This Merlin is SOLD!!
Following this ad in the September 1998 issue of Which Kit? magazine:

All leather interior, best quality wool carpet, walnut dash, mohair hood, stainless grille, bumpers, exhaust, professional paint job, low mileage since completed.

All for just £7500.00

The car was sold for the asking price. The gentleman who bought it said it was the best example of a Merlin he had seen. That was a nice complement to receive after three years of hard work and only three months of driving it!