Sorry, but without wanting to offend anyone involved with this Project, I really must be missing the point about this car!
I appreciate, that it was a pre-production car and had a somewhat "interesting" life, but what is supposed to be the point of the restoration?
I'm assuming that when the car is back to it's former glory, that it will be displayed at shows to represent the Club (as and when the owner has the time to do that)
Why then pick a poverty spec car to show at events?
Surely if it is being restored to be a "Show" car, then you would at least pick the highest spec Connoisseur SE you could find, with EVERY factory option available, to show off Rover's hay-day of what you could have bought, if you ticked all the option boxes (a 2.5 Auto would have been my choice) and not a hum-drum spec car that you can get to view at any provincial car auction?
Or am I missing the point, because for me, this car when completed, wouldn't get a second glance from me at a car show!
