There were a couple of rust holes in one sill. That's it.
A 1.6 LX Sapphire is firmly in the banger camp, however this one was simply too good to ignore. Low warranted miles, FSH, its carb fed Pinto purrs like a kitten.
As you'd expect, it's not particularly swift, more noticeably so with passengers on board, and it can struggle to pull the 5th gear at motorway speeds. However it's wonderfully comfortable, smooth and quiet to drive.
It regularly returns 35-40 mpg, and has needed no work, apart from two small welding patches on one sill.
I wrote the original review above, just a quick update.
For MOT it needed more welding on inner sills, and its carburettor seems to be suffering, with erratic idling and hesitation on acceleration. It's apparently a common fault on the later twin-choke Webers.
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