1983 Rover 2600 SE (SD1)

[MarshPhantom]

For driving in the City Centre?

[anonymous-user]

That, plus 200 offences of parking like a knob taken into consideration.

[BigMon]

Breadvan72 said:

Thanks for your kind words. As for reasons, I don't think that I ever mentioned them here (and I'm not going to now). It wasn't anything to do with PH, although I can't say that I've missed all the bickering and ranting that goes on in parts of PH.

Ah, my mistake then. I assumed you left as I thought you'd got brassed off with legal wannabees with zero experience arguing against the advice of yourself and other legal professionals.

Regardless, welcome back and that SD1 is lovely, I always remember someone at school being dropped off in a red SD1 Vitesse.

My Dad was going to buy one from the company car pool at work but, being 6ft 7, couldn't fit in it. He also didn't buy a Talbot Tagora but did buy a chocolate brown 1.7 Princess with a ruby red crown on the bonnet. Not his best decision.

Edited by BigMon on Monday 27th March 23:10

[anonymous-user]

My dad had a company Princess, which he liked, and which turned out to be reliable, and was surprisingly quick, although when the company (which happened to be BL) gave my dad an Ambassador that gave him more trouble. He sometimes got to borrow his boss's SD1.

[anonymous-user]

BV, good to see you back. I hope you're well.

I require one of these for work immediately.

[anonymous-user]

Cheers, officer! I'd stop resisting arrest if you threw me in the back of yer SD1. The Met preferred the 2600 to the 3500 for some reason. I mentioned some pages ago meeting a couple of Met coppers at a fuel stop in west London, one of whom was old and grizzled enough to remember police SD1s. He then tried to do me for no MoT, but I had the freshly issued certificate in the glovebox; so take that, ya cozzer!

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 28th March 06:42

[coopedup]

Good to see you back Sir, still miss your legal bites, still seems to be semi-full of wanabe lawyers Good to see your fleet again too!

[anonymous-user]

S,P & L I shall leave to the Walts. I am only here to talk bks about cars.

[coopedup]

Breadvan72 said:

S,P & L I shall leave to the Walts. I am only here to talk bks about cars.

[anonymous-user]

My Stepdad drove them when in the traffic department. Bet those were some fun days.

Breadvan72 said:

He then tried to do me for no MoT, but I had the freshly issued certificate in the glovebox; so take that, ya cozzer!

Why did you do that? I read in SP&L it was best to 'no comment' at the roadside

Sound judgement to stay away from there. I hope you have barge-tastic summer fun.

[Duke Thrust]

Lovely looking thing, here's mine:





I've also got a bit of a soft spot for BL, here's my (nearly finished) TR7 hillclimber:

[Lowtimer]

Why is it that upon seeing those dee-licious Vitesse pics I can actually hear the theme tune from The Professionals?

Even though it's not actually one of their cars.

Top work with the Dutch angle, btw, very seventies-cinematic

[anonymous-user]

Here is my (early series) Professionals car. IIRC, Ray Doyle had a white Dolomite Sprint (no Webasto) before Ford replaced BL as the show's car provider and the lads got their Capris.

[Lowtimer]

Guv! Guv!! Guv!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlT3Qtq4Zeg

[MarshPhantom]

Cowley did have an SD1, Bodie and Doyle a Dolly Sprint IIRC. Went over to Ford from series 2 I believe.

[anonymous-user]

"What happens when the TV Tough Guy gets into his car?"

"Er, he puts his seat belt on?"

"No. The disco music starts!"

[anonymous-user]

George Cowley's SD1 was, I think, a boggo 3500, before he got into a Granny. John Steed also had a 3500 in the New Avengers, while Mike Gambit had an XJS, and Purdey had a TR7 and a rubber bumpered MGB GT, IIRC.

[MarshPhantom]

Used to have a copy of the rather good "Shut It. The guide to 70s TV cops", a guide to actors used, cars driven, booze drunk and anything else they could think of, for every episode of Sweeney and The Professionals.

Still on Amazon.

[dbdb]

BL produced some exceedingly handsome cars in the '70s. I have long loved the SD1 and considered the Dolomite to be a lovely old thing which could and should have been everything the 3 series turned out to be. What is more surprising to me is just how good the TR7 now looks.

[LanceRS]

Proper anorak time. Bodie had the white Dolomite, Doyle had a blue TR7 and Cowley the yellow SD1 (probably the same one user by Steed in The New Avengers). Originally Bodie and Doyle could be seen spinning one wheel of a brown P6.

For proper BL content The New Avengers out shines all other shows, the XJC, XJS, Range Rovers, TR7 and MGB. Even when the filming moved abroad, they kept with BL.

No prizes for guessing how my childhood was spent.

Anyway, welcome back BV.