Update! We got the car and we are very pleased with it! Such a smooth, quiet drive and on my 260 mile journey home I got 37.9mpg according to the trip computer! It's showing half a tank after 260 miles so it has done very well. a lot of 50mph average speed sections
The timing belt is only 3500 miles and one year old, so that'll stay on it for a while. When it comes to time to change it, I'm toying with putting my X30XE G-cams in it, but I don't need to think about that yet!
The engine was spotless when I arrived to see it and that raised alarm bells but it seems just as spotless now it's home and in dry storage. No sign of any fluids coming out.
The bodywork isn't perfect. There are no dents, but there's a rust spot on a rear quarter and some very badly blended paint on a front wing. Neither need immediate attention, and the car is dry at the moment so one weekend I'll set about rustproofing and maybe a bit of tidying.
I'll grab my phone in a bit and share a few of the pictures I took while collecting it.
I do have some questions about brakes and also the throttle cable (both felt a little slack to me), but maybe they should go in the technical forum?