The racing Midget is off. Plus, a road car worth test-driving

We reported on a Midget a couple of weeks back that was in the workshop with accident damage from a track incident. We said at the time that we did not think the damage was a severe as it had looked initially, and we were right because the Midget has already been returned to fighting form and will be going back to the owner shortly.

It is always nice to clear some room in the workshop or on the forecourt by returning a project to its owner, but in this case we have simply replaced the tiny Midget with a much larger Jaguar Mk2, so we've lost space rather than gained it and the guys will have to lay off the pies for a little longer if they want to be able to squeeze their way round the workshop. The Jaguar arrived on a trailer because it has been off the road for five years and the owner wants us to go through it and estimate roughly what is needed to put back on the road. So that will entail a service and health check initially – drain the fuel tank, clean up the carburettors, sort the fuel lines and the brakes, stuff like that. It is a long time since Steve has worked on a Mk2 Jag, and I think he is quite looking forward to it.

Slightly more modern is the accident-damaged MGF waiting for attention. We have looked after this car for many years, almost from new, and the owner is determined that it will be repaired and not scrapped so we are now searching for some suitable second-user panels. It will be a big job, but the car is very precious to her and so it has to be done. We will need a new boot lid and bumper at the very least, but hopefully most of the rest will pull out.

Another splash of red on the forecourt is provided by a lovely fourth-generation Ford Mustang convertible that we are selling on behalf of a customer. It has been here a while and we've had a lot of people drop in and admire it, but they really need to get behind the wheel and try it out because its 3.8-litre Essex V6 engine sounds fantastic. The drop-top Mustang is being offered at £6000, and you get an awful lot of car for that money. There is electric everything, and enough room on the inside for it to make a realistic family car – wouldn't that make you popular on the school run? Perhaps once the spring is here and we can get the top down, somebody will take it for a spin and get hooked.