Pictures of decently Modified cars [Vol. 2]

[generationx]

ajprice said:

https://www.autoblog.com/amp/2011/04/02/video-27-l...

The "writer" of that article couldn't have got many more basic engine-related facts wrong if he tried...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Meteor

"engine from a British Spitfire fighter plane"
"24-cylinder"

The car's a cracker though!

[Writhing]

MOT check has it as a Rover 2600.

[Mark-C]

Writhing said:

MOT check has it as a Rover 2600.

Which is what it is ... DVLA have it down as 27,000cc so I presume it's all properly registered.

[generationx]

Mark-C said:

Writhing said:

MOT check has it as a Rover 2600.

Which is what it is ... DVLA have it down as 27,000cc so I presume it's all properly registered.

That would be a sure-fire winner in Top Trumps!

[LeighW]

ajprice said:

"I've got a Rover SD1 with a Rolls Royce Meteor engine in it"

"Jesus! How long is the bonnet to fit that in there?"

"Standard"



https://www.autoblog.com/amp/2011/04/02/video-27-l...

Charlie is a writer for PPC magazine, currently working on supercharging it.

[LeighW]

23 window Samba, with a 3.2 911 engine.

[Baron Greenback]

Watched somewhere you can buy newely pressed pannel for those old style vans (cant remeber how many windows) and I do like the idea of old windowed pannel van with scoobie powerplant!

[robemcdonald]

LeighW said:

ajprice said:

"I've got a Rover SD1 with a Rolls Royce Meteor engine in it"

"Jesus! How long is the bonnet to fit that in there?"

"Standard"



https://www.autoblog.com/amp/2011/04/02/video-27-l...

Charlie is a writer for PPC magazine, currently working on supercharging it.

I used to read ppc but stopped because they never ever finished their projects..

Did he ever get the gearbox sorted out properly?

I wonder if he still has to remove the windscreen for the MoT test.

[Matt Cup]

robemcdonald said:

LeighW said:

ajprice said:

"I've got a Rover SD1 with a Rolls Royce Meteor engine in it"

"Jesus! How long is the bonnet to fit that in there?"

"Standard"



https://www.autoblog.com/amp/2011/04/02/video-27-l...

Charlie is a writer for PPC magazine, currently working on supercharging it.

I used to read ppc but stopped because they never ever finished their projects..

Did he ever get the gearbox sorted out properly?

I wonder if he still has to remove the windscreen for the MoT test.

Why does he need to remove the windscreen for MoT? Is it because it’s Perspex?

[LeighW]

robemcdonald said:

LeighW said:

ajprice said:

"I've got a Rover SD1 with a Rolls Royce Meteor engine in it"

"Jesus! How long is the bonnet to fit that in there?"

"Standard"



https://www.autoblog.com/amp/2011/04/02/video-27-l...

Charlie is a writer for PPC magazine, currently working on supercharging it.

I used to read ppc but stopped because they never ever finished their projects..

Did he ever get the gearbox sorted out properly?

I wonder if he still has to remove the windscreen for the MoT test.

They still never finish anything, and it's starting to wear thin on me too. He did sort the gearbox, then took the engine out to add turbos, that didn't go well (can't remember why), so he's now supercharging it. At least, he was in the last update. Can't comment on the windscreen, is it because if it has a windscreen, it must have wipers?

[irocfan]

There is a surprise to this one...

[Don1]

Oh. Oh my.

[Matt Cup]

More details required.

[Harry Flashman]

That looks fantastic.

[irocfan]

The surprise is that it's based on a Corvette

[1602Mark]

irocfan said:

There is a surprise to this one...

I want to like it but those arches just look too big or misshapen.

[Krikkit]

LeighW said:

They still never finish anything, and it's starting to wear thin on me too. He did sort the gearbox, then took the engine out to add turbos, that didn't go well (can't remember why), so he's now supercharging it. At least, he was in the last update. Can't comment on the windscreen, is it because if it has a windscreen, it must have wipers?

Yep, if it has a windscreen it has to have wipers, for an IVA it has to have washer as well if screen fitted, obviously no room in it for that!

[1602Mark]

Krikkit said:

LeighW said:

They still never finish anything, and it's starting to wear thin on me too. He did sort the gearbox, then took the engine out to add turbos, that didn't go well (can't remember why), so he's now supercharging it. At least, he was in the last update. Can't comment on the windscreen, is it because if it has a windscreen, it must have wipers?

Yep, if it has a windscreen it has to have wipers, for an IVA it has to have washer as well if screen fitted, obviously no room in it for that!

When it was on Fifth Gear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiZIU54WYxw

[Don1]

Matt Cup said:

1964 Corvette by Kuhnhausen Metal Concepts. 650hp supercharged LT4 V8. Art Morrison IRS chassis.

You know I will probably get lynched for this, but these restomods are leaving me a bit cold now. They are literally everywhere, on every car show. They are having to go further and further to make an impression (such as some of Dave Kingdigs work). I'm a massive fan of the less is more school (look at my modified Sagaris for example), but I'm seeing market saturation on this now.

[swisstoni]

Don1 said:

You know I will probably get lynched for this, but these restomods are leaving me a bit cold now. They are literally everywhere, on every car show. They are having to go further and further to make an impression (such as some of Dave Kingdigs work). I'm a massive fan of the less is more school (look at my modified Sagaris for example), but I'm seeing market saturation on this now.

I agree. Totally original or very mildly modded is more special than these things now.