Project Tickman's stuff. Tidy* up time.

[Supernaut]

[Supernaut]

But seriously.

WOW. That is hot.

[320touring]

Excellent work @Tickman

 

Hope you enjoy it!

[Jim Bell]

That looks like an absolute panty dropper.

I've certainly pulled mine down. 

[somewhatfoolish]

1 hour ago, Tickman said:

So what have I actually bought.

With the amazing support from my better half I've spent a, to me, very large sum of money on something that I'd never even sat in before. 

I saw @Saabnut advertise the Rover P5b and sent him a message saying I was very interested but needed to talk to the other half. I then sent my other half a message saying I wanted to have a serious chat about a car for sale, I got this reply

This made me feel a bit sick as we all know what that could mean. Luckily it was followed up with

Phew. Crisis averted.

I messaged Nick and arranged to go and have a look last week. We arrived, had a chat and a quick look around the car. I was told to take it for a run and see what I thought about it. Off we went leaving Nick behind. 

After the test drive I said I was 95% certain I'd be taking it but wanted to give myself time to chicken out.

I did an insurance quote which came in at £107. I had another chat with the other half and then asked Nick for his bank details.

We were away for a few days so arranged to collect it today.

It will need some bits doing to it and hopefully a reasonable amount of use.

Now I just need to get the Polo through an MOT as I've spent all the replacement car fund and a good chunk more on this.

 

[Saabnut]

Lots of mixed emotions here. Pleased it has gone to a good home, sad to see it go. Probably the best and most reliable car I have owned, it was always the fall back car to go to Le Mans if the planned car had problems after the first time it was planned. In all she did the trip 3 times, hopefully she will do it again one day.

Huge thanks to @Tickman for a super easy transaction and promising to look after her.

I hope you get as much fun with her as I did. I think at 16 years this was the longest I have kept a car on the road. Off she goes

[Tickman]

It looks quite big from some angles

I've parked it out front so I can look out the window at it but it isn't very tall

Not much difference in height between it and the Insight, it certainly seems bigger.

[somewhatfoolish]

You should be able to sit in it with a bunnet oan as it's a saloon and not a coupe.

[mat_the_cat]

I'm probably biased, but that is my second favourite car powered by a Rover V8. Well bought!

[hairnet]

Saw the pez shot and it nearly coulda been a jaaaaag

Thank fuck it wasn't 

Top stuff

They are lovely not sure i could daily something older than i am tho

[Tickman]

Fails that I thought would be fails confirmed with no extra surprises which I'm happy about.

Now to get it sorted!

[Tickman]

Started pulling stuff off by hand

After a good go with the grinder

Stuff removed 

Piece made up

Stuck in

Sill end to do and some tidying. Very much a functional not cosmetic job so far.

Obviously more to do but gas to be bought first.

[loserone]

It's amazing the motivation a V8 will muster, well done 

[Tickman]

Sill end in.

Red oxide and some under body sealer in the hidden bits.

Front of the sill more of the same.

One bit in

Then another a couple more to finish my patchwork quilt 

Bottom of the wing is fucked so that got chopped off and a bit of MR2 added

Some screws needed to hold them in place another day.

 

[Tickman]

The other side is much the same.

Future joys there.

[Tickman]

Both bottom arms changed.

I've not tightened one of the bolts as it is still in the air with no weight on it.

Two wheels in the car and tyres booked for tomorrow morning.

[Sigmund Fraud]

Brilliant work, and I don't think I could have ever convinced myself to do all this work just to keep a bloody 9N on the road !

I would therefore like to nominate @Tickman for a HERO OF AUTOSHITE medal, in recognition of his gallantry and service to frankly awful, aging VAG tat.

[juular]

11 minutes ago, Tickman said:

Both bottom arms changed.

I've not tightened one of the bolts as it is still in the air with no weight on it.

Two wheels in the car and tyres booked for tomorrow morning.

Tremendous work.

[Tickman]

1 hour ago, Sigmund Fraud said:

Brilliant work, and I don't think I could have ever convinced myself to do all this work just to keep a bloody 9N on the road!

Purely selfish reasons. It will have cost a good chunk less than £300 for the parts, tyres and MOT fee. The car is perfectly adequate and reasonably economic, 50mpg easily on a run, but most importantly I've spent all the money on the P5b 😂

Realistically I couldn't get anything else for less than the investment so it makes perfect sense...

[Tickman]

Work carried on yesterday, chop out

Roughly shaped

Weld

The rear was the same with a closing piece for the sill end just like the other side.

Some under body protection was sprayed at out of site bits and the wing was also patched.

The leftovers 

The result 

That should do.

 

[Tickman]

So I got this into the workshop for a look over

Lined up perfectly 

Bit longer than anything else I've had in then

A good look over shows it is in decent enough shape. Few things to address as expected. A couple of spots of metal work.

Service all the usual stuff. Little bit damp here as informed 

This so I know what to order 

Battery clamp of some description, cables ties already present

Some wiring to trace and see what goes where

Some to reroute and improve (never going to happen)

That's about it. List of stuff started anyway.

[Tickman]

On 13/09/2024 at 18:14, Tickman said:

 

As can be seen here the position of the lift dominates the workshop and the Rover couldn't be put up to full height because of the mezzanine but being over the boot.

To deal with this I've been tidying* the place in preparation of moving the lift. I've now shifted it about. Meter over and a meter closer to the door. This means I can actually get the Rover alongside the lift and get another car on the lift. I couldn't do this before.

Current state of play

I can get down either side of the Rover and can easily work down the side of the Clio on the lift.

Currently trying to get a house move in before Christmas so everything is on hold while that gets sorted.

There may be fleet movement depending on finances and usage.