
Bob's your uncle, a 2 owner 03 Mk1 diesel (new clutch) in Leeds pops up on Gumtree Monday afternoon! Bummer, I've decided to take the advice of maxi_crawf and now relax, take my time and get what I want as I was begining to "nearly" buy cars I didn't really want. And, as I do have long trips Euro trips in mind I've narrowed it down to a Mk1 diesel, automatic preferably or one with a recent (ish) clutch change.
Think I'll go look at the Leeds car anyway..............
