Adam Birch said:P6-SI said:Well good luck with yours when you get it, post some pictures of her when you can. Sounds like a nice one, just need to pick a nice colour, will you stick with original rover colours of opt for a different one ?
Well my first task will be to get the car on the road so at that stage it will be multicoloured until I have the funds to sort it out. However when I look at the car, what is painted tobacco leaf looks good, it is practically new paint, but where the car was immediately stored afterwards, that quality job has been ruined by deep (but not through) storage marks/scratches. So I am persuaded to go tobacco again, because when the paint job is new, apparently it is full of colour - depending on the light, you can see some hints of green and yellow, which is a nice touch.
P6-SI said:I am really pleased with her, I hope Adams drop and pick up goes well. Welding seems a must skill to learn, hope I don't have to do to much of that yet, maybe I won't take to many panels off yet
Glad you are pleased with your purchase, lunar grey is one of my favourite colours. Most of the time it looks light green, but every now and again, depending on the light and how you look at the car, it actually looks gray. Or at least I have found that with my own experiences (I'm not colour blind, honest)!
Welding is a must for older cars - last year I owned a cameron green 2000 auto. It looked rough, but the base unit looked super in a few areas, and ok in others. However when Nick and Duncan looked, they actually felt the sills, and the metal was so squidgy it could have been used as a cake tin - note to self: feel as well as look. Also my mother was asking why I like big cars like P6's rather than smaller ones like morris minors - I then spoke about this to my friend's dad who said I ought to have a degree in welding if I was thinking about a morris minor.
On the note of rusty cars, a friend of mine owns a car called Dogtanien - a 1976 2200sc manual in richelieu red. It is a heavily crashed/welded/neglected car that has done about 105000 miles. It was last crashed, I mean on the road, in 2004 - being stored outside in the elements for 6 years, the beautiful red paint has faided to a matt pink colour along with a few voids where there used to be a substance called steel... At the moment they are waiting for their trusty welder to give a verdict - can it be fixed without needing a straight jacket afterwards - at this stage the answer is more likely to be that the car is going to be used for parts - which is a shame for a car with such a good name.
I say enough of my essay - I really could go on forever.
Cheers, Adam.
Yeah it's a shame when they come to the end of the road Adam, but better that than banger raced I think. I went and looked at a red series 1 a couple of months ago which was on eBay. It was a one owner car from new and stored since 1982. They wanted about £500 for it but with all the brakes jammed, exhaust rotten, hole in rad and rusty sills it was just to much for me to take on, but it could have been made into a cracker. I don't know who bought her and I think it will probably be stripped. (hope not).
Tobacco leaf is a great choice, you don't see many in that colour so go for it. (will you have a go at spraying yourself).
Like you I am on limited funds so I will have a good look over her this weekend and pick one job at a time. I might start with sorting out the near side font headlight surround, if you look at the first picture I took from the front something looks out of line and I think the bumper is fitted wonky as well, so I have plenty to keep me busy
Hope you like your p6 when you collect her, don't forget to post some pictures of her.
Cheers
Si