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You must have a good land lord and the neighbours to be working on your cars if it's all ways been drove slowly with past owners it needs a good run or a good right foot fall blow the cobwebs out as they coke up as I did say a small drop of redex check the oil pump and the pick up filter in the sump as there could be debris some where wat could be effecting the flow they is a way to find out there is petrol in the oil put a flame to it but be careful weld the exhaust I could repair it or make one 👍

The Rover 75 Tourer is mine and it is "White Gold" in colour and it is a 2.0Lt diesel. The green Rover 25 with the cracked paint is my daughters and it will be having fresh paint as soon as her other Rover is on the road

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Does the whole IRS not drop out? You are right about the heat up and cool down, well should be, called quenching. Might as well use a garden hose with a spray nozzle. Problem is that rubber. Quenching is underused. Usually better to put it down into a bucket but doesn't look like you'd be able to there. Also looks a bit impossible to get everything quenched at same time.

Unfortunately it's my daily drive and i don't have the luxury of a garage.

Mine had a new rear subframe 5 years ago, my biggest regret was not painting it. 5 years on its completely rusted again wish i had zinc primed it and sprayed it.

Great seeing the progress Dave is making. It's so amazing 😁

Great progress on that example. Couldn't agree more: multi-skill job. Breaks, suspension, fuel lines/tank/filter, exhaust, bodywork. I've done this journey on my Turnier. Took two weeks in 2022. New bolts and bushings everywhere, new copper break lines, new fuel filter, fuel tank cleaning etc. I'm a bit mad tho', my Focus lost the local MOT last week. Worn-out tires.. must be replaced ASAP, just like the right front ball joint (and the bloody leaky thermostat housing).

Thanks again bud for showing my progress alot has been done as you know since this video

Fantastic video as always , great to see the rear subframes are making a comeback as mine is looking abit worrying , is this something that just the focus suffers from or is it other platforms like the Mondeo etc? Maybe even the more modern ones that are about ten years old now would be interesting to see if they suffer too

I've done the anti row bar bushes on the rear axle and that was a nightmare I used my blow torch I could do the job I've got plenty of tools and a mini grinder and a big one don't bother me cutting stuff off if it saves me time and stress bet everything is not cheap would have to be worth doing depending on the state of the focus but would make it easier to do any welding on the back of the car the joy of the but that patch on the drivers side is not good I would have to sort that out would bug me but it's ok for me to say (you know why) but I've seen a few holes in the back on the photos but interesting to know what you got to do 👍

Hi buddy another great video again. Good selection of cars there, the mk 2 fiesta xr2 looked in great condition.

Interesting comparison and how similar and different the mk1 and mk2 45s are. Thanks for a great comparison.

Just picked up a 9,100 warranted miles, 1 owner.. full ford history, all extras even parking sensors and front heated screen!... 1.6 Auto 2000 Mk1 Giar silver.... garaged all its life like a brand new inside and out, even had the plastic film on the cill plates...man even the air hoses were still with that white powder on them from the moulds! Brought it 1/5/2024, for £2500 cash, for a reliably auto for my daughter's first car. Looks and runs like a BRAND NEW CAR WELL HAPPY. all the best.

I almost thought you missed the Sonett when you walked away from it... but you came to it of course. Very popular car over here but they are very rare even in Sweden due to low production (only 10 000 made) and due to the fact that most of the ones for the Swedish market have been exported. In my life I have only ever seen one out on the roads.

Sierra colour is called Magenta I think

Thanks for another great car meet video. Great varied selection. Loved the series 3 jag. Never seen as many rover streetwise in one place. Also nice seeing a few mk1 focuses turn up 😁👍

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Great video Andrew 👍 Each to their own but no I don't approve of the wheels on the Abarth 😂😂

18:36 my rover 45 in a uncommon steel blue colour on a Y reg not 03 (very easy mistake to make because of it saying "03") and yeah windscreen is next on the list luckily not an mot failure but could easily go at anytime

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Forgive me for being old fashioned Andrew but i prefer the earlier interior with the walnut finish and door Garnish rails and deeper seats and real carpet and the colour interior options and chrome bumper inserts earlier grill(Full chrome one on mine) front fogs-- I could go on! I did have a series 2 with the cheapened up interior no garnish rails etc.I swapped the door casings and dash for walnut one.The ride was harsher on the 03 one i had and there was no anti-roll bar at rear..

Excellent & interesting comparison. Good to see that one with double the mileage of yours drives very similarly, a testimony to good maintenance and original build quality. I fitted the bonnet sound deadening piece to my 03 plate Mk1 45 from a pre PD car and noticed a big difference straight away.

Really enjoyed driving Beatrix on that very sunny morning. It was pleasing that both cars felt so similar to drive.

Rolls Royce silver spirit.

bosch parts are good?i mean stock coil is made by bosch.

I got a connoisseur saloon MK1. 1.8 in seafrost blue.

Amazing how the owners can sit on thousands of pounds worth of Scrap Iron for years. Most of the best parts people will need have been ruined by crushing. Another great video.

The first thing anyone should do is take those hideous arch lips off the rear arches, they trap moisture and dirt causing the arches to rust badly overtime. The MK1 interior is definitely a spitting image of the 6th gen Civic 5dr (96-00) interior which is no bad thing at all as the 6th gen civics are great well built cars. I do find the MK2 a bit odd at the rear without the number plate in the bootlid but I know it was to freshen up with the spaced rover letters. Fair play for Rover to hang onto the design for soo long despite a few changes.

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id say things you like about prefacelift, you could fit to yours but at the same time not original to the car, my focus is no longer original, yes its got ford parts on it, was never sold with them

Ohhhhhhh a wonderful comparison. I'm a big fan of 45 autos and genuinely not sure which I'd choose there. Maybe the mk2 just for the digital air con. But only just.

that is stupid. the aircon model has the compressor where the power steering pump is in this one and the power steering pump sits in the back on a bracket, that bracket is the tensioner. I don't know what the hell they designed in the non aircon model there ...

Great update video & nice to hear your future plans.

Thanks I found this video helpful as I recently bought a Focus and two of the central locking microswitches on the key fob don't work. I bought a new 3-button key and programmed the central locking on th new key using your video. What I didn't fully appreciate is the procedure only fixes the central locking, not the engine immobilser, so the new key won't start the car. Just want to stress this point for anyone else who might think the "turn the key four times" process will mean your new key starts the car, as it won't.

5:41 That's my old rover right there I owned that

I understand why you need the break and appreciate tge update. It's not worth burning yourself out or making the job take 3 or 4 times as long. I want to say thanks again for all the videos you have done both on TH-cam and the Mk1 preservation group. I greatly appreciate it.

Wat is the difference then as they both looked the same to me 🤔 you have to have every thing original I would not even noticed myself to be honest

A couple of things I was thinking about 1 the under bonnet sound proof,2i can't remember if MK1 had it but the under engine plastic protector be nice to know, even better to find them.

Just got to that part of the video aswell, still got my original exhaust at 85k miles on an 04 plate it’s starting to blow somewhere however

Would you mind putting the part numbers in the comments if you don’t mind would like to change some of these bits on mine. Bit of an update aswell still haven’t managed to source a decent leather interior for that interior swap :(

this being the air con model, which mine is not, have thought about retrofitting aircon, getting professional to check it over and regas but id be looking at 4-600 quid for that i believe yours is alos non AC with the PS in place of the compressor

Diesel sump is rusting too at least tddi. And how the hell it is possible to remove that stone deflector? Mine is bit de attached seems on corner.

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I would be careful on car covers though, few years back I had a car which was parked outside and I bought an expensive car cover from cover your car, it was terrible. It let in water so just be careful as by the time you check it, could be dried up, I would use it for occasional use to keep dust off but I wouldn’t use one outside to shield against the elements again.

A good video going though the updates etc... am I messaging the real Andrew or is this the look-a-like? 😂

My Vectra looked like that at the rear, I had to have it all rebuilt, it would appear that the rust burrows under the underseal and rots for fun. Would like to have seen more of the Peugeot 405 in there.

Is it for sale