The ebay purchased S3 mentioned in "towing a Series III" a while back
on here arrived safely  at it's new home behind my 110 TD without a
problem - other than my TomTom dying on route. I've now had a good
look over it and am very pleased it - every panel is straight and dint
free and it's had a very professionally done recent spray job.

Have a look at www.xls522y.co.uk for some pics - if you've got a few
minutes to waste.

I'm working through a few issues such as new rad - have you seen the
price of these? - all due world wide copper shortage apparently.
Thanks to Mr Beamends for pointing me towards PK Rads in Stoke for a
possible source of a reconditioning service. I coughed when Mr PK
asked for £120 to recondition it, whilst backing out quickly he
pointed me down the road to landranger services - they had a brand new
genuine one in stock for £80 - fitted within 30 minutes and all is
well.

The back end of the exhaust is rotten - I've got a new back section
but apparently the intermediate part is dependant on engine number -
I've found two numbers so far one facing upwards on the top of the
block (ERC5899CA) the other lower down facing the wing (36119037) - is
either of these the engine number?

Other than the above everything else seems to work as it should, other
than a slight dimming of the side lights when either indicator is on -
is that likely to be a MOT fail point?