My mate Pete's Rover...

[Dave Dorson]

I know a few of you have seen this.

But a few haven't, and him deciding to pop down the local Macdonalds in it last night to test the diff worked OK was amusing, so I thought I'd share on here.

Started out looking like this.



Now looks like this



It's running a BMW 2.5 TD engine and it's been built to use to commute.

It's not quite finished yet, he wants to move a few things around to get the proportions looking better.

It actually drives OK for something designed in the 1920's, it's got the glass back in (and clip ons in the boot).

Plans are to build a franken-pump and stick a holset on the engine, as it's not quite fast enough, even with pump and chip tuning.

[samta22]

Ye gods.. that looks epic! I can only imagine the reaction at the local drive-thru

[Dave Dorson]

There's still a way to go with it .

The reaction was an interesting one, I've never seen so many camera phones appear or people rubber neck as they drove in. One bloke called his mate, who then drove over from a nearby work site to see what was going on.

[edwardbear]

What a beaut! and HELL OF A RENOVATION

[fordperv]

Your mate Pete must be some great metalworker to resurrect that, I like that

Has he got a build thread anywhere for it?

[Dave Dorson]

He did replace the tub, the body was way far gone and is now in thier pond, but that tub has had some monster repairs too around the front end.

He's not really a fan of forums, but there are details on Facebook on thier page Project Heaven.

There's a website too, but thier bread and butter is historic exotica..

[pistonpopper]

Superb... Just superb!

[Mercdan68]

A work of art.....

[dickdasterdley]

Man Alive! That's amazing!

[mexicansteve]

Agree with everyone above, amazing re-build. That looks hard as nails, and for a daily!!! Sweet.

[retrorob86]

Thats amazing. I've never seen dual wire wheels before. What are they from?

[Dave Dorson]

Feb 20, 2016 0:13:03 GMT retrorob86 said:

Thats amazing. I've never seen dual wire wheels before. What are they from?

He made the wheels. His business partner owns Torino wire wheels, so he used I think. E type wire centers and then made the rest up with their tooling.

[skinnylew]

That is pure awesomeness!

[heathrobinson]

I for one would like to see a lot more about that

[dickie12]

looks great what rear axle and diff are fitted iam building one at the moment ive fitted 2.5td ldv400 engine and box in mine

[Dave Dorson]

Diff is a jag power-loc from a v12 xjs 5.3. Think he squeezed it into a scimitar axle similar to his Capri.

[dickie12]

have you any more pics or any links to any of the work done on this

[Stigian]

What a fantastic build, me likes a lot..

Feb 21, 2016 9:59:01 GMT dickie12 said:

have you any more pics or any links to any of the work done on this

Here ya go.

Website link

Facebook link

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[Smiler]

That's awesome! I'd love to build something like that. I like the engine choice too.