Hi Nick and welcome to the club! Whereabouts are you moving to here from?
Nice looking 1st gen you have there 
Good that you are looking ahead for these things, not sure how familiar you are so apologies if my answer is a bit simple. The MOT is a test which occurs every year and there are a couple of guys on here who are MOT testers so can be a great help to you. Below are a couple of links of what to look out for. Main things will be as you say indicators - must be amber on a 4 corners, with exemptions on U.S cars before a certain year (i think early 60's?). Rear fog light is i think mandatory for cars after a 1980. Though mine is an '79 and i don't need rear fogs... this is England, it is foggy, so i have one on the rear: ). Front fog lights aren't necessary. A note on the 'optional' stuff is that if it's there, but doesn't need to be, then it must then abide by those rules. i.e if you fit a rear fog to yours, then it must be red, it must have a lighted switch so that you have a visual indicator that it is on. Same for a spare tyre, you don't need one but if you do, then it must be a road legal tyre i.e not bald / flat. The usual bits must be operational - horns, wipers, seat belts must retract etc. There's a note in the below about lights, in that headlights must be aimed at a certain height / direction etc.
http://www.motester.co.uk/mot-guide
http://www.motester.co.uk/mot-guide#lights
Saying all the above, i do often see U.S cars with red indicators on the rear (especially Cougars) and no rear fog lights. That doesn't put you on the good side of the law of course 
Cheers,
Ray
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