Evening boys & girls

[skyblueads]

Hi all,
There's a good chance I might be returning to the fold soon-I'll let you know more as soon as I can! Hoping to find out a bit more on Monday! :trampoline:

[grimmy]

Hello stranger good to see you back

[skyblueads]

Cheers Grimmy-how goes it? :smart:

[vanishing days]

zs or mg 6?

[grimmy]

Cheers Grimmy-how goes it? :smart:
Goes well mate and you? what you got up your sleeve?

[Nor]

Good man :thumbsup:

[Smokey]

Hope so mate, you've been a long time out of the fold, we missed ya!

[skyblueads]

zs or mg 6?

Its not a 6, although I am doing the press launch next month :hooray:

It'll be a longterm project if it does come off!

[KevG]

Ads, how ya doing dude?

[Zippy Saloon]

It'll be a longterm project if it does come off!

Best way - nearly 8 and half years and still dreaming up stuff to do! Bit of a lull at the moment, got 11 spokes to go on at some point but nothing else planned atm

[petet16]

Welcome back:)

[skyblueads]

Well, here it is (mods, feel free to move the thread if you need to!)

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present:

OPERATION COPPERLEAF!

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/732/imag0121j.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/i/imag0121j.jpg/)

Alloys
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/8076/alloys.jpg (http://img691.imageshack.us/i/alloys.jpg/)

Rover 45, 19,000 miles, full service history, been off the road for two years-It's got sunroof and aircon, Rover branded CD headunit with steering controls. It's tight in the garage so these are the best pics I can get!, but the paint is perfect, bar one scratch on the tailgate. (Not sure what the weird warts are on the bumper!?!?

So, the plan-to modify the car to full ZS spec (I'll nick bits off of Martin C's car!) and keep it! I managed to turn my MkI into a Mk1.5 for next to nowt, so I don't see why I can't evolve my 45 into ZS with a bit of time and effort. I'm going to get it MoT'd and do the belts and go from there.

Who wants to help me make a 'need' list?

[Craig]

Nice little project there mate! The bumpers got nipples :)

[Zippy Saloon]

Step 1 : Get rid of the chrome, apart from door pulls!

[KevG]

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/732/imag0121j.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/i/imag0121j.jpg/)
Not sure what the weird warts are on the bumper!?!?



Ads, looks like they are aftermarket reverse sensors.

[p_b82]

nice one, glad to see you back in the fold :)

i do like that colour too :)

[Steves Cleenz]

Looks like a good project,

[stamford]

Funny how such a car gets in the blood! Good to see you are back and raring to go.

[sarah]

Welcome back and good luck with the project. :)

[skyblueads]

Well with any luck I might be able to collect the car the weekend after next. Does anybody know how the 45's rear suspension set-up differs from the ZS?

And does anyone have a copperleaf ZS grille and a set of cheap 17" straights with legal tyres?

[mattie007]

If you are de- chroming I may be interested in the bits for mine.

[skyblueads]

I will be looking to ditch all the chrome. Ideally I'd swap it for Copperleaf ZS bits but I don't think too many Zeds were that colour...

[skyblueads]

Had another look at the car today, apart from being filthy the paint is perfect. I'll need a set of door cards and carpets since both are beige! The brakes were sticky but freed off pretty easily. I whipped the battery off and stuck it on charge, so the hopefully I'll be able to fire it up next and have a few parcels arrive soon. PM if you've any spares that can help me convert the car!

[skyblueads]

Pics:

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8673/5505852190d20cb6a29eb.jpg (http://img819.imageshack.us/i/5505852190d20cb6a29eb.jpg/)

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/6681/55058643560180969939b.jpg (http://img837.imageshack.us/i/55058643560180969939b.jpg/)

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1443/5505276943e17cde8749b.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/i/5505276943e17cde8749b.jpg/)

[Nor]

Interesting ads :)

[Maxfly]

Looks a good base to start on, pplanning on keeping the cream door inserts? Think it would look good with the wood trim changed for the MG silver inserts but keeping the original inserts, paint will look cracking after a good clean and polish:)

[skyblueads]

Not sure what I am going to do, I'd like to swap it for mkI ZS cards. I'm also not sure its copperleaf, I think it might be Nightfire, I need to check the paint code! What do you chaps reckon? Hopefully know when I can collect it next weekend.

[Maxfly]

Looks a bit dak for nightfire in the pics, possibly just the light though!?!? Grab the code and let's see what it shows up as:)

[skyblueads]

Well I've picked up a few of the easy bits on eBay, bought a grille (?10), badges (need a boot badge though!) and a set of 17" mkI straights with tyres, so there's a little bit of progress!

[Stephen]

Looks a nice car! Gonna be nice when finished

Just like what i did with My old 45!

Iv sent someone an email who i think may just have a set of Copperleaf bumper trims! il let u know when iv heard back mate.

Stephen

[skyblueads]

Thanks mate, need to check its definately copperleaf, not been able to double check, yet!

[Stephen]

Thanks mate, need to check its definately copperleaf, not been able to double check, yet!


Pretty sure it is, 45 didnt come in Nightfire, Was only Solar and Copperleaf, It should be CDX if it is.

Stephen

[skyblueads]

Cool-thats what I thought...

[skyblueads]

Well so far I've got:

A set of 17" straights with tyres
All badging bar the ZS boot script
MkI grille (to paint)
MkI 'Technical' inserts for dash and door cards
MkI 'Technical' heater surrounds and ashtray
MG ZS steering wheel and airbag

Hopefully got a set of dial faces coming too. Not a bad start! With any luck I might be able to collect the car this weekend, too.

[skyblueads]

Picked up the car this morning, started fine and left it to run and get upto temp before driving off. All seems fine, although the gearshift feels a little looser than on the ZS-I wonder if the Zed uses a different shift-like a Qwikshift on a Mini?

Plenty of scrapes and scratches were the previous (elderly) owner got into a few dings but with some effort 99% of them have come out. I still don't have the internet at home, I will try and get some pics up ASAP.

Inside has cleaned up pretty well, the Rover CD player works and sounds pretty good, the seats feel much higher than in a ZS and nowhere near as supportive! The electric sunroof is a nice touch!

I think the heater resistor needs sorting, the heater blows on 2,3 and 4 but doesn't work on 1! It's got about 40 foot of cable in the boot for the 3rd party reversing sensors (which are whisper quiet!) so I need to bin them! There's a small crack on the back bumper too.

So, a few little jobs to do, not a bad start!

[skyblueads]

Pics:

Before:

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5715/554365197785afed1870b.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/i/554365197785afed1870b.jpg/)

After a good clean:

http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/5310/5543655261f5eff07fd2b.jpg (http://img813.imageshack.us/i/5543655261f5eff07fd2b.jpg/)

[p_b82]

looking vastly better there... tho it does remind me i really ought to get the stereo sorted (blown a fuse some-where) replace my MAF all before cleaning is at the top of my agenda right now :laugh:

[jamesc777]

amazing what a bit of elbow grease does.