Welding marathon underway - RFU rescues a Rover 620ti!

[RoverFolkUs]

6 minutes ago, fatharris said:

8 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Who's owning up to that blowover on the N/S/R arch then

Must be a weird effect of the light as there's no over spray there, honest!

Yeah I only noticed it reviewing the picture, nothing to the naked eye

The recovery driver remarked how gutted you were to be letting it go! 😅

[twosmoke300]

10 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Yeah I only noticed it reviewing the picture, nothing to the naked eye

The recovery driver remarked how gutted you were to be letting it go! 😅

Cos he’s a massive fanny

[tooSavvy]

23 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Who's owning up to that blowover on the N/S/R arch then 🤣🤣

Moby Dick 👍 (... not crystal ball gazing tbh)

Majjikk

🚙💨

[wuvvum]

I do like a 620ti.  One of the best sleepers I ever owned.

[IronStar]

I’m so glad for this development! When I first read about @fatharris thinking about scrapping it, I was thinking about how can I mount a cross-continent rescue mission to save the car.

Couldn’t be with better person to get it back on the road!

Great effort, looking forward to seeing the car recommissioned and reading all about it.

[RoverFolkUs]

43 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said:

Cos he’s a massive fanny

I've heard about all the tears that end up on the floor in the tearoom whenever a Panda fails it test. 

[twosmoke300]

23 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I've heard about all the tears that end up on the floor in the tearoom whenever a Panda fails it test. 

Naa . No emotional attachment to cars here I’m afraid . Lumps of metal , glass n plastic . Will they miss us ? Will they fuck 

[RoverFolkUs]

28 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said:

Naa . No emotional attachment to cars here I’m afraid . Lumps of metal , glass n plastic . Will they miss us ? Will they fuck 

You and I are not the same my friend, I have already got a name for the 620!

[IronStar]

4 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

You and I are not the same my friend, I have already got a name for the 620!

Well don’t leave us with a cliffhanger like that! 😄

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, IronStar said:

I’m so glad for this development! When I first read about @fatharris thinking about scrapping it, I was thinking about how can I mount a cross-continent rescue mission to save the car.

What will you go for instead? 😃

[IronStar]

3 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

What will you go for instead? 😃

Not getting dumped by Mrs Star 🤣

[fatharris]

14 minutes ago, IronStar said:

Well don’t leave us with a cliffhanger like that! 😄

 

It's got to be a toss up between White Whale, Betty, or this sticker....

[RoverFolkUs]

22 minutes ago, IronStar said:

Well don’t leave us with a cliffhanger like that! 😄

Casper! White, elusive and leaves everything else for dead 👀

#pathetic

[fatharris]

I saw you were asking about the sticker but can't see the post.

See, I got the sticker from a pile for random stickers my 2 year old daughter was given for her sticker scrap book, and I thought it was funny so I popped it on.

Then, I happened across this advert on Vinted yesterday:

The font fucking matches 🤣🤣🤣

[twosmoke300]

35 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

You and I are not the same my friend, I have already got a name for the 620!

Is it rusty turd ? I bet it’s Rusty turd

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, twosmoke300 said:

Is it rusty turd ? I bet it’s Rusty turd

So mean for no reason ! I'll cover it's ears

[tooSavvy]

Moby Dick.... F. T. W.

*I named it first™

#2nd vote? 'Aw MigAwdd!' 🤣

🚙💨

[IronStar]

10 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Casper! White, elusive and leaves everything else for dead 👀

#pathetic

I genuinely love this ❤️

[BorniteIdentity]

Not sure why you think you've done a silly? These are brilliant cars and it now has the perfect custodian. TBH it reeks of logic if anything.

Enjoy 🐵

[Marshall2810]

15 hours ago, fatharris said:

I saw you were asking about the sticker but can't see the post.

See, I got the sticker from a pile for random stickers my 2 year old daughter was given for her sticker scrap book, and I thought it was funny so I popped it on.

Then, I happened across this advert on Vinted yesterday:

The font fucking matches 🤣🤣🤣

A pink "Daddy" sticker......who knew 

[Tenmil Socket]

Honda engine?

[bigfella2]

1 minute ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Honda engine?

Rover T series I believe.

[wuvvum]

If memory serves only the auto 620s got the Honda engine, the rest were T series.  618 and 623 were Honda powered though.

[Tenmil Socket]

Just the thought of a turbo on a Rover engine 😳

[wuvvum]

T series was a lot more robust than the K series.  Other than leaking oil from the rocker cover gaskets they're a pretty reliable engine.

[2flags]

Nice to see this being saved. These were always a bit of a sleeper, never really seemed to be advertised or pushed. Shame, they're a great car.

[Angrydicky]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

If memory serves only the auto 620s got the Honda engine, the rest were T series.  618 and 623 were Honda powered though.

Actually they all had the Honda F series engine (618,620,623) except the 620 Ti (T series) and 620 diesel.

Mine is a 620Si with the Honda engine.

Good save, look forward to following this one.

[RoverFolkUs]

5 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Not sure why you think you've done a silly? These are brilliant cars and it now has the perfect custodian. TBH it reeks of logic if anything.

Enjoy 🐵

Only reason being is because I don't really have the space for it at the moment but otherwise, upon further thought, it is quite a good idea because it could probably displace 2 cars on my "fleet" - the MG which is a toy and the Focus which does practical duties. I think this is capable enough of practical duties while remaining fun/interesting 

[RoverFolkUs]

2 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Honda engine?

HONDA ENGINE M11 😎😅 - no it's the Rover T-series in this one. 

1 hour ago, bigfella2 said:

Rover T series I believe.

That's the one!

1 hour ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Just the thought of a turbo on a Rover engine 😳

It's only been working for 27 years and counting. I think it'll be fine! 😎

[RoverFolkUs]

Sod it, go big or go home. If I'm going to go to all this trouble saving it I might as well do things properly! I bought a pair of arch panels for a Honda Accord of the same era which are exactly the same shape and profile. Definitely well worth buying these as the complicated shape of that lower area would be an absolute nightmare to replicate otherwise. Since I have these I can take cuts off to repair the upper arches which have also suffered quite badly. 

Set of 4x Goodyear EfficientGrip tyres acquired, got a good deal on these having had maybe 500 miles of use based on the fact they still have at least 7-8mm of tread and no signs of wear. 2 of them are 2024 date code and the other 2 are 2021 I think.