1st time owner
- Thread starter festy
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That soumds a terrific history! I imagine the previous owner will be very pleased to see it being given TLC. The offside front is pretty minor by P6 standards - most look more like, or worse than, the nearside!
Some of the holes towards the bulkhead of the inner wings provide access for water to the inside of the sills. So keep it well covered by tarpaulin or garage! You can tell if there is any water in there now by looking in the oblong depressions at either side of the rear seat base. These communicate directly with the sill, so if that is wet these depressions will be wet also.
Rich (rockdemon) advises a careful exam of the front bulkhead - the places specifically to probe are in the area where the suspension top link bolts to the bulkhead under the inner wing. This area is very critical to suspension geometry and there are known to be corrosion problems there occasionaly.
When you come to look at the rain channels at the top edges of the inner wings you will see that they are curved in plan view (from above). The repair panels that are available are straight, so you may well be better off making your own new metal, or locating a genuine Rover repair panel - they do exist, in fact I'd lay money on Ian Wilson at Rover-Classics having complete 4 cylinder inner wings!
http://www.rover-classics.co.uk/
Chris
Some of the holes towards the bulkhead of the inner wings provide access for water to the inside of the sills. So keep it well covered by tarpaulin or garage! You can tell if there is any water in there now by looking in the oblong depressions at either side of the rear seat base. These communicate directly with the sill, so if that is wet these depressions will be wet also.
Rich (rockdemon) advises a careful exam of the front bulkhead - the places specifically to probe are in the area where the suspension top link bolts to the bulkhead under the inner wing. This area is very critical to suspension geometry and there are known to be corrosion problems there occasionaly.
When you come to look at the rain channels at the top edges of the inner wings you will see that they are curved in plan view (from above). The repair panels that are available are straight, so you may well be better off making your own new metal, or locating a genuine Rover repair panel - they do exist, in fact I'd lay money on Ian Wilson at Rover-Classics having complete 4 cylinder inner wings!
http://www.rover-classics.co.uk/
Chris
Hi welcome and thats a nice series 1 , as some know i do like many others like the series one best colour you got there, and also all the repair panels can be got for most bits or if your on budget some breaks my give you what you need.
i was like you did nt do any welding or repairs untill i got rosie now i would take anything on she needs there such great cars to work on.
im now 4yrs on owning rosie and i know there s better cars out there but its so much fum fixing them up i would nt part with her now.
so welcome and enjoy your car.
also good idea i found is to pal up with someone local to you with p6 really helps.
marcus
i was like you did nt do any welding or repairs untill i got rosie now i would take anything on she needs there such great cars to work on.
im now 4yrs on owning rosie and i know there s better cars out there but its so much fum fixing them up i would nt part with her now.
so welcome and enjoy your car.
also good idea i found is to pal up with someone local to you with p6 really helps.
marcus
