Thread: Two Door Restore 1978

The 3.9 only has a sole oil port for the engine oil pressure light on the dash on later models.
Bought an adapter from the UK from a rover v8 performance shop online to feed the three gauges using it on the two door.
Oil pressure/oil temp/oil pressure light.
They are all different threads and finding the adpters meant a trip to an engineering shop.The adapter had two holes,so tapped a third in the side to fit the three.

Took a week to sand and repair rust in the tailgate,came out good,with new track and used a later model rubber seal which is wider than the original and stops carbon monoxide inhalation a bit better.

This is where i'm at currently,working on the wings install,and may need some help with piggy backing the efi loom onto the existing wiring setup.Electricity not my forte'.
You've got to love a car that has two fuses for the entire vehicle .
Note the gas filler on the right rear quarter panel,from long range tank setup a previous owner had setup,all plumbing still there with tank switch under pax seat.Kept it to preserve the history.

Put the rear quarter panels/bumper/lights/decals and the euro number plate back on the rear,looks ok. Liking the stark white with the black contrast.

Found a great crc product also that restores black plastic.Will post what it is when in country.
This combined with a youtube video i stumbled on showed how to restore certain types of plastic trim using a heat gun,yep,sounds crazy but worked a treat on the side mirrors(Caution needed here)

Looks great. Lucky we didn't build them alongside each other cause we might have easily mixed up the parts Lots of familiar photos particularly of cancer. I am trying to decide what wheels to use. I have a set of rostyles, and also a set of 80's 3 spoke alloys. Both sets need re doing. The rostyles are more original but I like the alloys a bit more myself. Thoughts? Great work again.

A lot of work, time and hard earned gone into that project. It looks great. Well done.

Cheers Guys,Yep,It's very time consuming,but as you know,very satisfying.

Meccles,Great to see your progress pics,outstanding effort and superb result.

Have you considered the csk rims for your two door? Hard to find these days and probably the last thing you'd need to clog the garage is a third set of rims,but they do look good on the csk two door.
I flipped a bit on that one also,as have both sets here,for now staying with the rostyles,as liking the old school look,cheers Westy

Looks fantastic Westy what percent would you say you've outsourced, and how much yourself - have been watching yours and meccles with awe - but know my limitations.....

It's 25% experts : panel beater,painter.
75% me for the rest so far

Mine is more 40% experts 60% me. Panel/paint/gearbox the experts. Rest me though will get some help with wiring - I'll run it but get sparky to do connections/testing.

With the sparky piggybacking the efi engine into 40 year old lucas wiring,that'll take it to 35% I'd say.
Engine and Trans all me this time,first time doing the full monty ,so hope she starts,bit anxious about that one!considering all the moving bits i've changed,will let you know.

I wish i had got the panel beater to help put more panels back on as it's witchcraft...

I should imagine every classic owner would be able to find their own vehicle in a blind lineup,knowing their own gaps and quirks of their own rangie.
Kind of like a unique fingerprint,certainly not clones,haha..