Barten
Active Member
Hi. I am in the process to doing up my long term project car. A 1972 3500s sold new in Norway in 1972 and in my posession since 1989. I was a student then. I got my first job the year after and bought a house with a garage. I started on the restoration in 1991 after I had done some work on my garage. I then did all the bodywork in the period from 91 to 98. That included replacing the lower parts of the sills and a lot of other sheet metal. I reckon 3- 4 m3 of sheet metal replaced. I learned to migweld on that car for shure!
The work included several trips to England to buy parts. One of my first "investments" was a full new carpet set from Ray Weekley - what an optimist I was. In 92 I was in England again and got most of my chromework done at the Standard Chrome company in Coventry . It has been waiting for a long time to be seen after that. It was a cracking job! I bought new wings, new quarter panels and lots of parts I thought I would need.
Then in 1998 i moved back to my homeplace and built a garage and a house in 2002. All this took its toll and I did nothing on the Rover for many years. Then in 2005 I bought an original brown Rover to at least be able to taste the Rover at its best. Then in 2007 work started to progress again with overhauling the engine. The previous owner had already put and SD1 engine and gearbox in it, but I did not know how good the engine was. So I ripped it apart . More to follow tomorrow, its bed time!
The work included several trips to England to buy parts. One of my first "investments" was a full new carpet set from Ray Weekley - what an optimist I was. In 92 I was in England again and got most of my chromework done at the Standard Chrome company in Coventry . It has been waiting for a long time to be seen after that. It was a cracking job! I bought new wings, new quarter panels and lots of parts I thought I would need.
Then in 1998 i moved back to my homeplace and built a garage and a house in 2002. All this took its toll and I did nothing on the Rover for many years. Then in 2005 I bought an original brown Rover to at least be able to taste the Rover at its best. Then in 2007 work started to progress again with overhauling the engine. The previous owner had already put and SD1 engine and gearbox in it, but I did not know how good the engine was. So I ripped it apart . More to follow tomorrow, its bed time!