Number 45 - Page 4

MrDoodles · 7th June 2012, 19:43

Fantastic progress!

Les4048 · 7th June 2012, 20:58

Looking very good

Bolin · 8th June 2012, 21:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by trikey

A little bit further forwards, chassis legs straightened out.

Managed to save thenearside quarter panel.

unfortunately not so the offside one, it had took too much of a bang around the rear light area, a donor 75 was relieved of about 7-8" of a rear quarter

Looking a lot better, just need the boot floor now and all will be good in the world (the world of broken 260's that is)

Wow, brilliant work there, hats off to you for taking this on!

I'm guessing the boot floor bit is V8 specific, can you get a repair panel for this or will it have to come from a scrapped V8 or even fabricated from scratch?

Keep up the excellent work!

2Diesels · 8th June 2012, 21:59

Not be long now then Andy

BIG LEK · 8th June 2012, 22:03

Thats excellent andy mate, its a massive improvement compared to when I saw the car last,

trikey · 10th June 2012, 11:20

Well after a 675 mile round trip to Southampton yesterday, I met up with John (75.0) The owner of number 5 (Yes it does look a lot better in the flesh

and is coming along very nicely)

John's fine skills with his angle grinder saw the boot floor from the infamous 577 finding a new home in the back of my 75 (Well nearly all in the back)

Just want to say a huge thanks to John for letting me have the final piece of my puzzle, pleasure to meet you yesterday John, and yes, I was a bit tired by the time I got home.

tonybubble · 10th June 2012, 11:32

Well done to both of you.

marinabrian · 10th June 2012, 11:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by trikey

Well after a 675 mile round trip to Southampton yesterday, I met up with John (75.0) The owner of number 5 (Yes it does look a lot better in the flesh

and is coming along very nicely)

John's fine skills with his angle grinder saw the boot floor from the infamous 577 finding a new home in the back of my 75 (Well nearly all in the back)

Just want to say a huge thanks to John for letting me have the final piece of my puzzle, pleasure to meet you yesterday John, and yes, I was a bit tired by the time I got home.

Andy, I have to say that looks a little excessive to me, I'm sure you could have fitted a spare battery in the boot of your 75........

Pick out the spot welds carefully, I'm sure it'll look good in your V8

Brian

trikey · 10th June 2012, 11:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by marinabrian

Andy, I have to say that looks a little excessive to me, I'm sure you could have fitted a spare battery in the boot of your 75........

Pick out the spot welds carefully, I'm sure it'll look good in your V8

Brian

It's going to make your T4 explode when you plug it in Bri, the amount of fault codes thats going to be on it!!

Kevin Williams · 10th June 2012, 15:29

Andy,
Good luck with this project-you seem to be well fired up to get to the end, as is John with his.

All I can say to you both, is that I'm really pleased that people are around to save vehicles like this that most of us would have to give up through our own inabilities and I'm really frustrated at my own incompetence! I'm also pleased that John has been able to help you out:what this club is all about.

Don't get tempted by horse boxes!!

Regards

Kevin

10th June 2012, 11:32	#37
tonybubble ZT, 75 & 260 Rescue 2002 MG ZT 260 (007), 2003 MG ZT-T 260 SE, 2004 75 CDTI Tourer Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: East Brent Posts: 2,447 Thanks: 88 Thanked 50 Times in 29 Posts	Well done to both of you. __________________ I counted them in and I counted them out (with apologies to Brian Hanrahan) - 005, 007, 019, 051, 103, 288, 354, 455, 577, 700 - the story continues. http://www9.mg-cars.org.uk/mgoc260/f...lies/smile.png http://www.two-sixties.com

7th June 2012, 19:43	#31
MrDoodles Banned MG ZT+ V6 190 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Spalding Posts: 13,245 Thanks: 369 Thanked 1,196 Times in 818 Posts	Fantastic progress!

7th June 2012, 20:58	#32
Les4048 This is my second home Rover 75 Tourer/ MG ZT-T 400 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Lhanbryde Posts: 3,279 Thanks: 2,627 Thanked 1,523 Times in 869 Posts	Looking very good

8th June 2012, 21:59	#34
2Diesels Trader ZT 260SE, Connoisseur CDT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Ancient Shire Of Bedlington Posts: 12,597 Thanks: 68 Thanked 506 Times in 305 Posts	Not be long now then Andy

8th June 2012, 22:03	#35
BIG LEK Banned Rover 75 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: somewhere Posts: 3,833 Thanks: 52 Thanked 59 Times in 52 Posts	Thats excellent andy mate, its a massive improvement compared to when I saw the car last,

10th June 2012, 11:20	#36
trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,826 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	Well after a 675 mile round trip to Southampton yesterday, I met up with John (75.0) The owner of number 5 (Yes it does look a lot better in the flesh and is coming along very nicely) John's fine skills with his angle grinder saw the boot floor from the infamous 577 finding a new home in the back of my 75 (Well nearly all in the back) Just want to say a huge thanks to John for letting me have the final piece of my puzzle, pleasure to meet you yesterday John, and yes, I was a bit tired by the time I got home.

10th June 2012, 15:29	#40
Kevin Williams Loves to post Rover 75 CDT Tourer [116 bhp] in Wedgwood Blue / MG ZT CDTi [131bhp] in Anthracite Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Matlock Posts: 330 Thanks: 106 Thanked 66 Times in 52 Posts	Andy, Good luck with this project-you seem to be well fired up to get to the end, as is John with his. All I can say to you both, is that I'm really pleased that people are around to save vehicles like this that most of us would have to give up through our own inabilities and I'm really frustrated at my own incompetence! I'm also pleased that John has been able to help you out:what this club is all about. Don't get tempted by horse boxes!! Regards Kevin