Recent content by Rob M

I reckon it will depend on how many banger racers are watching... :wink: Ive got to say, just lately, ive never seen so many "barn finds" up for sale,im sure there are more shonky P5s out there than actually left the factory. As an aside, Ive now got 146 "watchers" for the V8 so, I suspect...

Thank you all for the feedback. If its any interest, I still keep tabs on Scimitars and, they too, seem to be picking up in price. At one time, you could pick up a very reasonable 6A for around a £1000, infact two out of the three i owned were bought for under four figures. Lately, as tidy as...

Thank you for the kind words and appraisal of my Ad! Yes, i like to tell it how it is, ive been bitten on the bum in the past and i really would not want to do that to anybody else, its just not right. The car isnt a complete shed but, as I have been at pains to point out, it really does need...

Ok, where do I begin? Ive come to a decision about my 77 P6. The simple fact is the car needs lots of work, IMHO, to get it to the kind of standard that I want and, being brutally honest, I neither have the time nor the skill to do it. Im also getting massive grief from the wife, as this is a...

Can you still make Pick ups out of cars over there? You cannot do that here anymore, apparently, there is no catagory for vehicles converted to pick ups on a BIVA test which you need to have if you have modified a monocoque structure. Ok, you are now going to tell me that the P4 has a seperate...

Paul, thanks for the additional info, the picture says a thousand words! Yes, the prices seem to be very reasonable, especially when you know it will be a good fit and its got to be preferable to the ball ache of fabricating whacking great repair sections. Ive just had a re read through your...

Thanks for the reply. The diagram shows the sill as a full length one, I suppose that is just artistic licence then :wink: I shall contact them in due course, when ive got sufficient funds to go for it. Thanks!

Im looking on the J R Wadhams site and they sell inner sills and base unit side and bottom repair sections. Whats the difference? I dont mean to sound thick but is the repair section literally a repair section if you dont need to renew the whole sill? I need lots of advise, I think im going to...

"Structurally sound........" So they have had the front seats out, the carpets up, the cover sills off....... :wink: Tell you what, even if i was going to look at a mega priced, only driven to tescos by a lil old lady P6, Id be prodding and poking EVERYWHERE! Maybe thats what i should have done...

Nail on head!! Its a series 2 V8 that has had its identity swapped with a series 1 2000. Its pretty simple ( or was) really. You get the log booked changed to show that the 2000 is now running a V8, no different to sombody sticking a V8 in a Cortina or something. Im guessing that, on purchase of...

Possible project or good for spares. http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... ead=139678

My oh my!! We have gone from "Possible ringer" to " People who cheat the system should be *******" "quicker than that car could get to 60MPH! There is no proof whatsoever that the car is bent. My Dad bought his H Plate 3500 in 1978 and the inner sills were as bad as ive seen, beating some of the...

Quality work there stina!! Ive, sort of, been down the same road as you a couple of times, recolouring leather seats ( my old Scimitars) and have had pretty good results to be fair. You are clearly meticulous so, i reckon, you wont have any issues. I cannot believe the condition of that car,its...

Re: My 3500S Ground Up Resto ..........and im whinging about putting a few patches into my floor!! :wink: That is truly astonishing workmanship, you are saving a car that most of us would have considered only good enough for parts. I do hope you are showing all of this on other car related...

Stina, my problem is that i lack patience!! Id much rather drive the car than have her in bits, the idea that I could have her off the road for months on end turns me cold TBH. However, you are correct in what you say and I shall be doing it "one bit at a time" to wit, once ive done the drivers...