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Tips for the future.
Start on the engine bay first doing the most inaccessible bits to start and work outwards.
You finished off with your coiled hose rubbing all of your fresh paint and you were also leaning against it.
Be more thorough in your painting, you need to do it in straight passes ensuring full coverage before moving on to the next bit.
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You've done a great job so far and deserve a medal for doing it all outside!
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eternaloptimist
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Too many projects, not enough time or space...
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Mar 10, 2019 12:04:37 GMT
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Really enjoying this thread, great work.
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XC70, VW split screen crew cab, Standard Ten
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Mar 10, 2019 21:01:32 GMT
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Went to check on the car after last nights wind and rain. The covers were half blown off even though I had stacked pallets on it. The paint is ok, just a couple of marks. But importantly the turret tops and the bits of the wheel wells that you will see are all ok.
So I started bolting stuff in. Couldn't get too far as I ran out of nuts and bolts and daylight.
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Mar 10, 2019 22:12:18 GMT
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Very Nice work Jim.
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Mar 12, 2019 16:12:51 GMT
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Did some more poking last night. Decided to concentrate on the rear end for a bit while i am waiting for nuts and bolts to arrive for the front end.
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Mar 12, 2019 19:37:46 GMT
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This - all done outside...in British weather - simply blows my mind. Amazing tenacity. Great job! I must never complain about my garage again. John/Connecticut/USA
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Mar 13, 2019 23:04:39 GMT
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Jim I know you like a challenge but are you mad taking on DOT as well as this Diesel, marry your partner as she must have the patients of a saint.
I follow the videos.
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Yeah Dotty could be interesting to say the least. i have made some very exciting discoveries regarding that car, so watch this/that space!
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Mar 14, 2019 10:04:23 GMT
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s123
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Mar 14, 2019 21:36:42 GMT
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Very inspiring to see your work and progress! Keep up the good work!
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Life's more painless for the brainless.
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Mar 14, 2019 21:49:11 GMT
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Nice work on a rare (for a reason) SD1.
I sold these at an Austin Rover dealer as a suited and booted yoof. The diesel was great at doing 70 all day long on a motorway (you could in those days) but otherwise geared wrong and absolutely gutless, a nice place to sit though.
Got out of the car game in about '85 as I didn't have the character flaw required to lie to people and stitch them into HP deals they couldn't really afford.
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Needs a bigger hammer mate.......
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Nice work on a rare (for a reason) SD1. I sold these at an Austin Rover dealer as a suited and booted yoof. The diesel was great at doing 70 all day long on a motorway (you could in those days) but otherwise geared wrong and absolutely gutless, a nice place to sit though. Got out of the car game in about '85 as I didn't have the character flaw required to lie to people and stitch them into HP deals they couldn't really afford. Yeah driving this thing will be interesting to say the least. I’m already thinking about modifications. The fuel pump is really easy to modify, so it the turbo. I’m thinking about fitting a Range Rover inlet manifold with a forward facing inlet port, rotating the turbo housing and then fitting an intercooler. |
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Carried on with the car last night. I remembered that the trim between the dash and screen was knackered so I replaced it with a good spare. Then with the daylight fading I started sorting the rear section of the inner sill. I chopped out the rusty bits and salvaged good steel from my donor panel.
After that I chopped off the rear section of the chassis rail and fabricated a new one from 1.5 mm steel. I have that tacked in, but won’t weld it completely until I have the lateral reinforcer positioned correctly.
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Mar 15, 2019 11:09:05 GMT
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Another sd1 dotty?  ?? The derv engine will be out in a few weeks |
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Mar 15, 2019 11:49:21 GMT
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You really are ploughing on with this. And you’ve taken on another one? Where are you going to put that? 😂 I admire your enthusiasm with the circumstances you are working with. With work in the day and this car at night you must be absolutely knackered.
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14 Audi A3 Sportback - Easy driver
05 Audi TT MK1 3.2 DSG - Damn quick
73 Triumph 2000 - Needs work
03 Range Rover 4.4 V8 petrol. Had to get it out of my system.
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Mar 15, 2019 15:42:38 GMT
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I think it's great that I have someone else like Jim that can I point to every time I have to justify that I have purchased just another Jowett project - but Jim is very quickly becoming the unsung hero of the Rover SD1 world by saving what most people would consider too far gone / not worth saving or scrap - we need more people like this in the land of retros & classics whom will not just hoover up projects then park them up and do nothing to them - but physically save the vehicle and actively restore them or ensure that they are found good homes - I often purchase a project to save it - might even locate any missing parts then offer it on to a suitable home (I almost never make any money on them but that's not my intention in the first place)
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Last Edit: Mar 15, 2019 15:49:47 GMT by Deleted
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Mar 15, 2019 15:59:39 GMT
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I just think it's incredible work, bearing in mind the conditions/situation the car is in - working in a car park, outside, is (bonkers!) amazing tbh. Tremendous perseverence (spelling!). Proper, proper job. Hats off.
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Mar 15, 2019 21:07:27 GMT
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Thank you for the kind words. Grumpynortherner is spot on. I keep seeing sd1’s scrapped because “they aren’t economically viable to repair” or because “they are rusty”. For a car where panels are so readily available and cheap (compared to Ford or Vauxhall), it really annoys me that people don’t just fix them. I don’t get it. Anyway I’m just gonna keep saving them.
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Mar 15, 2019 21:45:55 GMT
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Didn't they sell the tooling to an Indian car manufacturer and someone over here bought out all the spares a while back?
May be imagining that............. ooh a unicorn...........
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Last Edit: Mar 15, 2019 21:46:24 GMT by duggers
Needs a bigger hammer mate.......
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