TagoraSX - Motoring Missadventures.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Has anyone ever heard a credible-sounding story of someone managing to get one of these into a leak-free condition? If so they ought to share it on here to keep Tagoras motivation topped up.

[Felly Magic]

New around the Ipswich area. Keep up the good work sir. Love a good S1 SD1 as well

[cort16]

Just fit a bilge pump to the passenger side glove box, problem solved.

[phil_lihp]

Great to see this car given some TLC, it deserves it.  That yellow interior is the best thing ever.

[Bren]

Has anyone ever heard a credible-sounding story of someone managing to get one of these into a leak-free condition? If so they ought to share it on here to keep Tagoras motivation topped up.

They pissed water in from new - the boot was first to leak.

 

Eventually the screen would leak.

 

I am surprised nobody from practical fishkeeping ever made an aquarium out of an SD1.

[EssDeeWon]

Mine was dry as a bone in the boot department, but the lower bulkhead was rather holy and leaked loads into the passenger foot well.

[tooSavvy]

Our Mklll Cortina used to fill up - we parked on a cambered street and the drivers side was low... I drilled a 1/8th hole in the edge of the floor and the fish died

 

Did I read that this Rover had a 'heated wire' implanted in the [original] screen adhesive.... Autoglass hoiked up a 12V battery and lifted the lot out??

 

TS

[spike60]

My 1981 V8 had already had a boot floor some time before at about 8 years old when I had it and the drivers glovebox held about a gallon of nice refreshing water to sluice over your feet at the 1st junction of the trip.

[forddeliveryboy]

Good to see it's being loved. Beautiful colour.

[STUNO]

They pissed water in from new - the boot was first to leak.

 

Eventually the screen would leak.

 

I am surprised nobody from practical fishkeeping ever made an aquarium out of an SD1.

 

 

 

My SD1 had never leaked a drop from when it was new, but it was built in a very foreign country.

[Pete-M]

Has anyone ever heard a credible-sounding story of someone managing to get one of these into a leak-free condition? If so they ought to share it on here to keep Tagoras motivation topped up.

My 4.2 didn't leak at all. However, that thing was virtually hand built.

[TagoraSX]

More XXX weld action.

Both front wings had been repaired* in the past and were well past their best.

Inner wings weren't much better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[I_am_Diesel]

Great work that, well done that man!

[Bren]

I rebuilt the edge of the inner wheel arch on mine with zintec - painstaking but worth it as I got the steel for fook all.

 

Use plenty of seam sealer between the inner and outer wheel arch otherwise you will be repeating the exercise in the near future.

[TagoraSX]

 

[TagoraSX]

Last of the welding, small area in the boot and rear panel.

[Angrydicky]

Excellent work, good to see this getting some quality attention!

[worldofceri]

I ain't no expert but I reckon I can spot a quality job when I see one. Can't wait to see this finished.

[Pillock]

I'm wearing my SD1 wantface.....

[TagoraSX]

Car is now ready for paint.





Some surprises under the paint..





Stripped, repaired, zinc sprayed and two-pack epoxy primer applied.

[Skizzer]

Christ!  Nice work 

[phil_lihp]

That's some considerable improvement on the crusty, waterlogged SD1 I last saw on Phil's driveway, nice work!  I do hope the yellow velour is being kept.

[jonny69]

When you see the wings stripped off like that you can see why they rusted out so badly.

 

Nice work. Are those panels available or have you had to make them?

[cort16]

You can still get everything for them from rim end bros. I guy local to be me replaced every panel on his other than the roof from Rimmers stock. It cost him mega$$$

 

The car's going to look great. I always feel a bit guilt I don't have the time or resources to reserect cars in this fashion. I'm glad you're doing it though it's going to look great.

[Sudsprint]

Superb

[philibusmo]

Damn, that's looking better than when I last saw it.

 

I always felt guilty about not being able to do more with this car. I just never had the time or money to do the work it needed but I'm glad there hasn't been any huge nasty surprises.

[EssDeeWon]

Nice one Tagora - I hope the Atlantis blue paint comes out ok. Its a lovely colour, similar to Zircon blue on the P5 and P6.

 

Please keep those original clover leaf trims and dont be tempted by some later SD1 alloys   which has been done many times before.

[Rusty Pelican]

Friggin ace , you Sir are a WINNAR 

[Bren]

Fab.

 

And it will be done before mine.

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

A marvellous sight.