Lemons SD1 second attempt

Morning all,
By way of introduction, my name is Dave and I got introduced to Lemons through Spank who I know through the mini scene.

I swung wrenches on the mg metro, the Austin America of Peter Barrett and the Hyundai’s first time outing back in what 2016 ish at Arizona.
I then bought the Metro from spank and drove it from CA to KY via Houston, where I stopped in Texas to drive the mighty Lebanon Landau on its inaugural outing.

I stopped at Peters on the way north from Houston, and it seems Peter has a very expensive hotel, as I ended up paying $1500 for spending the night and  in return took possession of a pair of SD1s - one of them being the white #60 that Rich chesavage bought to Utah many years ago. The plan is to sell the “spare” rover, and many of the parts that came with them, so in theory to make the white one as cheap as possible.

Anyway, I guess that’s enough “non technical” drivel for now. I’m Slowly working on the white SD1, which is getting a set of huge front brakes with a new master cyl, 17” x 7 wheels from a wrangler, a budget T5 swap using a late V6 mustang trans ($60)  and auto bell housing from a discovery cobbled to the T5. It will stay Rover V8 - ironically still  One of my least favorite engines of all time, in spite of owning many LandRover’s, range rovers and Rover saloons in England over the years.

Oh, and I think I’ll be joining several of you in Texas late this year (not in the SD1 though)!