Changes i'm doing in my 800's

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Re: Changes i'm doing in my 800's

Post by 'CHARD » Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:46 pm

Eduardo, this thread is fantastic. Your dedication to the cars is an inspiration. Thoroughly enjoying your fettling and restoration story, thanks for taking time out to share it with us.

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Re: Changes i'm doing in my 800's

Post by Eduardo » Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:11 pm

Thankyou very much. I really love the Rover 800. Hey! i checked your profile, it says you're a railway man. Fan of miniature trains pehaps? if so, you may notice my colection of Trix Express trains in two pics, i think you know them well in UK despite they are german. Kind regards.
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Re: Changes i'm doing in my 800's

Post by Very Tall Brad » Tue Feb 11, 2014 10:30 pm

Eduardo - this is one of my favourite threads on the Forum at the moment. Well done and thank you for the pictures to show us your hard work. Lovely.
No longer an 800 owner!

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Re: Changes i'm doing in my 800's

Post by Eduardo » Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:34 am

Hi Brad! thankyou very much for your compliments. Work is not really hard... it couldn't, working (real work) all day long Sunday to Friday and some Saturdays in the morning. Lot of thinking, lot of watching in internet, and my resting is working in the car and making some other people working in it too at my expenses. Also found real helpful people in UK selling parts. Kind regards.
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Re: Changes i'm doing in my 800's

Post by 'CHARD » Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:00 pm

Eduardo wrote:Thankyou very much. I really love the Rover 800. Hey! i checked your profile, it says you're a railway man. Fan of miniature trains pehaps? if so, you may notice my colection of Trix Express trains in two pics, i think you know them well in UK despite they are german. Kind regards.
I did see the Trix trains, at first I didn't believe my eyes! I have always worked in railways, one way or another. And like many a railwayman, it is also a hobby. Along with punk rock and now 800s.

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Re: Changes i'm doing in my 800's

Post by Eduardo » Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:32 pm

Nice to know it. My father went to Germay to learn working thecnics for his former DKW factory in Vitoria North of Spain now Mercedes Benz. I was just a baby, and he brougth some toys, the most appreciated for me a start pack of Trix Express. Just one steam loco three wagons, a circle of tracks and a transfo. He also brougth a catalog and then after another couple of loco's some more wagons and little more tracks. Trips to Germany ended soon and i passed all my childhood wanted him to import more things from Trix. Was impossible, money was tight, i had 5 brothers and sisters after me. So when i grew old i realized that i could purchase the trains not moving from home and really cheap, so there are all the things i wanted when child from the catalog. You'll be amazed where they come from....Germany, France, UK, Belgium; Italy, Austria, Greece, Australia, USA, Argentina, Chile....Thanks to all the sellers in Ebay from all over the world.
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Re: Changes i'm doing in my 800's

Post by Manalishi » Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:22 pm

Great looking car! Nice to se a LHD version. :)
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Re: Changes i'm doing in my 800's

Post by Eduardo » Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:31 am

Thanks Henrik, more to come.
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Re: Changes i'm doing in my 800's

Post by mossroadster » Tue Feb 25, 2014 1:21 pm

Just had to say how much I enjoyed the write up and photos of your cars and the work you have completed on each of them. The metallic dark green colour really does show off the shape of the 800 so well and my own Sterling Coupe is finished in the same colour. I need to attend to some rust and parking scuffs left by strangers on 3 of the 4 corners of the bumpers to mine and I have to say that seeing your respray has spurred me on to tidy up my own paintwork.
Very interested to see your continuing upgrades and may well try some of your ideas myself. :)

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Re: Changes i'm doing in my 800's

Post by Eduardo » Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:40 pm

Thankyou so much Pal. Went last saturday to a junkyard looking for 800's to know what's out there (like the truth) just in case i need some spare parts in the future. Saw a coupé in champain colour. Stripped, they left very little except the engine, can you believe it? it was one of those Honda V6. I was told somebody took it all at once, and it's strange since i have not seen a coupé in Seville for years. Kind Regards.
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Re: Changes i'm doing in my 800's

Post by pre_pace » Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:54 pm

Eduardo, I've just read through this thread and I've really enjoyed it. The paintwork on the diesel car is fantastic, I wish a respray of that quality was easily available here at that price. It's clear you keep your cars in great condition. Thanks for the thread I look forward to more.
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Re: Changes i'm doing in my 800's

Post by Eduardo » Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:30 am

Thanks a lot Dave, see, painting and bodywork are expensive here too. Probably not as much as i in UK but then you earn more! and are wealthy. The question is to find a reliable worker and then give him all the work you have to do in your(s) car(s) and never discuss the price!!!!. At least, this is what i did. Kind regards.
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Re: Changes i'm doing in my 800's

Post by Eduardo » Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:30 am

I added a new job, please look at it and tell me what do you think,
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Re: Changes i'm doing in my 800's

Post by Manalishi » Fri Jun 06, 2014 3:38 pm

Cooler box? Great! I think you're really doing a fantastic job on the car!
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Re: Changes i'm doing in my 800's

Post by Eduardo » Fri Jun 06, 2014 3:54 pm

Thanks! it's portable so you can leave it in the garage if you don't use it. It also work with 220V so you can fill it at home with the drinks and food you wanna carry during the trip and this way you get 5ºC then in the car 10ºC....wich is not much but not little. I tried serveral models cheaper...but they don't worked well. There is also more expensive ones but i didnt' dare to try them.

Here working in the garage at 220V while i was installing the wiring and the sockets to plug it

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Here the ad in Lidl showing the same as mine but at half of the price that i purchased it in Carrefour...yep that's me.

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