MGBGTV8
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Just under a year ago, my partner and I picked up a tidy D1 V8 with 126k on the clock. We’ve put 10k on the clock and it’s been largely pretty reliable. It was also a darn sight more comfortable than the usual series that we would pick up each October to get us through the winter. A year on and we’re still enjoying Discovery ownership. We had contemplated getting a D2 to replace our D1, but by chance we noticed another D1 advertised locally with just 71k on the clock. We went to have a look at it and the underneath seemed pretty solid. Unfortunately, the Alpine windows are pretty rotten and it had a dent in practically every panel. None the less, it seemed like a really nice base to end up with a really tidy D1. Unfortunately its not a V8, but both Nicola and I agreed it deserved to be saved. So… we handed over some beer tokens and brought it home!
The plan is ultimately to combine the best bits of the V8 with the best bits of the TDi to end up with a really, really nice Discovery D1 that we can enjoy for the next 100k miles without fear of it rotting away
This is what we bought. All be it with the awful stainless side steps removed!
The first job was obviously to get the interior stripped out to see if we had actually bought a solid car or not. So far things seem pretty positive?
Boot floor looked pretty good...
But I managed to make a small hole in the O/S wheel arch.
...and the inside of this little box section turned into a 2" square hole into the wheel arch....
Passenger side arch is a lot better, though! Just a bit of surface grot.
The sills were all in reasonable condition too with only a little surface issue... I'm sure there's more to find inside but a good dose of Fertan inside should see them get through a good few MOT's yet...
Unfortunately the alpine windows are well and truly shot, so some major work required here....
That brings us up to the end of the first weekend in September. Although we also cleaned all the trim that we had removed with a mild detergent soloution which took quite a while! No point posting pictures of that though!
The plan is ultimately to combine the best bits of the V8 with the best bits of the TDi to end up with a really, really nice Discovery D1 that we can enjoy for the next 100k miles without fear of it rotting away
This is what we bought. All be it with the awful stainless side steps removed!
The first job was obviously to get the interior stripped out to see if we had actually bought a solid car or not. So far things seem pretty positive?
Boot floor looked pretty good...
But I managed to make a small hole in the O/S wheel arch.
...and the inside of this little box section turned into a 2" square hole into the wheel arch....
Passenger side arch is a lot better, though! Just a bit of surface grot.
The sills were all in reasonable condition too with only a little surface issue... I'm sure there's more to find inside but a good dose of Fertan inside should see them get through a good few MOT's yet...
Unfortunately the alpine windows are well and truly shot, so some major work required here....
That brings us up to the end of the first weekend in September. Although we also cleaned all the trim that we had removed with a mild detergent soloution which took quite a while! No point posting pictures of that though!
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