Whilst doing a service on the Volvo, I utilised its large capacity battery to jump start the seven. It took a little while to fire, the oil pressure was good and it burbled into life with a little application of choke. I let it warm up and tried out the clutch mechanism. It's very smooth and fairly progressive and looks as if it'll last a lot longer than the last efforts.
I have ordered some of the components for the Mk2 dash, with the final order ready to go by tomorrow. That should give me all the components to construct my new dash idea. It's going to be different :-)