Worth the wait, fantastic progress. Now the difficult bit starts, sorting & sourcing trim etc & rejuvenating 40 year old ARG technology. Good luck, looking forward to the next instalment
That Vitesse looks absolutely Stunning. With regards the rear wheel arches. Don't be super critical. They look as standard as standard can be. A credit to your excellent workmanship. Well done you. As for the sills. Colour match to the body colour is the way to go. I had an A reg VDP V8 back in the day. Silver in colour. Black sills looked shyte so I painted them body colour and it transformed the cars appearance. What you did is bang on. 👌👍👏
You def need to get it lowered a touch. I had one in the 90s and I put a set of spax adjustables on it with lowered springs. Stance is a game changer on the SD1..
The car looks stunning already so will be even better once the various trims and lights etc are all sorted too. Every time I watch one of your videos I start to get ideas about finding an SD1 Vitesse for restoration, but I have too many other projects on the go already! Looking forward to the next update. Thanks for sharing! 👍
Haha yeah, youtube has that effect, ive a huge project landing in a week, so watch this space 😆. Seems to be a fair few sd1 coming up on the fb groups now
@@RetroRatchet Looking forward to hearing all about your new project. Unfortunately I deleted my FB account about 12 years ago and deleted my Twitter account last week so I guess I’ll just have to rely on pistonheads and autotrader for leads. Damn, you got me thinking about it for real! Stop it! 😂
Been waiting for this video👍 you have done a great job on the SD1 all your hard work is paying off time to start enjoying it while you do the last few jobs on it colour is amazing and that V8 sounds amazing keep up the good work mate 👍👍
Thanks again mate, yeah i was dying to upload this one, in fact, there are several waiting from a few weeks back still to do. Yeah its really taking shape now!
@@RetroRatchet I do think, though, that the Series 1 recessed headlamps look way meaner than the later flush mounts. The problem is if a person recessed their Vitesse headlamps, onlookers probably wouldnt believe it was a genuine article ..😮
Great video. How have the electrics been? Dad always went with Granadas as his colleague's SD's were in the garage from new with a lot of these problems. I think the company took the SD's off the list of choices due to issues with them. But wow, sounds fantastic with 4 door 365 GTB/4 looks.
God bless Rimmer Bros for keeping these legends on the road!!!
yeah they are good for bits!
Holy Grail, manual SD1 V8. Nice job pal. Keep it up.
Cheers mate, will do 👍🏻
Beautiful motor, well done for saving her! 👏👏👍
Thanks a lot, yeah been a bit of a labour of love!
Worth the wait, fantastic progress. Now the difficult bit starts, sorting & sourcing trim etc & rejuvenating 40 year old ARG technology. Good luck, looking forward to the next instalment
I know mate, will be a slow process as you know. Thats one thing ive learnt from the maestro, is not to expect this phase to move with any pace!
The door panel fit looks considerably better than stock. Whole bodyshell looks beautiful.
Thanks mate, i spent 2 hrs each side when it came back getting those doors as best i could, took quite a bit of shimming.
That Vitesse looks absolutely Stunning. With regards the rear wheel arches. Don't be super critical. They look as standard as standard can be. A credit to your excellent workmanship. Well done you. As for the sills. Colour match to the body colour is the way to go. I had an A reg VDP V8 back in the day. Silver in colour. Black sills looked shyte so I painted them body colour and it transformed the cars appearance. What you did is bang on. 👌👍👏
Thanks again mate, appreciate the kind words!
You def need to get it lowered a touch. I had one in the 90s and I put a set of spax adjustables on it with lowered springs.
Stance is a game changer on the SD1..
Yeah suspension will be next year, front is a bit high imho
The car looks stunning already so will be even better once the various trims and lights etc are all sorted too. Every time I watch one of your videos I start to get ideas about finding an SD1 Vitesse for restoration, but I have too many other projects on the go already!
Looking forward to the next update. Thanks for sharing! 👍
Haha yeah, youtube has that effect, ive a huge project landing in a week, so watch this space 😆. Seems to be a fair few sd1 coming up on the fb groups now
@@RetroRatchet Looking forward to hearing all about your new project. Unfortunately I deleted my FB account about 12 years ago and deleted my Twitter account last week so I guess I’ll just have to rely on pistonheads and autotrader for leads.
Damn, you got me thinking about it for real! Stop it! 😂
haha get yourself a new account - happy shopping :+)
Looks great mate!
What a transformation from what it was like!
Cheers mate, yeah u only notice it when you compare the befores and afters
Very nice Vitesse. I have a 85 VP same colour.
Thanks mate! Yeah colour suits it well
Been waiting for this video👍 you have done a great job on the SD1 all your hard work is paying off time to start enjoying it while you do the last few jobs on it colour is amazing and that V8 sounds amazing keep up the good work mate 👍👍
Thanks again mate, yeah i was dying to upload this one, in fact, there are several waiting from a few weeks back still to do. Yeah its really taking shape now!
Nice job . Good reminder that we could have built the best cars if we didn't have strikes and really poor management
Very true!
Beautiful. Mine’s getting resprayed later this year. I can’t wait!
Nice one mate, expensive paint on these now, you forget how big a car they actually are
What a find!
Yeah ! But possibly too much work in retrospect lol
@@RetroRatchet Beautiful Vitesse.
@@RetroRatchet I do think, though, that the Series 1 recessed headlamps look way meaner than the later flush mounts. The problem is if a person recessed their Vitesse headlamps, onlookers probably wouldnt believe it was a genuine article ..😮
Great video. How have the electrics been? Dad always went with Granadas as his colleague's SD's were in the garage from new with a lot of these problems. I think the company took the SD's off the list of choices due to issues with them. But wow, sounds fantastic with 4 door 365 GTB/4 looks.
Hey, yeah ive had some elec issues, but so far most are just due to it sitting for so long. Ive still central locking and wiper to look at again!
Car does look stunning now .
Thanks Paul
Theres very few cars sound awesome from factory imo but the sd1 v8 is definitely 1 of them, keep your vids coming pal
Cheers again mate, yeah they defo for the sounds right 😁💪
Ive got to check through some old pics, as one of my cars had the reg DMH
Yeah, let me know!
@@RetroRatchet Wasnt one of my Rover SD1, as they were RPD67X and A543PPX,
Stunning car mate I'm jealous would love a sd1 V8
Thanks man
that v8 with 2 mg montego turbos
I love that exhaust id like one for mine
Happy to swap the backbox if u have the std s - shaped one 👍🏻
Could you tel me which video when you took the rear quarter lights out ie glass removal
Hi, this was done by bodyshop, however Nitrosilva done an excellent one!