Well, I've had the front panel off, and while it is pre-wired for the rear sunblind which is nice, it doesn't have the Cruise Control connector lurking round the backNeither does it have the wiring in place for power folds sadly.
Having now gone through some of the paperwork that came with #158, it's interesting to see that the car left the production line on 8th December 2003, but wasn't registered for first use until 24th January 2005 so the car had either been stored or was on display at Longbridge or a dealership for a year and a month before being purchased.
I've also discovered that the first owner was none other than Actor Ken Morley (AKA Reg Holdsworth from Coronation Street) who bought it just 3 months before MG Rover Group collapsed. He owned quite a large collection of American cars at the time and obviously loved the ford Mustang engine to buy this one.
Looking at the car's MOT history, it's amazing to see that in the year between it's 1st and 2nd MOT in 2009, Ken had only driven it 7 miles! He ultimately owned it for 5 and a half years before passing it on to the next owner. In his ownership it had covered a total of 12,977 miles.
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