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The car was off the road garaged for about 10 years and when it came out it had a complete overhaul. During its time in the garage the tank had rusted and a replacement one was fitted.

No, it drove beautifully. I spanked it a bit up and down the road and there was no loss of power.

It was a sort of 'fklurk' noise from behind me. I looked in the rear view mirror, thinking I'd run over something. It might be dirt or water in the fuel. The car had a complete overhaul last year including a new fuel tank, and since this time last year it's done 400 miles. I don't drive it...

Well I went back to the car this morning to have a look over it. I'd had to abandon it in a pub car park. It started, first time I turned the engine over. I drove it the half mile back to my house and it didn't misbehave. Any thoughts, wise mechanics?

Hi everyone, I took my Puma out today for the first time in about 8 weeks. I drove it about 5 miles (took about 15 minutes), then parked it, and an hour later drove it back (a little harder). Within a mile of my house I heard a noise from the car (and I can't describe it) and then within 1/3...

Thanks for everyone's help on this.

Yes, it's going to need lots doing to it. It will need four new tyres, cambelt replaced (it's never been done) and the engine cleaned out good and proper. I took a look at it earlier and there's no sign of rust anywhere, even on the wheel arches which is good. It has been garaged and under a...

West Kent. I'm happy for it to go anywhere though, and since it can't be driven at present it'll need to travel on the back of a lorry to get it there.

Hi there. I have a Puma Thunder which I've owned since new but which has been garaged, undriven, since 2006. It's done about 45,000 miles. I'm now in a position to get it overhauled and back on the road but I'd like to send it to a specialist to have all the things done that will inevitably...