kws Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 It was a great idea at the time.... how bad can it be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Night Shamalayan Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Best purchase you've made, kelvin. Enjoy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 My condolences. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Nice! We need more quality British cars around here. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 Its freakin lush to drive, despite its age it holds the road well and the steering is as direct as it can be. Be interesting when i get the pile of receipts it apparently has, to see whats actually been done in the past. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locost_bryan Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Friend of mine had one 20 or so years ago. Wonderful car. Rover car club is great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Great find and purchase, that looks mint! Would be so full of rot here in the UK. Lots of tuning options for that V8 too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 Thanks Unfortunately they tend to fill up with rot here too, but there if youre lucky there are still some out there with minimal rust. This one is fairly solid with only minor rust here and there (Mostly little spots around window trims and things). Ideally in the very distant future i would like to drop a 4.4 or 4.6 engine in for the added punch, but since the 3.5 seems to be in good shape ill stick with that for now. The Speeduino should wake it up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolsHusband Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Nice motor. My first boss had a 1980 V8 5-speed (in 1984). Rough looking sleeper with a cam, Holley, heads, dual pipes etc gave 285 HP. Had a bit of suspension work but his fave mod was welding some angle along the watts linkage, made a big difference. I'd love one but they're all rotted out here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 @ carols husband and lothar- are the good rust free ones in the UK expensive then? Or still cheap because of no stupid scene tax Ie Ford, VW etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted November 5, 2016 Author Share Posted November 5, 2016 From what i have seen (and the others actually in the UK will be able to clarify), tidy examples go for a lot of money and sell quickly. The prices seem to be on the up; i guess thats what happens when availability goes down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Im liking the amount of turd polishing going on here 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolsHusband Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 @ carols husband and lothar- are the good rust free ones in the UK expensive then? Or still cheap because of no stupid scene tax Ie Ford, VW etc Top end... http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C792509 These...... http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/list/40/sd1/ Are they expensive for over there ? Some don't seem too bad value but I remember when a good one was 500 quid (blah, blah, don't know you're born, etc....) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Gillespie Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 That's looking really good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevDWC Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Sorry to read about your knee, did mine in a motorcycle accident a few years ago. Hope the recovery goes well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted December 1, 2016 Author Share Posted December 1, 2016 I also had a lol when reading the hand written receipts.... the first owner in NZ was a "Mr Barry". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 First rule of old car ownership - Never keep receipts Second rule of old car ownership* - Never add up receipts * Especially if married. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 Third rule of old car ownership, - Make sure the majority of receipts were paid for by someone else 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Looks pretty cool, I'm liking the story. Being a Rover you need an old man hat to leave on the rear shelf. (Bought my mate one for his Leyland at the Gore Sally Op shop while on National P76 rally)... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locost_bryan Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Triumphs were single overhead cap or double overhead cap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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