Two Weeks To Transform This 1962 Rover 100 P4 Into A Cafe Racer Inspired Daily Driver!
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- čas přidán 14. 03. 2024
- It's time to make this abandoned old P4 a reliable daily driver, I also decided to tidy it up and put my stamp on it as it's going to be sticking around for a while!
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Hope you enjoy this episode, I have decided to hold on to the Viking for the foreseeable! It's properly got under my skin 😍
I knew you would end up keeping it a bit, you're having too much fun with it and l can't blame you mate
I can see how it's got under your skin , it's of that solidly dependable , but interesting and fun era of car manufacturing , my Grandfather had a few such cars when i was a young boy , MG Magnette and Mercedes Ponton , for instance , i loved playing in them . Btw being positive i think that the residue of the first hand Painted coat probably leveled up the surface a bit and made the spray coat more successfull . Another thought it was intended to be a jet turbine powered car !
Loved it. Chester looking much like I remembered too. Hope to see more of this car in the future. Even the green is growing in me. Thanks for posting. 👍🏻
My father had a rover 60 same body as yours brilliant motor wish I had it now! Alan Northern Ireland 👍
Its amazing how many of those old Rovers have survived
Just sat through all 4 episodes from beginning to end. Great to see an old car brought back to life and be used, carry on the good work and great footage
Solid survivor. You remember cars from the 70s rotting away in 10 years. This goes back probably nearly another 20 years and is still great.
I had a 1954 p4 when I was 17 in 1962 I’m now 79 I have fond memories of that car
From seized to 17.81. Gotta love it.
My thoughts entirely - totally seized rock solid now racing around without a total engine rebuild - perseverance indeed.
Alternator is kaputt 😂
I like to watch you from Germany so much - like the content and your brilliant humour!!
Hang on a minute, Germans don't do humour???
Your videos on the Rover took me back 60 years, when as a boy I would sit next to my late Uncle in his Rover 90. Red leather seats, huge Viking steering wheel and super long gear gear change and little lights on the dash surrounded by chrome rings with real wood on the dash and on the doors (NO plastic !).... Halcyon days !.... if you want halcyon days then you should keep it !!.
Did you notice as soon as you took the wheel trims off, the Viking punished you with its fuel and spark issues?
It refused to be driven away from its trims.
It ran on the way home toward its trims.
Yet you didn't refit the trims so it said "flip you" and threw its spark away.
Damn thing is Christine.
🤣🤣🤣 we need to work out between us who's boss... It'll probably be the viking
My Dad, a mechanic, always said to me, “never think inanimate objects don’t know what they’re doing” 😊
Great job looks amazing compared to what it was!!! Only thing in my opinion let's it down is the wheels now you've taken the hub caps of . Perhaps if you keep it you will treat it to a set of black banded steels
I really hope you paint the top. The green is great.
What a transformation - back from the dead , well done.
These videos are brilliant. I love how long they are and that you don’t upload 20 minutes every week and drag it out. Your passion is also contagious. Jealous of your workshop
Glad the old boy came around in the end. A nice bonus of some Chester footage, too. I live on the shores of Western Canada these days but twenty five years ago and more I worked in Chester and loved the old city.
Hello from one hatched in Fort Gary, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1952.....
I am fiddling "Swinging on a Gate" on my Violin.
In the 1960's we were dirt poor kids and used Coca-Cola to remove rust from chrome bumpers.
Absolutely loved what you have done with a car that so many would walk on by. It's spring, and I am getting my P6 out this afternoon, finally the weather is better. New headlights, give her a once over, then start to drive her with a trip around the block a few times to check everything, then up the road a couple of miles to top up with some fresh fuel. Happy days. I know exactly what you mean when you are keeping her - they get under your skin and stay there. Top, top, work.
Talking about the next owner as if you aren't going to keep this forever. The Tasty Truck, Tasty Viking and Tasty Baguette are all permanent fleet members now and you know it! 😂
I'd watch another 2 hours of this car, maybe when you paint the top? 😉
Im glad mine and others comments of wanting to see more of the p4 was listened to. Love it
turns out he's keeping it as a staff car! People keep the cars that look like themselves
That paint turned out great in the end. I wasn’t sure about the colour but it really pops!
Please, please, PLEASE Ben, wear a bloody respirator when painting, especially with Enamel paints! I’d love you to be around past your 50s without having some kind of horrible lung disease.
Keep up the good work and can’t wait to see another Rover episode!
One thing I found with my old P4 was that in northern Germany,in the very cold temperatures, the old girl started easily with the starting handle. I loved these episodes.
Absolutely love the transformation of this Rover "The Viking" looks awesome. You have to keep it now. Marc from Australia 🇦🇺
Well done. I agree with you to keep it.
27 minutes in & as glorious as ever! The mighty Viking lives!! I’m so happy that you are keeping her Ben. We need more of the mighty, occasionally mischievous Viking!! I’d love a regular “Tales from the Viking” series. Visits to shows, tours, updates etc. ❤
It's a Viking Saga!
It’s becoming my must watch vlog brings back so many happy driving memories with my dad. Only car as a passenger I have ever comfortably read a book in during a long journey. Doesn’t it eat up the petrol I remember my dad complaining about that more than once.
Tossing shrek off 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ben there is only one problem with that nice green paint, the rest of car will look awful you may need to paint the white
That will look nice on a set of mini light wheels
Ben, love the P4. Love to see it going on a few trips and adventures. Life been a bit shite lately but watching your adventures always brings me round again and is a welcome distraction. Thanks again mate. 👍
Didn't think I needed a P4 in my life but I do now ....love it..
For the time it was designed this was a complicated car. That works against you now. But once the weakest links it still has are addressed properly it will serve you. Despite being mistreated and left sleeping in a meadow it wants to go again. She showed you what it’s still capable of. She only wants to deliver if everything is sorted. That’s all! Greetings from Holland. Willem.
It's friday evening got my beer let me settle down and watch 2 hours of Ben...So happy your keeping him Ben.
hello ben, just found this absolutely brilliant episode on the rover 100. So much so i ve been binge watching your back episodes.The main reason i wanted to message you is i remember as a young lad my dad borrowing my grandfathers P4 110 in bottle green. this would be around 1970 and we got pulled over by a police car, {big deal in those days}. It was in Chester and my dad thought he had been speeding but it turned out that there must be a switch on the dash that only puts the dash lights on without the headlights. It must have been at night and you could see where you were going with the street lights and didn t really need headlights. I ve never forgotten it because my dad got told off by a policeman haha!, for not having his lights on. Don t suppose the police would bother these days but just in case make sure you have your lights on. I think i ve still got the under dash tool set in my workshop complete with touch up paint canister and mini grease gun. Thanks for a really interesting video bringing back lots of great family memories of when l was a young lad
I really hope you keep this Viking and turn it into a race car. I have absolutely love watching your videos on the beautiful car.
What an absolutely amazing recovery job you did on that offside. I would have died if that had happened to me. It looked like a disaster. But, now no one would ever suspect anything went wrong. You snatched victory from the jaws of defeat and what a great video it turned out to be. A real corker. Well done indeed. I have a bodyshell to paint this year and its inspired me to grind on and get the job moving after stalling on micro-fixations which were just robbing me of precious time.
Just watched your trip in ev to the classic car show mate you brought the best memories of me in my p6 and my mate Tom in his rover p4 I was smiling so very much thank you ben. This summer I'm def taking the wife to some shows and relive the memories of classic car ownership. You really are a legend my friend
Well done Ben! That green paint turned out really well. She has battled you all the way, but you never gave up ✊️
I think turning into some sort of vintage race car is a brilliant idea and it looks absolutely great! Perhaps when finances allow a v8 swap would be awesome maybe a 4.6 Rover v8
That intake mid section that seems to do nothing, is actually an intake silencer! Remember, the P4 was a luxury car and engineered for refinement, so noise reduction was a priority item. So you need to fit an air filter. Also, check the charge from that alternator with some load on it, like headlights, blower etc, because the pulley size may prevent full output at normal emgine speed with a load.
Hi Ben,really enjoyed episode 4 of the wonderfull rover p4 100,I'm happy your keeping the viking,looking forward to many more of tasty classics,you deserve all the very best of success,have a great weekend . Alan from Coventry warwickshire.👍.
Loved every bit of this resurrection and turning it in to a classic touring car was just a great idea from the subscriber. I’d like to see more of this for sure as a throw back to the Jim Clark days of the golden era of Motorsport 😊
Your videos remind me of a 1954 Rover 90 I had many years ago with a valve HMV radio. Lots of nostalgia. Great car. I suspect your clutch is lighter than many modern cars. I think in the rear axle has a breather valve on top which is worth checking to make sure the ball bearing is free, this avoids pressure build up. These are great well built cars of yesteryear.
Speaking only for myself granted, but I'd watch you work on anything, doesn't really matter. You make everything fun to watch mate.
Seen you in her knocking around chester on that day, only realised it was you after seeing the video, didn’t click on straight away with the green paint job. Looks fabulous 😃
That Rover is just so cool, got to be the best car on you tube, I love it,you've got to paint this top half.
There’s stuff floating about in the fuel bowl - cars looking great 👍🏻
You've done it again! What a beautiful old gal. Amazing work and fantastic entertainment.
If you are going to paint it.
Then oven pads aka Brillo pads
(But buy the cheap non brands saves ££) are great on chrome or aluminium.
It's far less abrasive than sand paper.
And polishes it at the same time to a near mirror finish.
I've used it on aluminium BMX frames that were painted and it brings it to a polished chrome effect.
It also removes rust from chrome too.
So glad you've decided to keep the old viking the journey you have been on with that car can only build a stronger bond the the race car idea is just chefs kiss 👌👌
Rover looks great another classic saved well done
I love what u did to Eric, fantastic bit of kit, who would have thunk it, seized nun runner to a two tone race machine
I never thought watching paint dry could be so interesting....Thanks for a great video
COME ONNNN! I gotta get my coffee brewing and start my weekend off with another great episode of tasty classics!
Out of all the many channels I watch, yours is one I hope really does well, it's lovely content and most importantly, you are a lovely guy. Its looking good so far... PS No, I'm not bored of the Rover either. Edit: Your mate was a lovely guy too.🤠🤠
For all the work you have put in it you should keep it, it's nice car i bet there's not many of them around .
Great to see the car progressing. It looks awesome
Loved every minute of that, what a gorgeous car, you should be well chuffed.
Fantastic content as ever, Ben. As the roll paint went on I have to admit I was in somewhat disbelief and concerned…🤣🤣, you pulled it back though.
Fair play ben love the video the stickers and paint fantastic transformation well done keep finding them left for dead,fantastic videos love watching them 👍💯
Yes indeed I have thoroughly enjoyed the restoration of the P4. It looks awesome😊.
You have done an amazing job with the Rover. My uncle had a Rover 110 in the mid 60s which was wonderful and so well engineered and it looks like the structure of your 100 is still pretty good!
My all time favourite car. My first boss at Solihull had a black Rover 110 absolute gem
Lovely old Rover and defo worth saving. Your paint job did'nt turn out too bad in the end and she looks a lovely old girl. As for the 820 Rover it still looks modern and I would still want one today as long as all the jobs had been sorted particularly the head gasket. Love your honesty on these projects and enthusiasm and dedication.😁👍
The Viking looks amazing.. Great work.
Many thanks for a very entertaining hour or so - love the way the old girl won't play ball most of the time 😆I spent my first 10 years at work as a motor mechanic, many moons ago, worked on many cars, including Rovers such as yours, if my memory serves me correctly side valve exhaust overhead valve inlet ? and Jags, minis, Cobras, Ferraris ,GT40s a real mixed bag - even F1 cars. Also had a hand in restoring 3 double decker 1953 London buses in USA about 15 years ago - so I feel your pain ! Keep up the good work !
Really enjoyed watching your video on the P4. I have a P4 95 which is very similar to the 100.
Interested to see that the battery has been relocated under the bonnet instead of that inconvenient place under the back seat.
You mentioned purchasing lead replacement additive, the P4 was built with hardened valve seats so will be ok on unleaded fuel unless you drive it really hard. Apologies if that is something you already knew. Have used unleaded fuel in mine for 13 years with no problems. I also use Esso super grade which in my area does not contain ethanol, another safeguard against it attacking susceptible materials in the fuel system.
Good luck with your P4, it looks to be a brilliant improvement from what you
originally purchased.
Great entertainment as always Ben. Think the Viking would look good with a set of p5 rostyles or some other period wheels.
Your right the P4 is a superb car, I have a 1963 rover 95. Love it. Well done with yours and I have learnt some more about the P4 thanks to you. 😂😂😂😂
Great enjoyable video !
Car looks fantastic, great work.
Look forward to your next video. 👍
Loved it...and thanks for the episode... Excellent job as always 👍
Said it before, I'll say it again, love this channel! Great stuff Ben. These longer videos are brilliant.
Awesome result again! Absolutely loved watching you transform the OAP Rover ❤
Absolutely loved this and can't wait to see what's next for it 🙂
Keep keep keep keep it please🙏🙏love to see that beauty from time to time,fantastic job🙏🙏🇬🇧🇬🇧🍺🍺
thanks for another great video ,i once had a old morris minor that i bought for my daughter ,it had been stood rusting to death for maybe 15 years ,but did it, very simple engine helped but it always struggled on tick over and turned out to be perished rubber fuel lines that was forever filling the fuel resovoir with little bits of rubber ,once all replaced it ran like a 1960s 1000 cc enginge ,love your videos
Great episode m8. Keeping this gem is the right move, as i can see you just love this car ( me too).
Rover sport on the track ? Bring it on !
Back in the 70's I knew an old guy who had a 'multi-coloured' Austin 10 (his daily driver) which he bought new in 1939. He told me something which has stuck with me: - "The wrong paint is better than no paint".
And just to add, great bit of reggae at the end. Mama Zula, Drifting Away.
I missed this episode, you've done a great job of this Sir.
As soon as you mentioned roll on paint, I knew that some mistakes were about to be made :D
Also, the battery kill switch, a cool idea, BUT I wish it was in a bit more inconspicuous location, but that's just me.
Yet a another great episode nonetheless, that car is so cool!
Very curious to see that Saab next!
Loved the vid and the rover looks fab well done
thanks for the tiny little bonus episode, enjoyed it. Hoping maybe some long-form episodes to follow.
back in 1987 I bought a 4 door moggy which had been hand painted with domestic gloss paint.
I set to with an orbital sander followed by several sheets of wet and dry. A mate gave it a cheap respray with back in the dy cellulose.
It looked amazing.
Viking is looking good Ben. Get some mini lite alloy wheels like the one in the pic you showed is
Love the mopar banner! Ben, I got a 73 440 plum crazy ROADRUNNER. 👍🙌… Dave Australia. 🙌👏👏👍
Mint enough said
I love it 👍🏻, I bloody love it 👍🏻, keep the upgrades coming 👍🏻, love to see you race her him ? They ! Ha ha crazy world 😂 ! And I do the same with those speed hump things 👍🏻. Great vid 👍🏻
I love seeing all these beautiful cars that we don't get in the usa.
So glad you are keeper her, the girl deserves some love, from one OLD Rover fan
No shame in being old if your as sturdy as this old rover 😂
@@mattinwinkymg same age 62 years young and still a teenager at heart
Heat the paint use a clean broom and get stuck in
I had a lot of success with coach paint, but I applied it with a brush and followed the instructions to do it when it’s warm. In fact 24 degrees was the minimum. It looked awful. But the next day it had markedly improved itself. After a week it was stunning! It formed a skin which pulled tighter and tighter, evening itself out. Daily it looked better. Eventually I polished it and it came to a gun finish. Spraying would have saved an enormous amount of time.
I was told to brush horizontally so one brush mark 'falls' into the other by gravity.
@@bananabrooks3836 thank you, great advice
Awesome spray job on the Viking mate I really the videos on the old Rover.
An amazing transformation Ben, you have done an amazing job on the car 😀👍🏻
What a transformation. That looks absolutely awsome.
Great video. Love the old Rover, very entertaining and makes me smile. We have all been there with the paint.
That looks awesome,Done such a good job on it,It's quirky but definitely a keeper.Maybe a sportier exhaust, make it a proper race car.
Love that car! ❤
It would be great to see you and the car go around some race track somewhere what do you think.
Try opening your pattern up on the spray gun and overlap 70%. And for next time put the enamel in boiling water and get it good and hot. Before I retired I worked for Sikkens and Spies Hecker as a paint demo guy, painted hundreds of cars in my day, just ask and I’ll try to help all I can. Love your Videos, it’s my wife and I s favorite thing to watch eating our lunch😁
I've tried everything on the gun to get a wider pattern and that's the best I can get out of it, any ideas?
Ben, spend a little more and buy a better gun with 1.4 mm cap, that gun probably has a 1.1 cap. See if you can find a used Sada online, there not cheap but worth it in the long run
The first thing to stop working on a cheap gun is the spray pattern
Eric the Viking looks much better without the hub caps.
P 4 cafe racer absolutely awesomeawesome I have really enjoyed this this this series of videos of the transformation of this icon from the era when cars were cars with their own individuality the viking rises from the flames after many years of lying dormant
I'm having a hard time imagining a scenario where a Rover would actively break down on the side of the road, never heard of such a thing happening ever... :P
The P4 looks amazing, lm sorry l suggested the race inspired look....... NOT.!!
IT LOOKS BLOODY EPIC...
That old school circuit racer really makes it stand out from the crowd and gives the old girl a new lease of life and even more so when you get it closer to terra firma 😉 cut front springs and flip that rear axle or use lowering blocks its easier haha...
Love this channel and your Derekisms 👌👍❤️
Haha glad you like it mate thanks for the inspiration!
Oh yea,spoked wheels,the iceing on the cake,but not chrome,but same colour as green🙏🙏🍺🍺🇬🇧🇬🇧
I know having the hubcaps on, on a racing car, isn't in keeping, but I'd make an exception for this one, as it'll be mostly on the road, rather than a track. Great content 👌
You’ve made a cracking job of that. You should be proud of yourself. Keep up the excellent videos. 👍
Maybe fit centre clocks into wooden dash cover in glovebox that would look real class
14:43 with the woollen hat i was expecting a country village bank job and the Sweeney in tow