I've been sort of lurking and posting odd snippets for a while and thought it was time to post something about one of my vehicles....
Not a RR in the classic sense but might be of interest to some.
I bought it as a "no MOT, just needs a couple of small plates welding behind the headlamps" sort of a project. 2 years later it was on the road after a slight weldathon, new shocks all round ripping out 4 miles of badly wired spaghetti to some crappy lights and a lick of paint.
It's the 2.3 slant engined flavour.
THe interior was mostly there but I added an eberspacher heater, fridge and wired up the leisure battery properly! I also improved the frankly dangerous mains wiring by adding a zig unit sort of thing!
anyhow some photos:
The nearest I've got to a "before" shot, although I'd already started stripping it.
Now some "slight welding for MOT required"!
The blue bit is actually a bit of Mk1 Ford Transit!
A bit of Hammerite works wonders!
This is it after passing the MOT first time!
Inside:
There's been a few more mods:
I fitted LPG so I can afford to drive it more than 100 yards!
There's a double coach seat in the front (for the dogs!) and I have an ex-Calibra leather seat for the drivers side.
I got some chrome bumpers for the front. I have also fitted Bosch electronic ignition from the later CF. IT originally had a Lumenition type thing but made by AC Delco but I manged to fry that by connecting it up the wrong way after it's lay up (
A good old bus that got us from Somerset to the Isle of Gigha (W Coast of Scotland) and back this summer.
Not a RR in the classic sense but might be of interest to some.
I bought it as a "no MOT, just needs a couple of small plates welding behind the headlamps" sort of a project. 2 years later it was on the road after a slight weldathon, new shocks all round ripping out 4 miles of badly wired spaghetti to some crappy lights and a lick of paint.
It's the 2.3 slant engined flavour.
THe interior was mostly there but I added an eberspacher heater, fridge and wired up the leisure battery properly! I also improved the frankly dangerous mains wiring by adding a zig unit sort of thing!
anyhow some photos:
The nearest I've got to a "before" shot, although I'd already started stripping it.
Now some "slight welding for MOT required"!
The blue bit is actually a bit of Mk1 Ford Transit!
A bit of Hammerite works wonders!
This is it after passing the MOT first time!
Inside:
There's been a few more mods:
I fitted LPG so I can afford to drive it more than 100 yards!
There's a double coach seat in the front (for the dogs!) and I have an ex-Calibra leather seat for the drivers side.
I got some chrome bumpers for the front. I have also fitted Bosch electronic ignition from the later CF. IT originally had a Lumenition type thing but made by AC Delco but I manged to fry that by connecting it up the wrong way after it's lay up (
A good old bus that got us from Somerset to the Isle of Gigha (W Coast of Scotland) and back this summer.
