OK - when I got my A it was red with red sills, so I presume that was how they came. I had some sill work done and the sills were repainted black. I wanted to get them repainted red to get the car back to “standard”. Oh well, I sold the car in January and it was more standard than I thought 
Just had a look on google and you are right, most have black sills!
“Oh my, that is too cute. How could you resist that little face?”.
Translated for you, from the voice in my head.
You could restore it as a Tipo 184.
No MOT £750 is strong money for that but if solid in the weak areas (where they rot) then I guess it could be ok.
I love the story of abandoned cars on driveways. The one I’m looking at hasn’t been started for 10 years and been sitting in one place for 23 years. What a story. No wonder it’s only got 15,000 miles on the clock!
Ant
Just down the street from me is a Ford Probe that hasn’t seen an MOT since 2012, Looks in a similar state to the car in this thread, pop-up headlights too, Shame I don’t like Fords…
One of my neighbours has a 1982 Mercedes 280SE which has not moved in almost thirty years. But it is clean and polished with air in the tyres, and always looks immaculate.
I forget why he stopped using it, but I think there was a major problem with the transmission and it was not worth fixing a ten year old car. So now it is an ornament suggesting someone is home.
Local wedding hire company close by have had a ( was) lovely RR in their yard for over 40 years going nowhere. I think it was a metallic dark blue with a cream roof…but it’s all various shades of green now with a smashed screen.
Some people should not be allowed nice things.
Nooooo!
He’s an arrogant sod mate. About 1985 ish back, he & wife bought identical Capri 2.8is.
She pranged hers on the nose…not badly at all. Easy fix as they were. I offered them for it…refused. 5k on the clock apparently. It’s never moved.
Now it has a tree growing out of it.
Should be laws against it!
The Ford Probe is mostly Mazda (60% MX6)
I’m sorry but I can’t get an Alan Partridge type voice out of my head “I’m driving a Probe”
Well she’s purchased and home and looks very solid! Being in a covered corner for 23 years has paid off! Let the fun begin! New battery bought and 4 lovely tyres today as a start! All you mk1 owner may get bored of my questions!
Brilliant! Congratulations, and I hope you have a lot of fun with it!
That’s excellent. Ask anything and everything. I have restored my 1.8is.
It’s my next lockdown Quiz prize!
Only joking it won’t fit in a Jiffy bag! Haha
Ha, Ha! I think that one might be a bit too big to sit on my desk alongside the other little model that I won from you?!!!
Unless you sit in it in your office and have the computer on the dash! Just saying!
Ant
