I've been lurking on here for a while now because I like reading about all your projects, there's some great work going on. I bumped into Seth on a weekend away last summer and he said I should sign up and show you all my Rover. Well I took a while to get round to it but I've done it now.
Time a proper introduction to my car. In late 2005 I decided that I wanted a second car for nice days out. The conditions were that it must have a V8 engine and an automatic gearbox and I thought the Rover P6 looked ideal for my budget. I bought it in February 2006 after seeing it advertised on eBay, previous owner had it for nearly 10 years and it had just 33000 miles on the clock, he only did around 250 miles per year. It's was in generally sound condition, far better than anything else I'd seen, and thought to be unwelded (it has been patched on the sills, but I wasn't sure how to spot it back then) so I was convinced that it was a good one. I decided that couldn't risk the bidding on it getting out of reach so I took and envelope of cash to seal the deal.
Here's me and EMF on it's first day out with us at Chatsworth House. This was a week after I bought it, February 2006. It was a pretty cold trip as the heater didn't work at the time thanks to a blocked heater matrix. It ran fine that day and I couldn't help grinning when I caught a glimpse of it on our return to the car park
It's a series 1 1/2 in Zircon Blue and the Minilite wheels have been on it for as long as anyone can remember. The previous owner added power steering and had the transmission overhauled too.
The interior was neat and tidy with all the leather in good condition, and no spare wheel on the boot lid - I don't like them on there. The black plastic wing mirrors would have to go though!
After running it through the summer and getting to know the car I decided to tackle the blocked heater matrix and replaced along with all the coolant hoses along with a service.
That started the journey of continuous tinkering, fettling and upgrading, mainly replacing and sorting stuff that has deteriorated and worn out as a result of time and doing less than 300 miles per year for the last 20 years.
Some of the things I've done since then are.....
Rear caliper overhaul
Fitted Goodridge braided brake hoses
Replaced the shock with AVO adjustables
rebuilt the brake master cylinder,
Rebuilt the front calipers
Had the roof repainted due to cracking and flaking paint
Replaced the UJ's on the rear axle
Fitted HD springs at the back
Replaced the lower bushes on the front suspension.
I'll show you some of the more in depth work I've done in the next few posts leading up to present where the fun and games have really started.
Time a proper introduction to my car. In late 2005 I decided that I wanted a second car for nice days out. The conditions were that it must have a V8 engine and an automatic gearbox and I thought the Rover P6 looked ideal for my budget. I bought it in February 2006 after seeing it advertised on eBay, previous owner had it for nearly 10 years and it had just 33000 miles on the clock, he only did around 250 miles per year. It's was in generally sound condition, far better than anything else I'd seen, and thought to be unwelded (it has been patched on the sills, but I wasn't sure how to spot it back then) so I was convinced that it was a good one. I decided that couldn't risk the bidding on it getting out of reach so I took and envelope of cash to seal the deal.
Here's me and EMF on it's first day out with us at Chatsworth House. This was a week after I bought it, February 2006. It was a pretty cold trip as the heater didn't work at the time thanks to a blocked heater matrix. It ran fine that day and I couldn't help grinning when I caught a glimpse of it on our return to the car park
It's a series 1 1/2 in Zircon Blue and the Minilite wheels have been on it for as long as anyone can remember. The previous owner added power steering and had the transmission overhauled too.
The interior was neat and tidy with all the leather in good condition, and no spare wheel on the boot lid - I don't like them on there. The black plastic wing mirrors would have to go though!
After running it through the summer and getting to know the car I decided to tackle the blocked heater matrix and replaced along with all the coolant hoses along with a service.
That started the journey of continuous tinkering, fettling and upgrading, mainly replacing and sorting stuff that has deteriorated and worn out as a result of time and doing less than 300 miles per year for the last 20 years.
Some of the things I've done since then are.....
Rear caliper overhaul
Fitted Goodridge braided brake hoses
Replaced the shock with AVO adjustables
rebuilt the brake master cylinder,
Rebuilt the front calipers
Had the roof repainted due to cracking and flaking paint
Replaced the UJ's on the rear axle
Fitted HD springs at the back
Replaced the lower bushes on the front suspension.
I'll show you some of the more in depth work I've done in the next few posts leading up to present where the fun and games have really started.