Result! After several hours of tinkering, she's alive! I spent this afternoon replacing batteries, draining fuel, sorting out a sticky solenoid, adjusting plug and point gaps, checking there was a spark for each cylinder, turning the engine by hand, singing 'MGB GT' by Richard Thompson very loudly and annoying the neighbours, and doing a variety of other bits and bobs.
However, for some reason, the engine was turning but just not managing to kick. I decided to give up, and came in for a 'cuppa. Went back a couple of hours later to lock up and decided to give it another bash. Hey presto! A running engine! It's running very ropily of course, but hey, it's going, and sounds beautiful! An update on the situation will follow soon!
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