The Rover has been moved! Went way better than expected. No seized up brakes, all tyres still had some air in them (who would've thought that) which means it was easy-peasy getting it out of the garage box. Had some help of my dad and younger brother, and hired a bloke with a proper trailer.
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It's sitting nice and dry within my dad's garage right now. It's on 'auto movers' which makes it possible to push the car around on your own, bloody handy.
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The first thing I'm going to do is give a quick clean. After that, it's time to poke around with a screwdriver to see if the floor has held up. It should have, as I had it fully done a couple of years ago. If it has any serious rot, I'm going to have to reconsider this project. Or learn how to weld.
The car has gotten me a bit worried since all 4 doors have rotten out bottoms, and there are some signs of rust on the 'wheel arch' you can see behind the rear doors. Don't remember it being this bad, but it could be rose-tinted glasses. As long as there are no structural problems, I'm happy for now. New doors and a respray can be done in a couple of years.
When there are no serious rust issues I'm turning my attention to fitting a new fusebox, which will hopefully sort the electrics out (no headlights at the moment). After that I can look into the engine and brakes. The brakes work fine, I just want to replace everything rubber on it, better safe than sorry on the braking system! And fit new brake pads. And perhaps fit new discs. And perhaps new callipers... And... Haha!
I will keep you posted!