A porch of no more than 3m square is permitted without permission in front of the building line
https://interactive.planningportal.co.uk/mini-guide/porches/1
I've had two Marina and two Honda Acty pick-ups but there is nothing to rival them now on UK market unless you go for Chinese. People in the US are starting to complain that they want affordable small pick-ups again and Ford have produced the Maverick, which is smaller than others in their...
Aldi have a small, aluminium, vice on offer at present - the type that clamps to table etc.
https://www.aldi.co.uk/workzone-table-vice/p/099235326401400
Only last weekend I took daughter to one of the car supermarkets looking for a first car. After trying the various offerings the one she has decided on is a Fiat Panda
It's a single phase motor. The box is sealed and the cable goes inside the motor so not possible to check if three or four strands. Looking at the, Chinese, instructions the wiring diagram does show four strands going into a capacitor so assume that is in the black box rather than the motor...
What about scaffolding adjusters as a basis for adapting -
https://www.scaffoldingsupplies.co.uk/products/details/2980.html?aditem=2980&gref=157762364875&gdev=c&gloc=9073591&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIusqmu9P4hAMVVYpQBh31bwwuEAQYCCABEgLD9_D_BwE