And Finally...

The all-important Max Power style photo shoot. Or as we like to call it Lax Power:

And on with the detailed bits...

In case you can't tell, these photos are of the Rover or as we like to call it Roverrari. Tom (Mr Selleck to you)didn't lend us the 308...

On with the Paint

This is Ferrari Red, honest. If anyone tells you it's Massey Ferguson Red they are obviously liars.

a MASSIVE catchup!

The 308 Vents -the very essence of Magnum's car.

Maxed!

Let the fun begin!

Finally we get to the fun stuff, the 'permanent scarring' has started.

MOT Takes 1 & 2!

CATCH UP!

Haven't been on in a while, so I hope this covers it...
Attended Vehicle Identity Check test, passed with no problems. £38 to have someone tell you your car isn't stolen. Wonderful. Also found out we couldn't get a tax book unless we could contact the previous owner, but his/her details were private. Bit of a Catch 22.
Found holes, welded them, checked the brakes, electrics, etc, crossed fingers and headed for the MOT centre. Failed SPECTACULARLY! Several minor things we half expected and were easy to fix, but there's nothing quite like a brake pipe exploding on the rolling brake test machine to wind up the nice test centre people. We were banned from driving the car home with a prohibition order on which the tester accidentally included the previous keeper's details! All was sorted and retested within 3 days and we went and had a nice chat with the previous owner, so we now have an MOT and a Tax Book. Sorted!

IT'S HERE!

Taking no chances...

Next up, a quick service. Our VIC test is running a little late so we need to have the car tip-top prior to the VIC so it'll already be MOT ready because time is getting short. And we haven't even begun the important task of scarring the car. Anyway...on with the service. There's more than a little hole in the history so apart from the usual bits we'll do the pesky timing belt.

More Vandalism

Vandalism/practice, whatever you like to call it. We've been working on some ways to further scar the already traumatised Rover.

THANKS DAD!

A quick note, nobody in the team had the good sense to anneal the copper washer -so thanks to Dad for that tip!

The Competition

Rival Team The Slow and the Curious begin work on their Peugeot 406 John Deere Special Edition. Hicks.

Injecting a little life into the big girl!

We think the cooling problem is fixed, but just when it seemed the car was ready we noticed a trail of diesel following it everywhere it went! Once the injector was out we discovered we had every size of copper washer but the one we needed, so we went old skool and annealed it with a blowtorch. So far, so good!

Paint

A little prep and a little paint, looking slightly more civilised. Not looking quite scally enough yet, but we thought it best to have the car look like it deserves an MOT before we attempt to get one.