My new project

[Sunbmw]

Avto, probably not right to put it in Projects as it aint BMW based.

Re- a BMW V8, I am keeping this car 100% Historic legal, i.e, building her to proper Group A spec, the BMW engine thing did cross my mind for my road car, but that is far to good to mess with.

Here is an update on progress....................


Spot weld drilling......my favorite [xx(]



Roof on for a trial fit, not being final fixed until the cage is welded in...........



Thats better, "Moonroof" gone [8D]



Finally, cage picture, I intend to get the proper Group A cage replicated, but in modern, legal thickness material........



The stripdown continues......



Wiring loom out......



Impressive amount of droop/travel.......



This cage is only a mock up, bought very cheap but won't be the finished item, I am having an exact replica of the Group A cage built eventually..........











Some pics of the rot spots in the bulkhead, had a weigh up yesterday and I will definitely treat it to a bulkhead panel........







At least the inner wings and chssis rails are all sound........



The underside is extremely good..........





started removing the bonnet, then took the drivers front door off, and this happened!..........





So finally back down, doors off etc.........









picked this up yesterday, be warned, she aint pretty! Very solid shell though, it seems to have faired very well, even the bulkhead is better than my Vitesse, however, she has had quite a lot of dings and dents, nothing the hammer and dolly and some good old P45 can sort though. Genuine non-sunroof shell too.





Here is what happens when you tow a Rover backwards with no bonnet catch, forgot all about that!!!!!!!!! Bonnet was flapping on the way down the M6 so had to do a quick fix with a ratchet strap............



Inner wings are very good............





Very dented roof...........



Urrrgggghhh............





Evidence to the Jury, 2300/2600? Despite the Vitesse badge bar.....

[avtovaz]

is that fiber bog on the sticker?


what is the sd1 like for getting new pannels then? i see the new roof.

[bruvs1]

great pics lee lovin the rover grave yard!! you need a little shrine in the corner of the garden with some flowers n sh1t, surrounding a picture of tony pond, or a water feature!! silly time over!! do you thing the rover had been a victim of the ringing doctor?? also bit o.t but remember this?
jim clark last weekend ..

[Sunbmw]

great pics lee lovin the rover grave yard!! you need a little shrine in the corner of the garden with some flowers n sh1t, surrounding a picture of tony pond, or a water feature!! silly time over!! do you thing the rover had been a victim of the ringing doctor?? also bit o.t but remember this?
jim clark last weekend ..

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm......................BooooooHooooooo...........

Looks excellent, but at the time, needs must and all that.

Glad that the M3 went to Andy and someone who is using her to her full potential. What result did he get by the way?

[bruvs1]

dnf, no brakes ss7 ..

[quattro1969]

Absolutely great! My second rally car was an SD1 back in 1988!!!!
Wot a fantastic car for the forests....terribly hard work on dry tarmac thou. Had it in the red and white of the TWR Bastos rovers that were winning the touring car championships back then.

Of all my rally cars, with the exception or the quattro, it was my favourite. No one else ever had one, it always created an audiance when it came out.

Sadly it was in my younger days when knowledge was lacking and the shell got too many stress fractures so it had to go.

Really miss it thou.

Good luck, and keep us up to speed!!!

[Ptrs14]

Looks like a superb project Lee.....ballbreaking as well !..
Good luck....look forward to seeing the final outcome

[Sunbmw]

Thanks for the kind words fellas....................

I am plodding on with the car, got most of the inside clean and ready for the cage..............







Also did a bit of work on the spare shell I have, got it cleaned out inside, removed all the sound deadening in that one and gave her a thick coat of red lead to hold back the rust...........







This is the car I am trying to replicate...............





In action at Chatsworth..............



However, I find myself in a quandry. It seems after much discussion, that even if I build this to exactly Group A spec according to the Homolgation papers, I still wont get a logbook as it is over 3lt. So, what to do...................

I am continuing with the buld as planned, and go ahead with the Rover V8, but, I may get clever, and have a second engine, maybe a smaller capacity BMW V8 (how small were the 530 engines? 3lt?) that is interchangeable, and build the car how I want to, with better brakes etc.

The Red car is on Ebay (ends Thursday) and I shall use the money from that sale to move the silver car on, so expect to see her caged up soon.

Presumptious perhaps?.........................

[martine30rally]

Its shouldn't matter thats its over 3 litre as its only 2 valves per cylinder. The 3000cc cap only applies to multivavle engines

[bruvs1]

thats the way i read it too..

[M3 Compact]

My understanding too.

The original proposal was for 2.5L multi valve & 3.0L two valve (making TR8s & some £££hysterics illegal), but both were increased by 500cc before it was passed.

[Adam Gardner]

I like the stickers on the wing! I was just thinking today about your new project car, we had a laugh on the richard burns in the M3. I reckon i could be up for some map reading again.

[Sunbmw]

Sorry for being quiet on this thread of late, don't worry, I haven't been slacking. Good news is now I can run an engine up to 3500cc so she will be sticking with the original V8, and that now opens the whole playing field up fopr me as I don't have to build her to Homologation spec now, so I can pretty much build her as I want.

Here how things are progressing..............

Aerial hole filled.........



Fuel filler filled.........



As this is the set up I intend to use.............



And finally, the big one, collected her yesterday from having cage done, really pleased with it.....................

[Tris-m3]

The cage looks awesome mate!

[Adam Gardner]

Looking good! Glad to see your making progress with it. Did dave do the cage for you?