VOLKSWAGEN TARO

This is a rather special Lot comprising the Austin Rover Ltd. Company Name, Company Registration Number, email address plus a vast amount of original factory drawings for the Metro 6R4 and other motorsport related cars. The company name and email address were purchased by the current long-term owner, directly from the administrator when MG Rover Group went into administration.

Offered without reserve, this is an interesting and obviously unique opportunity and we encourage all interested parties to get in touch to find out more.

Company Name etc.

We can confirm that the registered company Austin Rover Ltd, the Domain Names - 'austinroverltd.co.uk' and 'austinrover.uk', and the email address - austinrovercarsltd@hotmail.com all belong to our vendor and are his property to be disposed of as he sees fit. He has instructed his accountants to deal with the technical side of the transfer of Austin Rover Ltd. (8644851) to the company’s new owner and will inform Companies House of the relevant details. They have confirmed that the timescale of the transfer should be approximately 28 days from the date of the sale.

Engineering Drawings.

What an amazing find. It looks like the ‘Drawings Chests’ from several different drawing offices have been cleared out. There are a substantial number of them, some flat, most rolled, generally unmarked and date from 1967/1986. The list of clients/customers at the top of the drawings include British Leyland, Austin Rover Motorsport, Rover Company Ltd., BL Cars Ltd., Land Rover Ltd., Austin Morris Group, Austin Morris Longbridge (1979), Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd., Leyland Cars, Canley and Leyland Cars, Longbridge.

There are far too many to list here, but they include 1,275cc A-Series components through to Buick/Rover V8 engine component drawings, drawings showing how to strengthen the V8 for Motorsport, how to convert a V8 to V6 for the Metro 6R4, complete gearbox and differential drawings for the Metro 6R4 and much, much more. Anyone interested in buying the company, considering the manufacture of spares for BL products, involved in restoration, or planning to write technical manuals, really ought to spend some time looking closely at this historically important find.