My first viewing of my Rover!!!

[Andy - SE London]

Not been many pictures put up recently so I thought I would bore you all with this photo!

This was the sight that greeted me when I first went to view my rover before I bought it?

It had been tucked away in this garage for 16 years, the lady used the boot as a wood store, and you can see where she stored the ladders!




If you check out the My Rover posting you can see how she turned out?

[adyonekenobi]

What a difference between this picture and the other one.
A real credit to you Andy, well done.

[Neal London]

Excellent restoration - Is the windscreen shattered in the photo?

[guitardave]

Great photo Andy.What was the most difficult thing you had to do to achieve the end result and how long did It take between the two photo's?

[Andy - SE London]

Neal to answer your question, yes the screen was shattered and had been for the 16 years it had sat there. If any one has had this problem before? I have a tip for them.
I got the screen out, without getting any glass bits inside the car or out!
I bought a pot of glue, the stuff they use in schools I think its called copydex or something? Loads of newspapers and a bowl. Ripped the paper into strips/bits mixed the glue in a bowl with some water, dunked the newspaper strips into the glue and layed them on the screen all over inside and out then let dry.
I transported the car from where it was to my house and the screen stayed intact, even when it came to removing the screen it did not break. I have photo's of this because I did not think it work - but it did!

[Andy - SE London]

Dave, It took me 3 months to get the car 90% done for my wedding.
The engine was seized, it took over a month of spraying 3in1 oil down the plug holes and gently trying to turn the engine by hand bit by bit, until one day it all moved round smoothly.
„« Turning, lubricating and freeing the engine
„« Engine overhaul
„« Removal and replacement of the Water Pump
„« Renewal of all hoses
„« Renewal of all Drive Belts
„« Replacement of Plugs, Points, Distributor Cap and leads etc.
„« Replacement of Petrol Tank which had corroded away
„« Re-coring and restoration of Radiator
„« Replacement of the Windscreen and seal
„« Freeing of the Brake Pads and Callipers
„« Renewal of Brake lines
„« Servicing of Rear Callipers and fitting of new seals
„« Replacement of Front Discs and Callipers.
„« Fitting new Front Brake pads
„« Servicing of Master Cylinder and fitting of new seals
„« Replacement of Front Suspension and Anti-roll bar bushes
Replaced rear leaf springs
„« Body repairs and extensive spraying
„« Restoration of interior leather.
„« A lot of elbow grease!
And even now I have some more spraying to do. All this was done on my driveway!!! Lots of photo's taken off work done.

[guitardave]

It would be great to see some of the photo's you know before and after sort of thing?

[Andy - SE London]

Dave your wish is my command!
You must be a glutten for punishment.

Here is a sellection of before, during and after photo's.

How I found it.



Home at last.



Screen out.




And in one piece!! The glue worked.



Rotten Tank.



The start of respray.



The wedding



Are you all still awake?

[guitardave]

These are great,can't believe you did all this In the driveway! I think most of us are interested In seeing pics of the work we do on our cars.

[richard eglinton]

Thanks for the images.
I didn't know that the petrol tanks could rust as they are positioned well away from any water sources.Did the tank rust from the inside out ?
I admire anyone who could tackle what you have with such limited facilities.
Richard

[Andy - SE London]

When I removed the tank There was 2 possable places it could have come from, 1 was along the seam of the tank, 2 the drain plug.
As you can see from the picture top right of tank where it bolts on, seems the most likely place, judging by where the under seal had run on the underneath of the car.
I had heard of petrol tanks corroding away before so I was not that surprised.

[Deleted]

:DThese tanks can easliy corrode way from inside with water entry from a faulty filler cap seal or block drainage tube.

The seams fo rsome reason can also spring leaks

[Smallfry]

Excellent.....As Guitardave said I could look at pictures like this all night.
Stupid question but is the car green or black, I cant quite decide ?

[Andy - SE London]

The car is Arden Green.