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CDP said:
Liquid Knight said:
That VDP looks worth saving. Being a pre-facelift one they're aren't many left out of the 160-odd series one Rover 200s left in the UK. The barren looked salvagable until I tried to straighten it and it cracked.
Bought one of these for now.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
Looks like 44K miles. May well be a scrapage car..Bought one of these for now.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
Needs to be more orange flavored. At least with a normal teacake you can taste the jam.
Good work!
Understand what you are going through as I am bringing back to life my '81 Rover SD1. Had it for 16 years, so no need to buy one as it was already there.... Not used for over 10 years but it is ready for its MOT in a couple of more days (I hope and not to discover all sorts of things, which is nearly impossible as only the engine has remained untouched).
Hope it is for you as for me, the tinkering is part of the experience, not only driving.
Rob
edited for spelling...
Understand what you are going through as I am bringing back to life my '81 Rover SD1. Had it for 16 years, so no need to buy one as it was already there.... Not used for over 10 years but it is ready for its MOT in a couple of more days (I hope and not to discover all sorts of things, which is nearly impossible as only the engine has remained untouched).
Hope it is for you as for me, the tinkering is part of the experience, not only driving.
Rob
edited for spelling...
Edited by 350zwelgje on Wednesday 26th January 10:27
350zwelgje said:
Good work!
Understand what you are going through as I am bringing back to life my '81 Rover SD1. Had it for 16 years, so no need to buy one as it was already there.... Not used for over 10 years but it is ready for its MOT in a couple of more days (I hope and not to discover all sorts of things, which is nearly impossible as only the engine has remained untouched).
Hope it is for you as for me, the tinkering is part of the experience, not only driving.
Rob
edited for spelling...
Start a pic thread and link it please!Understand what you are going through as I am bringing back to life my '81 Rover SD1. Had it for 16 years, so no need to buy one as it was already there.... Not used for over 10 years but it is ready for its MOT in a couple of more days (I hope and not to discover all sorts of things, which is nearly impossible as only the engine has remained untouched).
Hope it is for you as for me, the tinkering is part of the experience, not only driving.
Rob
edited for spelling...
Edited by 350zwelgje on Wednesday 26th January 10:27
I find this sort of thing very interesting - I am sure many others do too!
Another Rob with another old Rover that's three of us now. 
Just been to the local scrappy for a barrel. All the Rover ones either didn't have keys or were the wrong type. I did see this while I was there though.....
...2.2 carb engine, manual box and a very cool set of retro wheels for £250 (pity I'm broke eh?) all the conversion parts I'd need and I could weigh the shell in for half my money back (£200 per Ton for scrap at the moment).
Just been to the local scrappy for a barrel. All the Rover ones either didn't have keys or were the wrong type. I did see this while I was there though.....
...2.2 carb engine, manual box and a very cool set of retro wheels for £250 (pity I'm broke eh?) all the conversion parts I'd need and I could weigh the shell in for half my money back (£200 per Ton for scrap at the moment).
I am fed up with music in my car sounding like it's being played trough a Whoopie Cusion. Found the cause....
...and the solution.
The "yeah but no" speakers from my Fiat fit stealthily (like in-it)...
...behind the factory door trim.
The door speakers took a mater of seconds to fit because it's a simple pop the trim off, unscrew and fit process. The parcel shelf however is a pain in the cheeks and requires the kind of skill it would take to perform open heart surgery with a local anasetic to pull off. After all that because the car dates from a bigone era where in car entertainment involved the goings on in a village called Ambridge (I had to google that) only silly little speakers (as you can see from the first photo the same size as the door ones) will fit without fouling the rear seatbelts.
So I'll have front speakers only until the payday fairies come to visit next week. Still a hundred times better than (4.08)....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UMedd03JCA
...and the solution.
The "yeah but no" speakers from my Fiat fit stealthily (like in-it)...
...behind the factory door trim.
The door speakers took a mater of seconds to fit because it's a simple pop the trim off, unscrew and fit process. The parcel shelf however is a pain in the cheeks and requires the kind of skill it would take to perform open heart surgery with a local anasetic to pull off. After all that because the car dates from a bigone era where in car entertainment involved the goings on in a village called Ambridge (I had to google that) only silly little speakers (as you can see from the first photo the same size as the door ones) will fit without fouling the rear seatbelts.
So I'll have front speakers only until the payday fairies come to visit next week. Still a hundred times better than (4.08)....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UMedd03JCA
Only just found this thread. Did you ever get the screen sorted from the MOT? What did it need (I'm on my phone so can't see the details)
The reason I ask is because those old rovers always had a habbit of the scuttle panel under the plastic couling rotting out. It was a design flaw where water would sit there slowly doing it's best to turn the car to oxide.
The reason I ask is because those old rovers always had a habbit of the scuttle panel under the plastic couling rotting out. It was a design flaw where water would sit there slowly doing it's best to turn the car to oxide.
I wave at "boyracers" now if I had an efi "O" Series I'd deploy a cloud of oil smoke as I did. 
I used to have a blue 216SE and every time I went round a roundabout (enfusiasticly) oil would surge into number 1 cylindar and would take a mile to burn through the exhaust.
Just like this chap.
http://youtu.be/iM6trhD6avU
Nearly bought a set of those wheels though. I think they were Metro ones though because they had stupid Metric tyres on.
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