Prompted by a thread on the MC forum and piccys of repair to chassis I wouldn't entertain fixing I went out and prodded my Percy. I mean it was warm and sunny so why not. (We've all done it!)
The good news is he looks like he has another 10 years in him yet. I just need to do some plating on the chassis and fix this replacement v8 in which I aborted when I glanced at the hole in the chassis on a cold wet day 18 months ago which I prodded through with my finger.
Buggerit... no excuses now......
Lee