cleaning and STARTING our GSi Rover for the first time in 20 years!!!

In this video we clean, paint, and start our Rover 416GSi for the first time in over 20 years. Hopefully we will have it driving in the next one so stay tuned! 👍

[@verone3784]

Good old Honda D16 non-vtec. Bullet proof old engines.

[@christineayres7199]

Well done for saving it not many left on the road nowadays , my late father had one and it was rapid you can get 130mph from one of these , even the little 1.4 was nippy too and these cars were very comfy compared to modern cars

[@jude6kv]

I had a honda powered coupe that certainly saw top the of the rev gauge in 5th a couple of times 😄

[@christineayres7199]

@@jude6kv Awesome i used to own the old Accord 2 litre vtec that would get a move on when on a motorway lol

[@paulmoore6345]

Great job so far

[@davidwebb8877]

I had a M reg 216 sli(Honda engine)great car,also had a 216 gti,both quick little cars.

[@seant4369]

Well done mate love your vids amazing work too saving it!

[@Aidan__Galloway]

Great wee video mate

[@jude6kv]

Appreciate it pal 😘

[@MG-iv9nw]

Had the 216 (honda) so I can vouch for how useable and effortless to drive these cars are. K series (need I really go there) are the engines to avoid unless you have a bill for an upgraded gasket being fitted; I heard Lotus did this to their K engines when they fitted them to their cars...but don't quote me on that. Great vid by the way.

[@ammo1g]

Lovely car pal very rare now, get it serviced n rust proofed n use a ton of zinc primer to preserve it until restored. 👍

[@lewis72]

These were class-leading cars in their day.
Honda engines were amongst the best too.
The Golf & the Peugeot 306 were also good contenders. Escort was terrible by then.

[@jude6kv]

Cavalier takes the crown for me, but I am quite partial to the R8 Rover

[@Falconurbex]

I had this exact model i rebuilt the head 3 times then got rid i wished i kept it and just baught another engine it was a awesome car.

[@MHerbert1993]

Great update nice to see an Old Rover being restored rather than scrapped. What are you're plans for it?

[@jude6kv]

We plan to put it through an MOT in the coming weeks, use it for a while, take it to show the family who gave it to us and then eventually move it on. We’ve plenty other projects to be getting on with 😂

[@peterjesswilliams3671]

Nice Honda unit not that K series junk what most Rovers of the time had fitted

[@jayshields1234]

k series a brilliant engine just the head gasket issues ruined them 🤔

[@MaXpeedingRodsCoopYT]

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