RedroseRover
New Member
Thanks for accepting me on this forum, I got my 1970 2000tc about two weeks ago from a friend who owns a garage, he’d been trying to sell it me since he bought it in may but I wasn’t in a position to buy it after 2 heart attacks and a double heart bypass in January , I’d been off work for few months, anyway I’m recovered and working as normal again now , it was in his way at the garage, was being moved in and out everyday onto the car park so they could get cars in to work on, he was still trying to sell it so I offered him a swap for a motorbike which he accepted. It’s been a while since I’ve had a classic car and I’ve been looking on eBay for a bit but needed to get some things out of my garage to make room , ive been restoring motorbikes for the last 10 years and got a bit bored of it having done quite a few
I’ve always been a rover fan having previously owned a p6b and p5b so I’m really pleased for this to come into my possession. It has the makings of a very nice car
it has never been welded and is remarkably rust free , the paint is poor so I’m planning on repainting it, taught myself to paint during lockdown after my friend who used to do it sold his Bodyshop, I really enjoy painting. The interior which is in good condition with good original carpets and nice and dry is let down by the leather which someone of debatable talent had a go at recolouring , I think it’s the wrong colour , looked more like sandalwood or biscuit to me originally, any comments or help would be appreciated, the door cards looked to match before it was done.
So far I’ve done a few jobs, the boot was 2inch deep in water when I collected it, so had everything out and dried it, it’s not rotten under the decker panel so I’m assuming it’s going to be the filler cap seal, got to do a water check yet, temp sender needed replacing drivers door lock didn’t work, ariel and interior mirror loose, spare wheel was missing a bracket so sourced that and general cleaning and polishing
I’ve got clutch judder so will be investigating the engine and gearbox mounts, it did have quite a bit of oil underneath the engine and gearbox so I suspected rear main seal or gearbox seal at first but I’ve noticed the rocker cover seal needs replacing and It Looks like it’s been running down the block and possibly been blown all over whilst travelling, keeping my eye on it after the clean, I’ve also got a blowing exhaust around the manifold so will be removing the exhaust and carbs to investigate this, been trawling this forum for last couple of weeks so I am expecting the manifold is cracking worse case scenario as well as replacing copper sealing rings and inlet gaskets, could also point to my worn mountings theory. It’s pinking a bit too so once I’ve got exhaust problem resolved I will be doing a service, compression and valve check, timing check and carb tune, should be a doddle after doing quad carbs on bikes! I’m hoping to become an active member on here……..Geoff
I’ve always been a rover fan having previously owned a p6b and p5b so I’m really pleased for this to come into my possession. It has the makings of a very nice car
it has never been welded and is remarkably rust free , the paint is poor so I’m planning on repainting it, taught myself to paint during lockdown after my friend who used to do it sold his Bodyshop, I really enjoy painting. The interior which is in good condition with good original carpets and nice and dry is let down by the leather which someone of debatable talent had a go at recolouring , I think it’s the wrong colour , looked more like sandalwood or biscuit to me originally, any comments or help would be appreciated, the door cards looked to match before it was done.
So far I’ve done a few jobs, the boot was 2inch deep in water when I collected it, so had everything out and dried it, it’s not rotten under the decker panel so I’m assuming it’s going to be the filler cap seal, got to do a water check yet, temp sender needed replacing drivers door lock didn’t work, ariel and interior mirror loose, spare wheel was missing a bracket so sourced that and general cleaning and polishing
I’ve got clutch judder so will be investigating the engine and gearbox mounts, it did have quite a bit of oil underneath the engine and gearbox so I suspected rear main seal or gearbox seal at first but I’ve noticed the rocker cover seal needs replacing and It Looks like it’s been running down the block and possibly been blown all over whilst travelling, keeping my eye on it after the clean, I’ve also got a blowing exhaust around the manifold so will be removing the exhaust and carbs to investigate this, been trawling this forum for last couple of weeks so I am expecting the manifold is cracking worse case scenario as well as replacing copper sealing rings and inlet gaskets, could also point to my worn mountings theory. It’s pinking a bit too so once I’ve got exhaust problem resolved I will be doing a service, compression and valve check, timing check and carb tune, should be a doddle after doing quad carbs on bikes! I’m hoping to become an active member on here……..Geoff
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