Yay I thought.......
Rang insurance & both of us on my classic policy was free so another result & arranged to collect from over 150 miles away that Saturday. Bloke arranged to meet us behind some shops (alarm bells) rather than at home address & when we got there realised it was not quite as tidy as advertised. But we had fell in love & at that price still wanted him so paid although was very strange as log book had been pre filled with someone elses details & then tip-exed out. Also my green part was missing so I guess he already sold it & they returned it but he denied this. Anyway I was scared as had to drive this unknown car home following the other half so when 25 miles in I saw oil spew out over bonnet & headlamp then shed loads of smoke I guessed the worse but when we pulled over we saw the oil filler cap was off & sitting on the engine.
cleared up as much as we could & crawled to next petrol station. Got home without anything else making me nearly soil myself but then discovered all the other things that were wrong. Blower works intermittently & sometimes when turned off blows as if on number 1 (Help). rear wiper/washer n/w, drivers heated seat n/w, petrol flap spring broke so hangs open all time. (Help). No boot cover. Wet boot carpet. Bodywork did not really have a straight panel, loads of lights n/w inside & out, tons of spare wiring everywhere from some sort of massive stereo set up. Things like the door panels & speakers all been removed but then stuck back with white sealant of some sort! 
Slow puncture on rear, battery not clamped in... the list goes on.Just so sad that such a rare model gets treated like this, lots of silly little things that if they had been done at the time would save so much time & not make him look so bad when selling.
Problem is neither of us is electrical/mechanical minded really so we are pretty stuffed & having to rely on a few mechanics I know to help out but slow/expensive job. First thing is to chuck him through another MOT so we can get an idea of what is the most serious/important stuff to do, like cat etc.
We aint giving in though, I have a garage & we have time & passion for the car so will do what we can when we can & keep another 480 on the road who deserves to be there. Photos to follow.
Jaine, Brian & Ovlov the 480
and god do I need some 
