118 VVC Sleeper

[118pickup]

Hi im Simon and i thought id have another go at building a R118vvc after i had to scrap my last one about 6 years ago (a convertible) as it had rotted from the inside out.

Ill figure out how to post pics in a bit

My tro by Simon Montagu, on Flickr

Wow that took me a long time to work out (getting old)

[118pickup]

So after a 3 hour drive to get car from near Exeter for the grand sum of £171 I took POU to work for an mot

20160611_120931 by Simon Montagu, on Flickr

20160611_120918 by Simon Montagu, on Flickr

and she passed!!!

she has 32k and has only ever failed/had an advise on a pair of indicaters not being orange.

[118pickup]

She was losing water but i used her for a couple of weeks while i got her some wheels

20160619_192537 by Simon Montagu, on Flickr

[Pickford]

Wow that's a bargin at that price even with the water leak looks a good one tho fella

[118pickup]

Then into work one saturday morning, 2 hours later...

20160917_142849 by Simon Montagu, on Flickr

Id also bought a failing rover 75 auto for £350 with plate N6ROV then transfered plate off and sold car for £351 so now she was ROV (so close to MG ROV )

[118pickup]

Shes really clean with just a few bubbles as she was waxoiled from new, but that didn't help the door that was resprayed badly at some point

20170323_181946 - Copy by Simon Montagu, on Flickr

[118pickup]

While engine was out, we steam cleaned bay

I welded in top shock mounts then fitted shocks,

I fitted rear anti roll bar mounts (ive had a rear arb for 10 years and 3 house moves that i never binned)

The following saturday i painted a few spots of surface rust on front subframe black then fitted in my MGF vvc engine with a rover 216 flywheel and 200mm clutch and bolted original R65u gearbox back on, a cheap cone filter ( i will revert to airbox with panel filter) and after hours during the week between 6 pin swaps later and

2017-03-05 by Simon Montagu, on Flickr

[118pickup]

Ive fitted the MGF Gear knob and steering wheel

I got given a set of Cabriolet 6 spoke alloys and bought 2 185 60 13 Yoko A539's for the rear and had a pair of 175 60 13's for the front so for 6 months have run around like that.

20161011_075803 by Simon Montagu, on Flickr

20161217_223105 by Simon Montagu, on Flickr

(part way thru wheel swap)

[118pickup]

Shes my daily driver (along with the trafic) so progress is sometimes slow and shes also my test bed which is why at the moment looks like this

20170323_181946 by Simon Montagu, on Flickr

Ive swapped instruments from the Cabriolet and about to swap interior over from my M reg GTA into my 118

20161030_114331 by Simon Montagu, on Flickr

Im have a set of red painted bumpers that im gonna get painted white along with my door to tidy the car up then shes going back on the 13 inch team dynamics wheels as they are my favourites as the car has to look normal to upset the locals in their range rovers and BMWs etc

[118pickup]

My Xmas Car Pic !!!

20161231_203912 by Simon Montagu, on Flickr