Impromptu BL line up

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anonymous-user

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55 months

Friday 29th January 2016
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The later SD1s, built at Cowley instead of Solihull, tend to be less shonky and rusty than the earlier cars. My 1982 2600 is unrestored, and has only two small areas of blebbage - one near the rear screen and one on a door bottom.



briang9

3,319 posts

161 months

Friday 29th January 2016
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Stunning looking SD1

TR4man

5,234 posts

175 months

Friday 29th January 2016
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RobinSherwood said:
Currently being restored but I promise to put a thread up about it when it is closer to being done.

But for now here is a picture of the Bora and I lapping Estoril in 2007

Oh my bow

Now, if I sell my cars, the wife, the dog (no, not the dog), one or more of the children and empty my pockets, could I afford one?

Probably not!

P5BNij

15,875 posts

107 months

Friday 29th January 2016
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RobinSherwood said:
P5BNij said:
You have a Bora...? Good man! One of those cars that has to go on 'the list' if my numbers ever came up. Pics please Robin... perhaps start a thread on it...?
TR4man said:
A Bora?

As above, start a thread for us to drool over pleeeaasssseee
Currently being restored but I promise to put a thread up about it when it is closer to being done.

But for now here is a picture of the Bora and I lapping Estoril in 2007

Be still my beating heart.... thank you Robin, thank you! I've just been thumbing through my (exceedingly grubby) copy of the Brooklands road test book which covers the 71-82 period for a 'fix' of Boras and Meraks etc, my God what a world of exotic pleasure they all conjure up in the mind's eye. You are so ****** lucky!

I look forward to a thread appearing on that fabulous looking trident of yours...

P5BNij

15,875 posts

107 months

Friday 29th January 2016
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Breadvan72 said:
The later SD1s, built at Cowley instead of Solihull, tend to be less shonky and rusty than the earlier cars. My 1982 2600 is unrestored, and has only two small areas of blebbage - one near the rear screen and one on a door bottom.


Oddly, Jonno's Avocado 2600 has a few spots in the same areas as yours BV, but several years into ownership they don't appear to be getting any worse. The poor lad is getting a bit twitchy though as the MOT is imminent...

Hugh Jarse

3,530 posts

206 months

Sunday 31st January 2016
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Rover does remind me of this 80's classic film NSFW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijskc38eosE

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

55 months

Monday 1st February 2016
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Mine isn't that classy.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

55 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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CharlesdeGaulle said:
This might be a nice cheap addition to the fleet if you have a chap to do some work.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C659522

It's the car, not the van!
Charles de Gaulle, you are a very, very, very bad man. I wish, mon Général, that I could be like you and learn to say "Non".

Tant pis, eh bien - morte aux Anglaises!

Hugh Jarse

3,530 posts

206 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Breadvan72 said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
This might be a nice cheap addition to the fleet if you have a chap to do some work.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C659522

It's the car, not the van!
Charles de Gaulle, you are a very, very, very bad man. I wish, mon Général, that I could be like you and learn to say "Non".

Tant pis, eh bien - morte aux Anglaises!
That was a bargain, hope the underneath is ok.
Lots of people lusting after that on these threads.
Great shape, utterly unique and you cant say that about many cars.

anonymous-user

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55 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Downwards haggling may have occurred, so this may be a totes uber bargain. Or a World of Pain. Only time will tell...

Janluke

2,592 posts

159 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Either way I'm looking forward to watching this develop

P5BNij

15,875 posts

107 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Breadvan72 said:
Downwards haggling may have occurred, so this may be a totes uber bargain. Or a World of Pain. Only time will tell...
That darned auto choke could be a fly in the ointment BV, mine has started playing up, there are alternative solutions to avoid annoying 'failing to proceed' incidents but they don't all seem to work... depends who you ask I suppose!

That does look like a goer though, it reminds me of the S1 XJ that Brian Blessed drove in the first episode of The Sweeney...

gforceg

3,524 posts

180 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Have I missed a thread? BV have you bought that one?

anonymous-user

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55 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Schtum! All (may) be revealed in due course (maybe next week). I have been studying up on the replacement of the not very well thought of AED (a rubbishy form of autochoke, I gather) with manually choked SUs.

MoggieMinor

457 posts

146 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Those Series 1 Sovereigns are lovely. I always like the chrome strip along the top of the door trims.

Some Rovers had the same AED. P5Bs I believe.

P5BNij

15,875 posts

107 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Breadvan72 said:
Schtum! All (may) be revealed in due course (maybe next week). I have been studying up on the replacement of the not very well thought of AED (a rubbishy form of autochoke, I gather) with manually choked SUs.
It's ok you can tell us, we're nosey buggers. Any gen you can find for the factory fitted AED replacement will be warmly welcomed BV.... the chap who worked on my S2 says some alternatives are not much cop so it'd be splendid if you can share your findings. Assuming you've bought the barge. Which may or may not have actually happened. Ahem, cough.

PGM

2,168 posts

250 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Tremendous!

TR4man

5,234 posts

175 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Please tell us that you didn't buy the bolt on wire wheels...

P5BNij

15,875 posts

107 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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I notice it has a London reg' on it - there's a good chance it was a company car when new, or personal transport from some high falutin' captain of industry. Probably a Henlys job too.


anonymous-user

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55 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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TR4man said:
Please tell us that you didn't buy the bolt on wire wheels...
I am not that tasteless! This is a Daimler waft-o-barge. Steelies are the ones.