The Gallery.

Front Uprights

Rusty Fronts!

Workbench

The Office

Rear Caliper

Rear Caliper

Differential

Golden Diff

Driveshaft

Finished Driveshaft

3.9 Rangie Engine

Bigger than I imagined!

3.9 Plenum

3.9 Plenum

Body Panels

Light Bright Green

Chassis

It all starts here.

Nicely packed at the
                                      factory!

Box of bits.

Rover 5 speed and long
                                      remote.

Gearbox & Long Remote.

Did I over do the rivets?

Nearside rear side panel.

Hmm, should I have put this
                                      in yet?

Rear bulkhead in place.

Looks OK to me!

Rear of rear bulkhead.

Must remember, no oil yet!

Diff and driveshafts.

Nearside hub assembly

Nearside hub assembly.

Completed De Dion

Complete De Dion Set-up.

Brake pipe mounted on chassis
                                      incorrectly!

Top view of offside brake assembly.

Rear brake assembly.

Offside rear brake assembly.

Dax showroom De Dion rear
                                      end.

Dax showroom De Dion showing rear brake line routing..

Note holes where the pipe
                                      used to run!

Main brake pipe run.

Front rigid brake pipes

Front brake pipe run.

 

A well used workmate!

Front brake pipes and pressure switch..

Footwell panels roughly in
                                      position.

Footwell panels ready for fitting.

'P' clip used to hold brake
                                      cable

Rear brake pipe mounting.

Pump mounted on steel 'L'
                                      brakets

EFI fuel pump position.

EFI fuel pump

Further view of fuel pump.

Pretty to look at!

Bullet pump in position.

Reconditioned from a R380
                                      type

Reconditioned LT77 Remote.

Strange reversing interlock
                                      mechanism

LT77 reversing lamp switch location.

Not so daunting as it looks

Dashboard loom!!.

Hmmmm?

Front loom!!.

Colour co-ordinated cable
                                      ties!!

Rear loom in situ.

Rear loom run along top
                                      tunnel member

Rear loom run along tunnel.

Not sure if this is a good
                                      idea!

Fuel pump ballast resistor.

A
                                      new dawn for a P6

A little older than I would have liked.

Now you see it......

3.5 Rover V8 and it's a runner, honest!.

Now you don't!

What to do with it now?.

And then there were two.

Only 17 years between them!.

Much cleaner

3.5 laid bare!

Factory open day

13th April 2001

Tojeros at the factory

13th April 2001.

And then there were two.

P6 Front timing cover.

Huge pulleys

Land Rover timing cover.

So I don't forget

Water pump connections.

The build as of 16.6.1

Build as of 16th June 2001.

Engine in at last

Engine in at last.

Plenty of room!

Water pump pulley clearance.

No need to re-route the
                                        brake line

Crank pulley clearance.

Nice butt!

Rear tub in place..

Nice fit.

Side view of rear tub.

A hole all the way through,
                                        no oil pump!

Timing cover distributor hole.

Daddy's second bundle of
                                        aggro!

Charlotte (age 3) 'Why's it taking so long Daddy?'.

very poor casting.

Head inlet ports..

Injector 'eyes'.

Inlet manifold ports.

Eight trumpets

Efi system on.

Looking good

Side view of plenumless induction.

The green one is for the
                                        fan.

Efi relays.

It will go in....one day!

The remaining 3.9 block & heads.

Brmmm brmmm

Pedal box.

Steel brace

Lower alternator mounts.

Rear mount with 25mm
                                        spacer

Lower rear alternator mount. .

Nice alternator fan (cost
                                        £20)

Alternator front tensioner mount.

In the proper place

Alternator in place.

Another view of the steel
                                        brace

Lower front alternator mount.

Fits well here

Remote oil filter.

Oil pipes run under sump

Oil filter remote showing pipe route.

Halfords doing well

Oil filter remote mount..

Looking good

Sides ready to fit.

I thinks it's coming
                                        together nicely

Offside view.

Very full bay

Filling up nicely.

Big
                                        enough I hope

Fan & Radiator

Not very clear.

Expansion tank connection to lower hose.

New Rover 200 I think.

Expansion bottle (ex Rover I think).

Getting crowded.

Crowded battery shelf.

Plenty of room!

More battery shelf.

Not much room under here
                                        already.

Not as bad as it looks, Ha Ha!.

Coil in place.

Coil mounting bracket..

Good use of the space.

Airhorns, relay and fan relay mounting bracket.

Bit big, not sure?

Fog, reversing and number plate lamps mounted.

Nice Avons

Avon ZZ1s.

It WILL start!

Full engine bay.

Hope there's room for the
                                        heater

Under scuttle ECU.

Bit big maybe?

Dash warning lamps.

Lots of GRP dust!

Contoured dash.

Neat L bracket

Throttle cable mount.

Very easy to trim to
                                        length.

Land Rover throttle cable bulkhead end.

Shorter wishbone arm to the
                                        rear!

Front suspension.

Only 220 lbs/ft of torque
                                        to undo these!

Front wheel bearings.

heath Robinson throttle
                                        linkage.

Throttle Linkage.

Another view of the front
                                        suspension.

Another view of the front suspension..

Very neat I do believe.

Speedo sensor mount.

Can you see the weld?

4 into 1 collector.

Heavier than it looks.

CC 5" Megazone!

Leftovers after header
                                        fitting.

Offcuts from header fitting.

Woodworking skills, 0/10!

Fitting the Megazones.

Ready for fitting the
                                        header pipes.

4 into 1 collector in position.

Ready for headers.

4 into 1 collector in position

Enough leftover for another
                                        go!

Spare collectors and header tube.

That's more like it!

Second fitting, post header TIG weld.

Yellow makes a change from
                                        red.

Gold MOs and yellow calipers.

Very Green!

Dash in position.

Greengauges that are
                                        white!

Dial close up.

Nice 'n shiny

Finished collector.

Fits perfectly.

Exhausts fitted.

Coating inside and out.

Cermakrome coated 4 branch manifold.

As
                                        of 20.4.2

The current state of play.

Still some way to go.

After 18 months!.

Close up.

Nearside front close up.

August 2002

August 2002

New induction

No more Efi

Lumenition

New speed sensor fixing.

Nearside

Nearside & rear

Nearside & front

Seats

Sidescreens

Motorcycle indicators.

Offside front view.

Nearside fron indicator.

TBA