I went to all that trouble with the gearbox mount because the doenut was one off the old engine mounts and I didnt want to buy the proper mounts for the MGB box.. there wasnt room to fit them anyway. Just using what I have and trying not to spend any doe .. Time is just time , its better than...

Managed to get the gearbox chassis mount fabricated , still to fully weld everything but looking like it will all be fine .Still working on the gearbox moint bracket.. tricky wee bugger .. Also managed to get the bulkhead marked up, cut out and folded ..Must have paid close attention to my...

So, went back in the shed , youll never learn or achieve anything watching what is classed as entertainment on the TV total garbage. used the cardboard that protects the ali sheet to make templates for the bulkhead and footwells . thats the hard bit done, just got to finesse the templates when...

Cheers, its a sort of combination of this current flirtation with land rovers, and crossing over to the long time obsession with hot rods.. also doing it on a super tight budget .. Got £1500 in total .. probably got through half of that now ..

The mounts were tigged Bough my tig from Poland SHERMAN make , delivered £400 . AC/DC, works a treat. Welded the 10mm suspension brackets to my buddies quick change rear in his hot rod , worked perfectly. Equivalent model from JASIC £1500.. I was worried, but when it arrived it was ace ...

Fabricated some engine mounts today so I can get the engine mounted properly in the chassis and start to work out the bulkhead details and foot wells . Even managed to gain a wee bit of clearance between the filter and steering box . will do the trans mount utilising one of the old engine mount...

Latest daft idea is to build this like a dry lakes push truck .. The original inspiration was just that , inspiration, a cool looking build with custom / hot rod angle .. There were loads of things I didn't like about it but understood tat some of those features were required to get the V8 in...

Getting used as it should , collected some 2x1 metre steel and ali sheets and a couple of lengths of 40x40 lightweight box ( cut down to 2.5 mtr lengths) . Dropped them at the shed then nipped to my buddies to collect an MGB engine and gearbox dropped them in the back of the 109 and you would...

collected the MGB engine and gearbox today , got home had my tea and went out to see if it would work in the P4 chassis with the series 1 body .. Its tight but it will work. There are limits to heights and distance it can sit back which are guided by the physical dimensions of both the engine...

Had to carry out a few chassis repairs .. sort a couple of outriggers and get to some rust issues under the centre X member .. but making progress. A few wee tweaks and it will be as good as new :) Bit of a large scale mock up going on in the last pick .. Collecting some materials on Tuesday...

ARGHHHHHH! got offered a low mileage MGB 1800 engine , complete with OD gearbox .. for £200 today .. means no outlay for carbs manifolds starter and a gearbox ... 90 bhp , not sure about gearing but these old MGB motors were sluggers .. dimensionally it will fit easy .. to many options ...

Spent the day loading a Chrysler Hemi onto a pallet then loaded another pallet with some early ford parts , All part of the clear out :) Also fixed a puncture on my old mountain bike, only took be the best part of a year to get around to it, so gave the bike a good service while I was at it ...

confirmed its a 3 main , went along to collect it today , paid up but I didn't want the engine rattling around in the back of the landy and we couldn't find an old tyre to drop it in to stop it .. didn't manage back today w=but no big deal.. Unfortunate thing is that it doesn't have the...

Bought this engine today for £250, collecting it tomorrow, still dont know if its a 3 or 5 main bearing but for the price I dont think its to bad either way .. Had a run in a friends series 1 short wheel base diesel today, It went pretty well, I thought we were flying along the road but the...

flexible, cheap, available, simple , that's the name of the game here. Ive got a Rover V8 coming, eventually, if the fella ever takes it out the car, how long does that take ? a couple of hours ? any way, I was around by a local land rover fella today and scored a good 2 1/4 petrol lifted from...

Yep, a Winters V8 quick change with wedge lock 9 inch diff , doesnt look it , but a mega tough back end .

Dont go there :) I had a flirtation with hydraulics years ago , this was pre the days of using hydrogen spheres much like the citroen suspension from years ago.. The hydraulic set ups are pretty good these days, all depends on what your end goal is from them . The front end on this is perfect...

Nipped back in the shed and trimmed the inner wings to fit over the Rover top wishbone , dropped the front end back on , stood back and had a look .. Made me smile .. Could do with dropping another inch but that brings other issues with t and since this is suppoese to be a KISS project ( Keep It...

I have a couple of builder steering boxes can strip one for the casing if required .. happy to do that ,

Need to chop a chunk out the inner wings to allow them to drop over the front suspension upper arms, that will drop the rad panel on the front X member so a fair drop yet to come .. Im not going to mess with the chassis ride height, just leaving that as Rover intended and will upgrade with...