Introduction
This is Gracie the Rover 45, named on the 200 mile trip to get it back home after buying it as it had the most ridiculously loud exhaust on the back and I thought it was funny just how obnoxious this "grandad car" was.
This car was ultimately supposed to be scrapped, but a friend of mine reached out and offered it to me for cheap as a last ditch effort to see the car live just a little longer.
Having seen the car once before, this car called to me and I answered.
I simply couldn't say no to this echo of the 90s, a car thats the same age as I am. If I'd of known the extent of the can of worms I was opening, this car wouldn't of been saved.
It still needs so many things, the full list could be used as a bog roll. Unfortunately that includes a new gearbox...
For all its faults and flaws, I genuinely love this car. My goal is to get it driving right and looking smart to use it as a wedding car for myself and the lucky lady in just over a years time.
A significant amount of work has already been done to the car, and a significant amount more needs doing. Atleast it's not got the weight reduction package on the sills and wheel arches anymore.
Its quite a rare spec too, an Olympic S, unusual to have both a sunroof and A/C fitted at the same time.
After the Jess The Panda project, Gracie The Rover might just sink me lol
This car was ultimately supposed to be scrapped, but a friend of mine reached out and offered it to me for cheap as a last ditch effort to see the car live just a little longer.
Having seen the car once before, this car called to me and I answered.
I simply couldn't say no to this echo of the 90s, a car thats the same age as I am. If I'd of known the extent of the can of worms I was opening, this car wouldn't of been saved.
It still needs so many things, the full list could be used as a bog roll. Unfortunately that includes a new gearbox...
For all its faults and flaws, I genuinely love this car. My goal is to get it driving right and looking smart to use it as a wedding car for myself and the lucky lady in just over a years time.
A significant amount of work has already been done to the car, and a significant amount more needs doing. Atleast it's not got the weight reduction package on the sills and wheel arches anymore.
Its quite a rare spec too, an Olympic S, unusual to have both a sunroof and A/C fitted at the same time.
After the Jess The Panda project, Gracie The Rover might just sink me lol
