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Posted: **Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:21 pm**

Currently rebuilding a Mk 1 (1963) Humber Sceptre and installing a Rover V8 - long way to go yet!

Posted: **Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:08 pm**

Looking good, Sceptre are nice ....

Posted: **Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:31 pm**

Much respect dude,the Sceptre was the first "custom car" i ever knew,a guy at the end of my road had one with an RV8 and wolfrace mags..man i was smitten there an then

been lying on the driveway ever since

good luck an lets see some more pics as you go on.

Posted: **Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:30 pm**

Time for some more pics:-

Wheels chosen and wing vents fabricated

Transmission tunnel under construction

Posted: **Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:16 am**

Like it!. Looks like plenty of room under the bonnet.

Chris.

Posted: **Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:21 pm**

ChrisJC wrote:Like it!. Looks like plenty of room under the bonnet.

Chris.

Space is actually very tight either side of the engine - I'm not looking forward to making the manifolds and finding room for the steering column....

Posted: **Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:51 am**

My mate has a Mk1 sceptre as his everyday car (has been 4 the last 15 yrs) he looked at a rover in it but the chassis rails sit up high and close in and and u sed make manifolds very hard and the draglink that runs across the bulkhead an issue, will be intersting to c how this turns out.

Posted: **Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:54 am**

As for the steering - the old box will be ditched in favour of a rack which will free up some space and solve the drag link problem...

Posted: **Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:06 pm**

A short Sherpa Van remote would have solved your gear lever position problem, I think I remember seeing one on e-bay and there may even be one in the for sale section of this board.

Kevin.

Posted: **Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:21 pm**

I know someone who has one of those gear stick thingys , it hink he has the stick too ..i can ask how much he wants for it if you like ?

Posted: **Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:38 pm**

CastleMGBV8 wrote:A short Sherpa Van remote would have solved your gear lever position problem, I think I remember seeing one on e-bay and there may even be one in the for sale section of this board.

Kevin.

The gear lever will be replaced with a shortened remote - working on that at the mo...

Posted: **Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:28 pm**

Mini update:

Posted: **Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:36 pm**

Posted: **Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:36 pm**

Mini update - Bonnet vents now fitted (courtesy of dead Vauxhall Astra GTE)

Posted: **Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:29 am**

Got the steering sorted yet?

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