So I got it back last night, steering now works great but the power mirrors, clock and stereo were are all dead
After about 2 hours of faffing turns out it was a fuse gone in the drivers side footwell
now all fine.
Is it the end of this saga? Probably not as I saw rust colouration on the floor underneath where it had been parked
Next on the agenda is a stripping the car and a full respray along with a set of better suiting alloys, this is long term though.