Rover 800 Group save

[somewhatfoolish]

On 3/11/2020 at 1:16 PM, Talbot said:

I think I need some way of earning money but not working in an office any more.  How could I make a living out of restoring hopless-case old heaps like this?  YouTube ad revenue is unlikely to cover it I think.  Which is a shame, as it would be an excellent business model:  Buy hopeless old chod.  Record yourself restoring it, make enough money to live, sell on old chod for a modest amount, but not actually need to make profit.

Never going to happen is it?

Did you ever get anywhere with the gas scrubber thing?

[rickvw72]

Isn’t there a member with several 800s, perhaps they’d appreciate a hand to get one sorted?

Then at least there’d be another one on the road, and they are undoubtedly less fucked than the green beast.

[HMC]

3 hours ago, RoadworkUK said:

That pic is of that Merc S class that had a Rover 800 Fastback hatch grafted onto it, isn't it?

Yes that’s deffo w126 down the flanks. Apparently it was a rare prototype of a proposed rover/Mercedes collaboration that I’ve just invented.

[Kowalski]

16 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Yawn. It's getting really boring now. 

But you don't HAVE to read or comment! Although neither do I  suppose..

 

back on track (!) though, sometimes racing a car is the best outcome for it. Often parts will be saved for better ones. For every couple of rigger booted meat heads there will be a car enthusiast who has a better example in the garage, whilst the ELV gets a good send off.