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Our Cars: 1976 Rover 3500 SD1

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We decide to take a £200 Rover SD1 to receive a full body restoration. Here's the story...

The SD1 enjoys another MoT test - and passes, with a few advisories...

An incapacitated Keith Adams hands over the SD1 to Richard Kilpatrick

Time to get the SD1 out to a show... and look what we bump into.

Now it's up to scratch, it's time to get the SD1 looking as good as it drives...

This running report is boring - nothing has happened. And that's a blessed relief

Rover SD1 powers to the Pride of Longbridge... and suffers not a single breakage!

Pride of Longbridge approaches and Mike Humble is looking forward to taking the Rover SD1

Mike Humble carries on working on the SD1 - it's nearly finished. Promise!

Mike Humble gets the SD1 through its MoT without too many issues

Mike Humble is never 'tyred' of working on a classic motoring icon, only a few more details and the mission is complete.

Let's get rid of that carbuncle off the rear of the SD1!

Mike Humble - once again - sets about fixing another set of SD1 maladies

Something's not clicking with the SD1. Maybe some factory alloys might improve matters

Mike's spent weeks getting the SD1 into a roadworthy condition. He's literally sweated cobs over it - and we're not sure he'd like to repeat the experience.

Mike Humble has been having some truly epic battles with the Rover SD1. He's winning, though.

We've handed the SD1 over to Mike Humble in order to fix all those niggles. It proved to be a bit of a battle

It's getting a thorough work-put now, and one or two teething problems are working their way through

We're now trusting the Rover to take us out and about on jobs. Good idea?

Has it been worth the wait. Five years after buying it, we're finally able to legally drive the freshly MoT'd Rover SD1

Plenty of work needed for the MoT - and we're not there yet!

The Rover's been shipped to MOTest in Farnham for its first post-restoration MoT. Fingers crossed.

So now it's home, it's time to take stock of what needs doing on the project Rover SD1

The SD1 is pretty much paid for, now we just need to get it back to the UK

We've just dashed to Poland to drop off a few finishing touches to our SD1 restoration

After three years, the Rover SD1 restoration in Poland is finished. Now the work begins