Thanks for the recommendations - unfortunately, a phrase we in my part of the world get very familiar with is "excludes NI" 18.png

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So... my local guy is now showing signs of not wanting to do it - though he used to be a specialist, that's years ago now, and I think he's less keen than expected.

There is still a semi-local expert, but he's about 15 miles away. So the question is... I've only driven maybe 20 miles since I noticed the problem. Would it be very inadvisable to drive it slowly to him, with maybe an hour's break in the middle, or would this be seriously risking making things worse?

Ta

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talkingcars wrote:

That roof looks like it needs a deep clean, if it was mine I would start with my jet wash to give it a deep clean blast..
 

Update - managed to get hold of him. He's done dozens of these in his long career (ex main MGR dealer here) and can do it in February hopefully. Will post updates...

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Sorry I missed all the helpful replies - I don't get notifications any more for some reason - must have a look and see if I can figure out why...

So it might have been red at some stage in its life! Oh well. Head gasket went yesterday, so the roof has slipped down the priority list a bit for now 19.png

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Cobber wrote:

What colour was it? going by the pic it's a bit hard to tell

Sorry, for some reason the forum doesn't alert me any more when I get a reply! Also when I quote somebody now, I have to reply in the "quote" box - don't know what's going on.

It was a black top!