Two! Sheez, what am I thinking? Positively, my friends, positively, and let's keep it that way. Here's the deal, I wanted a Series pickup earlier in the year, and came across the red "beauty" you see in the photo and did the deal. The original intent was to completely overhaul the truck, galvy frame (chassis - gotta get it right here), 200Di engine replacement, RoverDrive, etc. Just as I start in on the project, now comes this Dormobile up on ebay with a buy-it-NOW option, wife took one look said "buy it!" (you should be so lucky), so wham, clicked the button, and did the deal. Ooookkkay, re-sort the plan for the red one because I've just added a whole lot more work to the slate.
New Plan: So after a good hard look at the chassis, it really is in good shape excepting the rear cross member - so, call Rovers north and change the chassis order from a 109 regular to a 109 station wagon (the Dormobile will need a chassis for sure) they were very accomodating, as they should be with such a big tuna on the hook. Diesel - now going to the Dormobile, the red one is a good runner anyway and isn't smoking or making bad noises. Oh, and no more RoverDrive either, (Sorry red) Sound like a plan - a very skecthy plan, but a plan nevertheless.
Now at this point you might ask: "wouldn't it be a better idea to just do one at a time?" I might have considered that if the red one wasn't looking like this at the time I clicked the Dormobile buy-it-NOW:
Partly stripped, and, I do want a pickup too, and I don't want a partly disassembled and wholly unusable truck siting around. So, we can do it, we can, I'm sure we can, It will be OK, it will be fun, and all types of other positive self-affirmation.
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