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General MKB => Projects => Topic started by: v8mad0 on February 19, 2009, 05:37:11 PM

Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: v8mad0 on February 19, 2009, 05:37:11 PM
Had her delivered last weekend (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/up.gif)

(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd182/v8mad0/029-1.jpg)
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(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd182/v8mad0/034-1.jpg)
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(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd182/v8mad0/036-1.jpg)
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Got a few bits and bobs to do then put her in for MOT
Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: art b on February 19, 2009, 05:44:22 PM
aint ya sold that one yet.....(http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/rofls.gif)
Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: Flip Martian on February 19, 2009, 05:48:39 PM
That 70s dash is awesome.(http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/up.gif)

Funny - those Rovers were so common at one time but now they seem to be more scarce than rocking horse poo...

Then again, when was the last time you saw a 70s Renault?! Or a 70s Peugeot?!
Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: v8mad0 on February 19, 2009, 06:12:42 PM
Quoting: art b
aint ya sold that one yet.....


Nah, not just yet(http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/rolleyes.gif)

Quoting: Flip Martian
Funny - those Rovers were so common at one time but now they seem to be more scarce than rocking horse poo...


Out of ALL the SD1's made, I've been told there are less than 1,000 left on the road worldwide  (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/dontknow.gif)
Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: art b on February 19, 2009, 06:18:13 PM
good old BL rustproofing....(http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/rolleyes.gif)

70'S RENAULTS THEY WERE FUGLY.....(http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/down.gif)
Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: EDGE on February 19, 2009, 06:27:35 PM
let me guess you're gonna keep it standard, just clean it up so its ready to sell at any time....
Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: v8mad0 on February 19, 2009, 06:43:07 PM
Quoting: EDGE

let me guess you're gonna keep it standard


Kinda, I want some early SD1 alloys for it and I'll swap the mirriors for some later ones.

I'll keep the old wheels and mirriors though(http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/wink.gif)
Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: F Body on February 20, 2009, 02:47:38 AM
Seems weird that the SD1 is now a classic (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/up.gif)

Quoting: art b
70'S RENAULTS THEY WERE FUGLY.....


Not all of them (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/chiny.gif)

Don't forget the Renault Feugo,which was rather different from the square Mk4 Cortina (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/wink.gif)

(http://www.nettisanomat.com/ilmoita/kuvat/2009/20090111Renault_Fuego.jpg)

Took ages to find a picture of a light blue metallic one, because at the time that was the most popular colour (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/wink.gif)
Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: Roadkill on February 20, 2009, 03:08:22 AM
Quoting: F Body
Don't forget the Renault Feugo


Look at that aerial ! - It looks like a piece of scaf-pole's been jammed in the roof !

Subtle - NOT ! (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/rofls.gif)

Quoting: art b
good old BL rustproofing....


Yeah . . . I remember, when I was a kid, seeing many of the old BL cars driving around with mis-matched doors and patched primer everywhere and rust holes on the lower quarters.

Seemed most people did car D.I.Y in those days . . . . . (I'm talking about the early-mid 80's by the way) (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/smirk.gif)
Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: FUBAR on February 20, 2009, 08:59:13 AM
Quoting: Roadkill
Look at that aerial ! - It looks like a piece of scaf-pole's been jammed in the roof !


I was just about to post the same thing actually as that was my 1st thought (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/rofls.gif)
Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: philoldsmobile on February 20, 2009, 06:38:19 PM
looks like a very tidy rover.. amazing to think a car of that calss would be accepted with keep fit windows in 1976 - how times have moved on!

i've driven (and very much enjoyed) SD1's in the past, but never noticed the ignition switch on the wrong side until i saw that photo! odd how things that seem odd work fine in the real world.
Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: Flip Martian on February 21, 2009, 04:46:51 AM
Quoting: F Body
Don't forget the Renault Feugo,which was rather different from the square Mk4 Cortina


My Dad used to buy nothing BUT Renaults in the 70s 80s and early 90s and had a Fuego...

He went through 4 Renault 12s, at least 2 Renault 18s, the Fuego, then several Lagunas. Probably missed out some between the Fuego and the Laguna but I guess they've all rusted away now anyway...!
Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: Roadkill on February 21, 2009, 06:10:36 AM
Quoting: philoldsmobile
amazing to think a car of that calss would be accepted with keep fit windows in 1976


My dad's 3.5 V8 had leccy windows all-round. (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/dontknow.gif)

It also had (even) more gauges on the dash, IIRC.
Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: F Body on February 21, 2009, 06:37:18 AM
Quoting: philoldsmobile
but never noticed the ignition switch on the wrong side


Well it was the first production car with an isometric dashboard (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/dontknow.gif)
The difference between left and right hand drive was simply bolting the instrument box on the opposite side.
If you lift the rubber mat on the passenger side you'll see the mounting holes and swapping the air vent over to fit the steering column (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/wink.gif)

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Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: v8mad0 on February 21, 2009, 04:54:45 PM
Quoting: Roadkill
My dad's 3.5 V8 had leccy windows all-round.

It also had (even) more gauges on the dash, IIRC.


leccy windows were an option on the early cars, did your dad have this dash?

(http://static.flickr.com/103/260056099_5abd8ab66f.jpg)
Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: philoldsmobile on February 22, 2009, 09:36:47 AM
thats series 2 isn't it?
Title: v8mad0's SD1
Post by: v8mad0 on February 22, 2009, 11:40:17 AM
Quoting: philoldsmobile
thats series 2 isn't it?


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