Ratdat Posted December 11, 2007 Author Share Posted December 11, 2007 Looks great ratdat, I was watching that car to as a possible solution to the great single plen manual vitesse running gear surrounded by very tatty bodywork example of the breed in my custodianship Those glovebox literatures are nice!It would have been a good solution to that! Although, in a way it'd be a shame to pull it apart and make it V8 as it's so unmolested. I bet a lot of six pots have been converted to V8 over the years, especially the smaller ones. Is your shell not worth fixing up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Looks great ratdat, I was watching that car to as a possible solution to the great single plen manual vitesse running gear surrounded by very tatty bodywork example of the breed in my custodianship Those glovebox literatures are nice!It would have been a good solution to that! Although, in a way it'd be a shame to pull it apart and make it V8 as it's so unmolested. I bet a lot of six pots have been converted to V8 over the years, especially the smaller ones. Is your shell not worth fixing up?Well, its a right tatty old thing really, all the door bottoms are gone as is the bonnet and tailgate, and some rather nasty looking bubbling around the windscreen and sunroof In an earlier post to this thread, you make a comparison of the Rover straight 6 to the Triumph engine, I have an idea the Rover engine was indeed based on the Triumph lump, and in a book I have on the history of the Triumph 2000/2500, there is a picture of a late model 2500 being used as a test-bed for the Rover engine with the bonnet open clearly showing the installation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Actually sounds pretty nice. Fairly muffled from inside the car. Sounds more like the old Triumph six to me than say, a Datsun six like in a Z or Laurel.Weren't the six-cylinder SD1 engines developed from the Triumph six? If so it could account for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I've saved the pictures of the car, it looks a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Looks fantastic Ed! It’d be period perfect to take along to the Neasden garage, we noticed they had a few SD1 posters up.P.S. Shame to see MikeD’s old Lancer sitting there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike D Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 P.S. Shame to see MikeD’s old Lancer sitting there.Bernie was using it for work for a while before she got the 323GT, it'll be getting re-tested soon and more than likely sold on, it's a lovely car, but as i have the Astra and it does twice the mpg, i don't really have a use for it anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratdat Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 It's a shame that the Lancer has so little going for it. It's neither fast nor economical and it isn't even particularly attractive to look at! It actually drives lovely and is really confortable and of course is in really good shape so it's not all bad. I'm sure someone will be smitten with it though and it'll find a home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I must admit it ticks a lot of my boxes, but there's no room at the inn, unfortunately!I'm particularly fond of the bland and the obscure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 And it's gold too. All good 80s shite should be beige or gold. An awful lot of low mileage autos I've seen from this period seem to be gold. I suppose it went well with the beige/brown decor of the original retired owners bungalows. And their beige cardigans. And beige slacks. And beige loafers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Nice SD1, what a dashboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 SD1 looks very clean and straight - nice purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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