Clarksons SD-1... Sounding Good!

[Waynester]

Clarksons SD-1.... Sounding as good as a Wedge! Anyone know what happened to it.. did he kill it??

I had 2 SD-1s back in the day.. a crappy 2300SE, and in '91 bought my first ever V8, which was a manual gearbox ex Police car..purchased purely for the engine.


http://youtu.be/WKzCRXdG0yQ

[Waynester]

My V8 was as rotten as a pear..& slow with the 3.5L, but..it sounded the bks after I fitted Ashley side exit exhausts from RoverTec

I drove it to the breakers.. got £20 for it! Poor old YFL 101Y

Edited by Waynester on Wednesday 17th December 22:07

[Waynester]

They were great looking cars.. Just poorly built sadly.

My old 2300SE seized too! I was out one evening, sat at a junction waiting to pull out..all was well. As I pulled out, the car stalled (was an auto) and all the dash lights came on. Turned out the engine had seized solid.. and that was that. It was a bloody long walk home!

[Waynester]

pjac67 said:

'YFL' reg is Peterborough where I lived when started driving.
Will forever remeber my grandad having loads of new Rovers inc. a 3.5L in Brown 'ODK 347R' (sad I know).

Remeber seeing a couple of racers this year - Tiff Needell's old one at WingsnWheels and one parked next to my SEAC at Caring with Cars.

Love them and their 'Datyona' inspired shape.

Paul.

My Grandad had Rovers as well.. A P4 & P6.. his last was a red 214 Vanden Plas, the same model as used in the sitcom 'Keeping Up Appearances' if I remember correctly? I used to wash that car every Saturday in the mid 1980s for £3 pocket money!

I always lusted after the ultimate 3.9L Vitesse Twin Plenum...in red, with the deep front spoiler and big rubber boot spoiler. Lovely looking car.

Edited by Waynester on Thursday 18th December 03:02

[Waynester]

adam quantrill said:

Waynester said:

My Grandad had Rovers as well.. A P4 & P6.. his last was a red 214 Vanden Plas...

I went through the whole set from P4, P5, P6 x 2, then over to Wedges as anything after the P6 wasn't "classic" enough for my liking.

My parents both had P6 2l's but I went for the V8S of course, driving my mum around was funny because she couldn't understand why I could overtake so easily... until she spotted the V8 badge on the boot lid!

My parents separated in 1980 when I was 9.. but I always remember my dad coming to visit & pick up me & my sisters in his dark blue P6 Rover 3500, which at the time I thought was a supercar! Thats my earliest memory..& influence with the Rover V8 engine. Now I can't imagine 'not' having the old aluminium 8 pot somewhere in my life. Great cars.. legend of an engine!