The Reivers Edition……. Let the restoration begin.

The Reivers Edition

Off to the bodyshop for some restoration/preservation. Perhaps the most original RHD 356 we have seen. 2 owners since it was 7 years old (believed 3 in total). Never been driven on the road outside South Africa. A genuine 98K miles. All original panels with matching numbers as you can see on the images below we had to do a bit of detective work to ascertain the originality of the panels be scraping off the paint where the original stamping should be & to our delight all the body panels are original.

These are stamped into the metal and located on the inside of both doors under the door cards, inside the engine lid under the grill,the bonnet on the n/s hinge, the front floor in the luggage compartment in front of the fuel tank, the rear of the hinge cover panels. There is also a stamped plate on the luggage compartment floor aside the fuel tank and another on the hinge cover panel.

date stamped wheels & sender unit. Not forgetting the matching numbered mechanical parts inc. engine & gearbox.

 

The numbers under the engine lid grill.

The numbers on the hinge.

O/S Door numbers

N/S Door numbers.

You can see the original coach builders chalk marks below the stamping showing the 669 perhaps this was for ease of recognition as in the image below you can see the doors floating around in the assembly plant?

The vin number on the trunk floor

The vin plate by the side of the fuel tank.

The hinge cover (above)

A very exciting project. We will keep you updated on our news page.