The Rovering Member
Well-Known Member
This will be a bit of a marathon due to Photo*ucket & my old computer so I'll do it in sections.
Due to my circumstances, Fay is now for sale as an unfinished project. Saying that though, a lot has been done & just about all the necessary parts to finish the job come with the car. There is welding to be done but it is pretty minimal when compared to the repairs that we have had to do to my other P6's. Though it is mainly to the sills, it is mostly flat sections & the rigidity of the base unit has not been compromised at all as you will see. There are a lot of pictures so that the tasks that have to be performed are as clear as possible. To someone who knows their way around these Rovers with the skills, spare time & facilities, I see no reason why she couldn't be on the road with an Mot in a couple of weeks & become a daily driver.
Or a more leisurely approach could be taken of course. There is plenty of scope for improvement over & above putting her to use as a daily, two or three of the wings could do with replacing & some work to the door bottoms wouldn't go amiss. She has had a poor quality respray some years in the past & although she scrubs up nicely, a quality paint job would be needed if you wanted a car to line up in the concours rank at a show.
Anyway, on with this show.
Some shots of her now I've bolted her back together & spruced her up:
I thought I'd taken a couple of shots of the rear with the wings on but apparently not, I'll remedy that tomorrow. Meanwhile:
Some wing-off pictures. There are new shocks all round & new steel-braided brake hoses fitted:
Both rear elbows are nice & solid, rear crossmember & trailing arms have new polybushes fitted:
More after my dinner, hopefully this will whet some appetites too.
Due to my circumstances, Fay is now for sale as an unfinished project. Saying that though, a lot has been done & just about all the necessary parts to finish the job come with the car. There is welding to be done but it is pretty minimal when compared to the repairs that we have had to do to my other P6's. Though it is mainly to the sills, it is mostly flat sections & the rigidity of the base unit has not been compromised at all as you will see. There are a lot of pictures so that the tasks that have to be performed are as clear as possible. To someone who knows their way around these Rovers with the skills, spare time & facilities, I see no reason why she couldn't be on the road with an Mot in a couple of weeks & become a daily driver.
Or a more leisurely approach could be taken of course. There is plenty of scope for improvement over & above putting her to use as a daily, two or three of the wings could do with replacing & some work to the door bottoms wouldn't go amiss. She has had a poor quality respray some years in the past & although she scrubs up nicely, a quality paint job would be needed if you wanted a car to line up in the concours rank at a show.
Anyway, on with this show.
Some shots of her now I've bolted her back together & spruced her up:
I thought I'd taken a couple of shots of the rear with the wings on but apparently not, I'll remedy that tomorrow. Meanwhile:
Some wing-off pictures. There are new shocks all round & new steel-braided brake hoses fitted:
Both rear elbows are nice & solid, rear crossmember & trailing arms have new polybushes fitted:
More after my dinner, hopefully this will whet some appetites too.