solid61

4 years old & in that state that's crackers.
I think the odd looking car is a Panhard.

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Get the front bumper off and clean the leaves and crap from around the rads,always a good tip with a boxter,the leaves stay damp and rot through the A/C condensers,if its been maintained well this should have been done but you never know.

like your style,to be fair ive done worse im sure but the renault is the one i remember clearlyish,deptford auctions was good for selling the sort of cars you couldnt sell round here,luton/ milton keynes area.lancias,fiats,skodas,citroens used to sell well there and it didnt matter if it had an mot or not,well worth travelling down twice a week to put some old shit in the sale,those were the days.

The Ventora looks just superb,took some photos of it at Bromley pagent in 1997 and spoke briefly to the then owner,was blown away by the car and asked if it was for sale but it sadly wasn't,it looks even better now with the passing of time and such a good story behind it WOW.

You have the patience of a saint with this car,it's worth removing the inlet manifold and looking down at the valves with your scope to see if anything has fallen in holding a valve open,if this were the case you would probably get 300 degrees+. Crank rotation before it locked up but its worth a look,hope it's not too serious,you need some luck with this car.

You have the patience of a saint with this car,it's worth removing the inlet manifold and looking down at the valves with your scope to see if anything has fallen in holding a valve open,if this were the case you would probably get 300 degrees+. Crank rotation before it locked up but its worth a look,hope it's not too serious,you need some luck with this car.

Take it to PM please, gents.

the camera on my phone is abysmal but I'll try to get some,for the best pics and info go on oval chat banger website,you'll have to register but it's well worth it.

One of the guys from our yard is going down in this.
 
RJC_7885 by srblythe, on Flickr
 
 
It's all been sign written since I took the photo, he reckons he's spent close to £2k getting this ready for the meeting.

the camera on my phone is abysmal but I'll try to get some,for the best pics and info go on oval chat banger website,you'll have to register but it's well worth it.

I'll be leaving Milton Keynes about 10 in the morning,get there in plenty of time to look round the pits,don't care if it rains,this meeting is the bollox.

Just a quick bump for this. We are all loaded and ready for an early start. Forecast isnt too good but at least if the track is boggy it will slow down the people who think its cool fitting MGB engines in their A60s. See you there.

Here's an idea.
 
You send me £1000 and I will send you a bucket of scrap and ring you up and laugh at you and demand more money every day for a month.
 
After that you can take the bucket to the tip and be relieved that the taunting has stopped.
 
That's pretty much the same as buying a non running modern Land Rover. NO?

PHACKT - one of my ex-SWMBO’s grandads was Mr. Robinson himself. He also used to run the coach services as well as the garage. I’ve been to his house as well, he still lives in Kimbolton as far as I know.
 
Sad times on the for sale front though

I wondered when these would appear here. They really are sublime in their handling, I had a great day hooning one around Snetterton although the gearing is a bit too long for the race track.
 
I remember it doing 200miles to a tank on the track, and on the gentlest of drives to and from the circuit. I could never get it to average more than 12.5mpg.
 
What's it like for rust?

Brief background to this:

I swapped my Jaguar for this car 2 and a half weeks ago as I was desperate to scratch my v8 itch, a client who works in my office bought it last September as a winter hack from his father in law. He was always complimentary towards the jag, I've always fancied a V8, so when he told me he was selling it I asked if he fancied a swapz and he was up for it!

Unfortunately it's came at the wrong time for me, as my hours at work have halved recently and I really need something with economies as I'm applying for jobs with a commute longer than my current 8 miles a day. A petrol V8 unfortunately won't be suitable.

So to the car, it's absolutely brilliant tbh. Absolutely huge inside, comfortable ride, sits at just under 2k revs at 70 and goes like a fucking rocket with the foot down. 300bhp from the V8 engine. It's the ultimate barge. Gearboxes are a known issue with these cars, this one is smooth AF. selects every gear perfectly and goes through them smoothly when progressing. It has 103,000 miles on the clock, the car has full service history until 92,000 (mostly dealer) which was in 2009, it's barely moved in the past ten years,a couple of hundred miles between MOT'S each year. It was put back into service last summer, there's receipts in the glovey for an oil and filter change and an engine terraclean. Aluminium body on these cars as well so no rust, it scrubs up very well. 2 remote fobs and a spare 3rd key. Has a parrot Bluetooth thingy which is nearly new, it's been properly fitted, I'll leave it in there. Private plate with comedy RFL lettering included.

That's the good bits, so what about the bad?

There is a judder when braking above 35/40 mph. Brakes work well but can feel a pulse under the pedal. Will need looked at.

Rear brake light warning light on,there is a light out on the drivers side, will get this replaced

This car has previously had a coolant leak from the reservoir bottle and also one of the hoses, the previous owner repaired it prior to me buying it which cost £££ I believe, as access isnt great in the engine bay. It hasn't leaked since. It used to leave a few drips overnight on the ground, but has been dry the last couple of weeks.

Tires have decent tread but have two different brands on the front and rear,which is a bugbear of mine.

Aircon needs a regas m9.

And that's it really. Car is MOT'd until July, and is located in Glasgow. £1750. I know it's not the usual AutoShite giveaway price but it's a beast of a machine. And I need to recoup my jaaaaaag money. A quick glance on autotrader has rough 3.7's and non quattro 2.8's for over 2k. Any questions please fire away. Cheers

Remove the stripes and bang on some silver wheel trims and it'll sell.

Good to hear from you again Alex, looking forward to your spottings!

Quick update on this. Dragged our car out of the pile today. Quick compression test, reset the points and wheyhey its alive. Carb is very worn but we have a good carb from a later 1725 engine so I put that on only I didnt because the inlet manifold is different. Ive got a manifold somewhere so thats tomorrows job. At least we will be lined up for Heat1 with all the other total dross. See you there on the 27th

I don't think it's cyclists per se, I think it's just London. Everyone's in this kind of permanent manic state, so stressed about their job and their insane rent and hyped up on caramel lattes, too self-consumed to properly consider the world around them. 
 
I've lived 26 of my 32 years in that city, I still love plenty of things about it and I like my occasional visits, but I'd be very surprised if I ever end up living there again.

Oh wow. A Mk1 for free! Lovely old barges these. You may or may not remember when I had a very similar one but a saloon some years ago.
 

 
Can I call dibs on this...
 
EDIT* Just actually read your post. No Mk1 800 Fastback for me then which is good because it'll have a better chance of being looked after properly.

I have acquired a vehicle. This is when I was trying to fix it so I could drive home.

 
The car was offered FOC to the Rover 800 Owners' Club. They weren't really in a position to take it on directly, so it ended up being pointed my way. It's an 820 base model - SU carburettor-fed 2-litre O-Series! BAe was the first owner, for eight weeks, then it was sold to the father of the chap I bought it off, who sadly passed away last year.
 
It has covered 105k, has a fair bit of rust in a few places, but is pretty tidy and looks bloody fantastic. It has a few weeks of MOT, delicious dealer plates, unexpected lumbar adjustment and electric front windows. One piece of wood on the dash, none on the doors, manual tilt/slide sunroof, spoiler!
 
It had barely moved since July last year, but sadly, I got a whiff of hot brakes on the M55. I pulled onto the hard shoulder and the nearside rear wheel was smoking. I limped at 30mph down the hard shoulder to the next junction, which was not fun. I then limped gently back to the vendor, where I stripped the brake, used entirely the wrong grease (as it was all he had) to try and improve things, considered this a success and drove 180 miles home.
 
I seem to have mostly taken photos of the rear.

 
There is a petrol station shot, but you'll have to wait. I developed a horrible migraine on the way back and had to stop for a while. Most unlike me. 
 
Eventually made it back.

 
It's all a bit complicated, but the idea is I have it for a bit and at some point, it'll end up back with the club. I think the plan is to sell it to raise some funds for charity longer term, but sadly, it could also do with a set of calipers and tyres, so finances need to be reconsidered I think. The brakes are SHITE. It could be air from boiling brake fluid, so I'll see if a bleed helps, but I reckon all the calipers are buggered.
 
 

Even in the unlikely event the turbot is seized I would expect it to rev and be drivable simply to be dog slow.