I have now decide to put my trusty 1.7 Cossak 1996 up on Ebay.
Full details can be found there.
Ebay item number is: 140537359626
regards Smugsie
PS: I have just found questions from some time back. Sorry, very sorry for not answering before.
My location is: Ickenham near Uxbridge/Ruislip, Middlesex.
If you do have more qustions, I will now make sure I look in the correct place and come back to you. many thanks.