Now you have to keep it for another 90K or 8 years TB
I spent a few spare hours in the week, I stripped the brakes off,including discs, cleaned up the backplates,
treated for rust,painted etc then adjusted the shoes to bang on , rebuilt the brakes etc
Handbrake is 3 clicks ,which is how i like it,hope my MOT tester sees it that way ,he Wrongly gave me an advisory in the past for this on a Carlton "insufficient travel" which is codswallop, travels enough to lock the wheels and un-lock the wheels
I'd have to adjust at the compensator to slack the cable ,but I've not been in there,so it probably needs a new front cable (nut rusted up pussibly) I will order one, I have a new twin rear cable in the hoard.
greased,lubed various moving bits underneath ,touched up underseal,
checked sills and lost a couple of button clips
need to polish the headlights and empty some ballast out before MOT
Driving home, strangely for some unknown reason quite sedately - unsure why, was I bedding the belts in, was it because of the crap weather and the slippery lanes, the learner I caught up, no idea - but it seemed much quieter and smoother. Probably placebo, or the fact I rarely drive it sedately. But it really was a joy to drive home. The Omega is a very hard car to beat.
I really enjoy my Omega wafting along in the traffic
I'm also very impressed at how well it handles on a "less leisurely drive" considering the amount of "extra ballast",tools etc it has to cope with