If it is ian w 's old car (as I believe it is), you could go over to his profile, select 'Find latest posts' from the menu on the left and start reading backwards. Quite some info there.
If you look here https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc26...-for-sale-soon you can see that the asking price was £8K almost exactly a year ago when it sold, and does not appear to have done any mileage to speak of since. About the distance it has moved geographically. No mention of either the 45 mph noise/vibration or paintwork having been fixed, although either or both may have been attended to, of course.