Thread: "Sweetpea" joins the clan.

Sweetpea is a Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetie oh how corny can i get

Congrats Glen... great find.

Mate , sweetpea is a real beauty , looks like she has lots of character about her . well done . look forward to seeing a restoration post

nice find!

great work and Im sure it will be fun to see the resto...


mmm if you are looking to adopt my number is...........


mmm i'll post it


cheers
digger

Have cleaned out a few of the added bits and got a chance to actually have a bit of a good look at Sweetpea today and once again was quite surprised at its condition.
The firewall is possibly the best I have out of 4 Series Rovers and this is about thirteen years older than the rest!


The tub is almost as good although it has obviously suffered from a lot more fair wear and tear over the years. Even the Spare tyre bracket is still there and operative.


The engine bay is fairly presentable as well even though the engine has its head, side cover and sump removed ( stored in a box) and the radiator looks to be pretty good, at least from the outside. Interesting to note that the fan shroud has ??Spares, Goulburn, written on it, that sort of narrows down its field of operation. Bought in Bathurst and some of the spares supplied from Goulburn sort of narrows down its home territory.



Possibly the only bit that I have found so far that doesn't actually seem to ring true is the air cleaner as it seems to be from a S2, or at least a 2.25 litre engine type. I do have the pre-cleaner but the main cleaner seems a bit big.
Ah well, I guess that that is not an insurmountable problem.
Regards
Glen

i wish mine was as good as this

Originally Posted by zulu Delta 534

Interesting to note that the fan shroud has ??Spares, Goulburn, written on it, that sort of narrows down its field of operation.

Hi Glen,

More likely to be "From Allspares Auburn". For probably thirty years up until the early 1990s they were the main Sydney Land Rover wreckers, repairers and secondhand suppliers. Great Landy meeting place, good mechanics and a loss when they closed. I think Geoff (the last owner) was at Corowa in 2007 so will have to wind him up to attend 2011 - "The Year of The Oil Leak"!

Bob

That sure is what it looks like on second looks. I just saw the 'burn' bit at the end and assumed Golburn, and we all know what "assume" does.
Regards
Glen

Hi there Glen

It looks like a great find - well done buddy...

Looking forwards to ongoing post on its progress.

Wayne