New guy

[v8driver]

Hi all, I've been fancying a Galant/Legnum for a while now. Very aggressive front end, what more do I need to say? :D

I'm a member of the SD1 club and I suppose the final tipping point was when one of the lads here posted a pic of a beautiful Legnum VR4 on a SD1 site, I'm a bit skint at the moment due to work troubles so I cancelled the Mondeo V6 idea and changed to a V6 24 Galant (it was cheap, costs little to insure, got plenty of room and goes well enough :D ).

I'm really shocked, the car handles so well (though right hand indicators takes some getting used to lol)... I've got to get a manual VR4 when work picks up again!!

[aboo]

Hi & welcome.

[gallvr4]

hi and /Welcome2 to the club....we love pics on here..../haz

[v8driver]

I'll get some pics up soon, I need to look at how to do it,I'm sure it won't take me long to get used to it.

I LOVE the sheer amount of smilies here /grouphug

[HMG1K]

Welcome along! Where abouts are you based? Lookin forward to the photos!

[HPRULZ]

Hi and welcome, yep :soapbox: pictures are compulsory /Hissy

[keithatport]

Welcome to the club.

[White Lightning]

/Wave

[hardarse]

now than good choice of car way better than your other choice

[Nick Mann]

Stoopid people with SD1's dieing in their garages.......

Welcome! /Wyhy

[elnevio]

/Welcome /Welcome2 /welcome3

[psbarham]

welcome to the madhouse/Welcome



Stoopid people with SD1's dieing in their garages.......

Welcome! /Wyhy

sod the sd1's, you want 2 P5 v8 salloons, and a p5 v8 coupe :smitten: like what i have :D

[miller]

Stoopid people with SD1's dieing in their garages.......

Welcome! /Wyhy

dieing! i thought its death cert was signed and had been sent onto www.extrastorageinyourgarage.co.uk

:jester:

[v8driver]

Well, thats quite some welcome there :happy: Thank you all!

Heres some pics, though I do need to wash, polish and do a bit of work to it:
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac241/v8driver_2009/25062009267.jpg
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac241/v8driver_2009/25062009268.jpg
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac241/v8driver_2009/25062009266.jpg

These were straight from fetching the car,so as bought (blue army sticker went a few seconds later lol)

As for my SD1(TP Vitesse) its off the road while I fit a 4.6 and Megasquirt injection... Then maybe a supercharger :satan:

[bradc]

Pics of the SD1?

[v8driver]

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa295/v8driver_2007/Image173-1.jpg

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa295/v8driver_2007/Image172.jpg

I know I've got more somewhere but these are all I can find at the moment.

Heres an old vid as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXfgLx4yz_c

[bradc]

Awesome :D

[HMG1K]

That SD1 Vitesse variety was my dream car when I was at school! Sooooooo yum!

I've an awful memory of a guy who owned a year old one in red, a 1985 'C' reg, just a few doors away from my secondary school. Over the period of a school year he ruined it. He re-sprayed it mid-ocean blue metallic, stuck on after-market bumpers and body kit, plus yuck wheels. At the end it was truly awful.

So lovely to see such a beautiful car in this post!

[TAR]

That brings back fond memories. I had 2 Rovers SD1's a 1979 3.5 litre and a 1982 2.6 (nasty troublesome engine)

The 3.5 V8 was superb to drive.

Welcome to the club.

[pitslayer]

Where abouts are you in south wales, you can have a look around my legnum if you want

[v8driver]

Cool, I'm not far,I'm in the Rhondda Valley. About half an hour away. I'll have to drop by one day and hopefully you can take me for a little spin,show me what the VR4 goes like :D

[Nick VR4]

Hi and welcome to the forum I like the old SDI Nearly got one years ago but got the Rover 2000 TC instead the steering wheel was the size of a dustbin lid LOL

[peter thomson]

Hi and welome to the club. Is it a twin plenum Vitesse??

[pitslayer]

Cool, I'm not far,I'm in the Rhondda Valley. About half an hour away. I'll have to drop by one day and hopefully you can take me for a little spin,show me what the VR4 goes like :D
Roider eh? (j/k) Yeah your welcome to come have a nosey at the car and go for a spin, as mine is believed to be the fastet white pfl legnum estate in the world with a black roof yellow lights etc /lol

btw my profile lies, I dont actually live in Newport, but its the easiest known place to where I am, about 20 minutes from newport....Rhondda, thats A470 isnt it?

[aboo]

Loving your pics of the SD1. My Dad had one the same when I was younger I used to love it. Brings back some fond memory's

[White Lightning]

Great pics /yes

My Dad also had an SD1. It was a 2300 on a C plate. Same colour as yours I think. He bought it when it was 6 months old and then sold it years later and got a 1.6 Orion just so I could get insured on it ... no one would insure a 17 year old on a 2.3 Rover :(

Lovely looking V8 :thumbsup:

[elnevio]

Saw an SD1 today - I thought he flashed me too, but it may have been coincidence!

[v8driver]

Hi and welome to the club. Is it a twin plenum Vitesse??

Yes, its a Twin Plenum though I've had both intakes bored out to 72mm for better airflow:shocked: I'm not aware of anyone else having done this before.


Rhondda, thats A470 isnt it?

About 10 mins off the 470,I'm actually in the Tonypandy area.just off the A4119


Saw an SD1 today - I thought he flashed me too, but it may have been coincidence!

Cool, you don't see many these days. Couldn't have been me though,I've not got mine running yet:( ... Plus its a bit far away lol

[Atik]

That SD1 is looking a little better than the one currently sat in Nick Mann's garage /pan Get a move on Nick!

Oh, welcome to CVR4 :)

[v8driver]

Ah, that must be the Nick who recommended me here then!

[Nick Mann]

Guilty as charged. On both of the previous posts at least.....