Spotted this on Gumtree in early September, not very often they pop up in rural Aberdeenshire. Went with the intention of having a look, ended up putting money down on it there and then, helped by the fact that that it had been sitting for a couple of months, the seller had another one himself and knocked a few hundred off the price! Been enjoying it relatively trouble free for the past couple of months, racking up ~3000 miles in the process.
It does have a fair few niggly problems that I'm slowly working my way through. The LCD clock/MFA screen has leaked and has no back light, the alternator makes some pretty comical noises, as do the blowing exhaust, the rattling heat shields, and the HORRENDOUSLY noisy blower motor. Hot air only comes out of the middle vent and the screen demister, the others are all cold all the time, which will be a barrel of laughs in the upcoming Scottish winter. Some of the switches don't illuminate, and most recently the horn and central locking have decided to give up. When first started in the morning it springs into life for all of two seconds before dying again, this is repeated 2-3 times before it'll sit and idle nicely. The idle needs looking at anyway, as it usually idles around 700RPM, accompanied by a flashing oil warning light. And if you turn it off, wait an hour, and go back to start it, you have to crank it for the best part of 15 seconds before it'll splutter into life - suspect leaky injectors but yet to investigate.
Paintwork is also knackered. The guy who owned this before the previous owner had clearly never used a mop before and polished it to death, taking off the paint on nearly every edge and leaving some nice swirl marks on the bonnet. The silver lining to this is that it hasn't gone pink! Not too fussed about the paintwork really, it gets muddy every few days and will be used all year round so might as well just keep it how it is. The wheels it came on also need a refurb, but I'll get that sorted over winter so they're ready for spring, which up here usually comes around the end of April.
On the plus side, the interior is mint, not even any wear on the seat bolsters. The sunroof works fine and doesn't leak, it has a comprehensive service history, it's had a new clutch, it pulls like a train and stops straight and true. There is also minimal rust, a few scabs on the doors and tailgae but nothing structural. Quite different to my other car, a 1969 Morris Minor that's just undergone about 2 years of work!
Work done so far: fitted a rubber bush to the accelerator pedal after it slipped off a couple of times (foam bush was disintegrating), fitted a 90's Pioneer tape deck (oddly enough removed from my old 2004 MG ZR, and has actually been in every car I've owned since then) and some Alpine speakers, a K&N panel filter and a spare set of badly rattle canned snowflakes with some nice new Michelin winter tyres. Fitted a new 12V socket, and in the process broke the little panel in the dash, so that's currently held in with electrical tape. Fitted some hinges so the parcel shelf actually goes up with the boot, and fitted a 3rd LED brake light, yet to be wired in. Also added a slightly more permanent interior mirror as the previous owner was using the driving instructor suction cup type!
Future plans involve fitting oil temp, oil pressure and voltage gauges, I have all the gauges but haven't got a hold of the senders etc yet. I've also got a Thunderpole CB radio left over from Rust2Rome just waiting to be fitted
It's running on -40mm springs, so it's sitting about where I want it to, but it is in desperate need of some better dampers, not quite sure whether to go for new dampers or go for full coilovers yet. Eventually I'd like to get a fast road cam, some strut braces, a nice Jetex exhaust and maybe some slightly wider wheels, but we'll see how that pans out. And maybe a garish steering wheel. Also on the lookout for some red bumpers/mirrors as I'm fairly certain the Scala should have them... 
Pictures from about a month ago:
