What does £2500 of Rolls Royce look like? Not bad actually..

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[J4CKO]

Hope yours is better than this one, best of luck !

https://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/130482/rol...

[Cambs_Stuart]

Bookmarked! You Sir, are braver than I. An inspired purchase, absolutely the best of luck to you.
And I hope the wedding goes OK too.

[BlueHave]

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British craftsmanship at it's finest

[Piersman2]

That couldn't be my Dad's old one could it? He (and me for a 3 month period) had one in exactly that colour combo... he sold it on in Aberdeen when he eventually upgraded to an old Bentley about 10 years ago.I can't remember the plate off hand.

He spared no expense keeping his in fine fettle, I think he had the rear arches done twice on his, with it being done right the second time with proper replacement panel inserts.

Great cars to tool around in and actually still quick enough to enjoy in modern traffic... if you don't think about how much fuel they're using to do it!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Excellent thread, lovely car. Good luck with the car, and congratulations on the forthcoming big day.

[dbdb]

What a glorious looking old car.

[M3333]

Wow, i was expecting to have a laugh at your misfortune but that looks really honest, complete and in tidy condition, well done and good luck with it

This one however, get some beer before embarking on this thread!

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/130482/roll...

[FredClogs]

Big balls sir, I salute you.

[Cookeh]

Fantastic value for money, these things have a real presence.

Out of interest, where did you get a pair of plates from for £16.50?

[gobuddygo]

Try eBay got some of these for my wife's car very good quality

Plates

[Hi]

I got the plates from ebay, I opted for pressed metal ones which were £16.50 but you can get normal plastic ones for about £12 a pair.

They arrived today so more pictures to follow shortly.

[crankedup]

Hope that your bravery is richly rewarded, £2.5k !!!! cost that for the front seats alone.

[Jimmy Recard]

Nice one!

And to think I was apprehensive about bidding on a rough Vauxhall Omega with an airbag light on

[Solocle]

Yeah, that looks like a real bargain. If I can, it's the sort of thing I'd love to have for a Sunday drive after uni!
What's the fuel consumption like?

[uk66fastback]

Solocle said:

What's the fuel consumption like?

As a man once said: "If you have to ask, you can't afford it."

[Huntsman]

Solocle said:

Yeah, that looks like a real bargain. If I can, it's the sort of thing I'd love to have for a Sunday drive after uni!
What's the fuel consumption like?

About 8 or 9 round town. Maybe 15 on run.

[Digby]

Awesome!

I came so very close to getting an old Bentley instead of my little van.

Will watch this with interest!

[Hi]

Only a very small update!

That rolls on retrorides looks like an awful lot of work, more then I could take on at the moment! Hats off to the guy for embarking on a project like that!

I'm not too worried about the fuel as firstly it won't be used as a daily (we have loads of other cars to use each day, can't drive them all at once) and secondly, it's not going to be much worse than my current 'fun daily driver' SL55.
Also it only cost me £73 to add it to my classic policy for the remaining 10 months, which isn't bad for a couple in their mid 20's, so that goes some way to countering the fuel costs.

Anyway, the number plates arrived today. I do like these pressed plates, it is the first time I have bought them but have a few friends who have them on their retro cars. I think the raised profile fits in nicely with this age of car.
P1010562 by Hi, on Flickr
P1010563 by Hi, on Flickr

I set about fitting them, which meant cleaning up the goo left from previous stuck on plates. I do plan to remove the plates in the future and paint the plate surround bit, but for now it is very much function over form if I am to get this road worthy asap.
Before:
P1010564 by Hi, on Flickr
After:
P1010565 by Hi, on Flickr

And this little job finished:
P1010570 by Hi, on Flickr

Here's one I did earlier...
P1010572 by Hi, on Flickr

I've got as far as jacking up the rear end and putting it on axle stands ready to start tackling the welding on the boot floor. It looks like quite an easy panel to sort so hopefully won't be a massive job. Sadly I am now pretty busy until next week so unlikely to be more updates until next week.

Edited by Hi on Tuesday 14th November 19:49

[jamiebae]

I hope there isn't too much work hiding away out of sight, and admire your bravery taking it on, I don't think I could bring myself to risk it personally!