sold the morris!

[patricklambert]

well i havent been on here recently as iv sold my old morris (aul769h) to a friend well i swapped it for this rover p5 v8.... im hoping to get another morris one day but atm i have to many old cars laying about! iv recently got a mk2 ford consul and a hillman minx . also have a lanchester ld10 with a rare barker body iv got on the cars along with other old tat!!heres a few pics of the rover... last on the road 1988 31k on the clock now fitted with a sd1 v8 as the p5 lump was siezed[frame][/frame][frame][/frame]

[plastic_orange]

P5's are nice cars - enjoy.
I have had quite a few P6B's over the years - my favourite out of all the Rovers.

Pete

[phurn]

id love to see the ld10!

[patricklambert]

the p5 is a lovely car! hope to start the restoration in spring

[phurn]

lovely! id love one of those, the preselector gearbox is ment ot be a pig to work on though...... give me one of those, an armstrong siddeley sapphire 356 and a bristol 403 with a cologne lump wedged in and id be happy for life.

[irmscher]

fluid flywheel clutch

[patricklambert]

iv been told the gearbox may be a sod to work on so im hoping theres nothing badly wrong with it! il try and get some pics of the other tat iv got at the moment1

[phurn]

id love to see them! need ot see that ld10 when its finished too! whats your plans for it? i nearly buaght one of those before i ended up with a morris oxford instead. what a huge mistake that was =/

[patricklambert]

there all scattered around various locations atm! but once iv got a few pics il post them up!
im going to try and get it road worthy and run it on red wheels with whitewalls for a while then maybe fully restore it the morris oxfords are a nice car to!

[phurn]

they are nice, but they rust so fast you'd think they were italian! they deteriorate so quickly once it starts going aswell, put me off them for life. shame since they look so pretty.

[patricklambert]

oh really! i dont know a great deal about them but they do look lovely!

[phurn]

really. they have a major water/ mud trapbehind the front wheels, which conveniently is also the end of the chassis rail, and the first you know bout it is when you see rust under the headlights. by that time it needs a hell of alot of work. chassis rail, outriggers, innerwing, sill. gearbox mounts are prone to rust aswell. i left mine in the garage over the winter, come summer there was more rust than car. i STILL have the rust stains on the floor now. bloody thing.

[irmscher]

i bet you both like austin devons and old rovers

[patricklambert]

blimby! theres a couple of rust traps iv found on the rover that are a pain as ones rotted the top of the rear wing!
il have to bare that in mind if i ever go to look at one!

[patricklambert]

oh yess! love the austin devons to! my bros just brought a a40 with midgit running gear!

[phurn]

devons and p5b's = love!

nearly every a60/oxford/1500 you see has rust under the headlights, by that time you can bt the inner wing needs work, so either buy a fresh worked one and keep ontop of it, or just walk away. you'll pay over £300 for a good condition steel wing. i think thats very telling as to thier common rot problems.

[Matt Tomkins]

you see toast?
bb1 tonight
had a p5 as the dad's car i believe

[patricklambert]

yeah i did see that! i was intrested in that old xray lorry to!

[chickenjohn]

you see toast?
bb1 tonight
had a p5 as the dad's car i believe

Yes, I saw that- I think the P5 was lovely! Was it a P5 coupe?

I also spotted a nice brown Traveller and enjoyed seeing the other classics and the old fashioned 1960's/ early 70's way of life brought back a few childhood memories. Fray Bentos pies, LOL!

[patricklambert]

it was a real good program! the bloke im buying the lanchester ld10 off drove his austin a40 in the tv show!