Bought me a new kettle....

[DaveAspley]

Well, I'm 48hours into Rover ownership and still no sign of OMGHGF YO!

 

My new* parts chaser and occasional international rescue vehicle following the demise of my trusty mk3 mondeo has turned out to be a W reg Rover 25 1.4. (Had a false start with a free Daewoo Kalos earlier this week, it's utterly utterly f*****d so dumped it outside the parents house)

 

I've been sort of fannying about using the '72 Plymouth as a daily but sometimes I need a car I can fire down Rocky tracks , ignore speed humps abs carry up to a quarter of a ton of crap in. It came to a head yesterday when I had a phone call offering me 8 courtesy vehicles needing servicing and other repairs at a local top secret vehicle test track, I got into a proper tizzy, fired up ebay and bought the first mot'd and presentable vehicle in the town!

A 15 minute collection courtesy of my Dad, whereby I rocked up on a massive flap , knocked the guy 25 quid for a raspy silencer , shoved 370 in his hand and burned off like thrust 2. 45 quid at the local vinyl sign place and we have a new company car..

[DaveAspley]

[Lord Sterling]

You lucky sod. That looks a right cracker.

[MarvinsMom]

its very similar to the one i had, which was a great little car, until the inevitable happened....

 

even then it wasn't right after a fancy head gasket and head skim, as the water jacket kept pressurizing and the water wasn't circulating. at the time i wasn;t working so i couldn't spunk any more cash on it, so it got sent to the scrap yard. following Mr boll's adventures in kelle land thread i think it was the saab valve that was jiggered rather than the OMGHGF been all fritzed up!!

 

shame cos it was a nice little thing. except the radio cassette thing which was a standard factory fit thing. that was utter, utter shit. it got pulled out, and stamped on before something much better got fitted in its place.

 

well done sir!

[taxi paul]

Its a subliminal message to customers. It says I can keep a Rover going , so I am a top mechanic. Well done.

[HH-R]

CLASS.

[SiC]

Repair is spelt wrong

[HH-R]

The best car in the real world. A poor man's 400, but then, what isn't?

[2MB]

Rover looks well, but do you have any pics of the '72 Plymouth?

[DaveAspley]

[purplebargeken]

Repair spelled wrongly. A smidge of Tippex on the rubbing strip will sort that

 

R25's are neat. I can't wait to get one. 

[DaveAspley]

Ha there is a P there , just with a short tail.... It's fine on the passenger side but on the drivers, the capital A is too tall so it pushes the whole thing down I Has make font error innit. Got Facebook stickers too now. Out and about today following up at a local top secret test facility servicing the site vans.

[DaveAspley]

[DaveAspley]

A bit of advertising ,

 

https://m.facebook.com/groups/497418837040604?ref=bookmarks

[DaveAspley]

So, it's now a considerable amount of time since I bought this car...it's carried me over 600 miles of frantic cross country vehicle repairing action. The temp gauge stays steady, the loose baffle in the back box makes it sound like a go kart and darts through traffic with the agility of a teenager on a scooter. Back seat is fairly ruined from the 3 ton Jack being thrown on it. Drivers door pocket full of road trip food wrappers

[DaveAspley]

[Kiltox]

Looks tidy - is it worth just removing the back seat and putting a bit of ply down?

[DaveAspley]

That's the plan mah good man, plus grinding off the passenger side arch rust and painting it. And a cambelt change, service , aaaaaaarggh bought a project!! I work 7 days a week,used to be 70+ hours but I quit my day job so it's now more 50 lol. Need to do a load of work to the Valiant, wife's Kuga is crying out for a service.