After nearly seven weeks at Crossings garage phase one of my rolling resto project is complete. Having bought an Allegro sold unseen last year (price £1500) and garaged it I needed someone to inspect it and make sure it was roadworthy and hopefully within my £500 initial budget. Those who read chapter two of my Allegro adventure will know I had a slight mishap at the first place I took the car to but the second time proved to be the charm. I must confess, I’d been deeply concerned about Dolly (please don’t harm my street cred on YouTube by mentioning the name) because we had the wettest May on record and the poor girl took a battering every day, as she was rolled outside (due to a lack of space in the garage during the day ) . When I turned up to collect Dolly on May 28 th the friendly mechanic Christian was happy to go over every job done at a leisure ly pace and prime me for what still needed doing, but was not yet agreed upon. He turned out to be old enough to have