Jake's Story

So the plans start to form
1st job, a copy of the bible, the roger Williams book how to give your MG V8 power.
I needed to be 100% that rust is NEVER going to a problem ( My memories of UK buckets of rust is hard to get away from)

So to work
Stripping to a bare shell seems like the only way to be sure the evil tinworm has been banished.
Need to find a rover engine
Choose a 5 speed box, then track one down.
Off with the bumpers – Sebring valances
Overhaul the front crossmember – but what about those antiquated lever arms? Killing a couple of birds with 1 stone? A moss coilover kit looks to able to
• Give us the chance to set the ride height
• Ditches the lever arms
• Tidies up the geometry

1st job that couldn’t wait. Off with the bumpers!
Well aware of the ‘flaws’ of the later rubber bumper cars, with the increased ride height an extra weight at either end hampering the dynamics of a sweet little sports car. No way could we cope with keeping the bumpers! Whipping off the rear bumper mounts, I was truly staggered at the weight. Truly Speechless. Round to the front, couldn’t wait to get the monster off. I’ve since asked numerous friends to pick one of these bumpers up, just to get their reaction!

Keeping an eye on ‘Trade me’ the local equivalent to Ebay, I managed to come up with and old engine to use as a Hack, cheap as chips. As it turns out, an odd combination of a Pre 76 P6 10.5CR engine (no rear crank seal), but with a Range rover front cover.