"clutch, brakes and auxillary controls all work well"

"i.e. the brakes on this are old drum brakes and need a pump of the brake pedal a couple of times before they kick in "

Make your mind up. Brakes should never need a pump to make them work.
I got my first endorsement for that! (Ford Anglia)

For those with a sense of history I was stopped by a Policeman in a black Wolsley with a bell, over 10 years before Hyland's Land Rover was built!
 

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