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sjc said:
Meteors I bought off Ebay, those and the Serpents are my fave wheels.
The first one I took to 90K miles and the water pump went, which was a shame as it had been changed with the belts so just unlucky.At the same time I had the chance of buying the gold one with 33k on for £1300 from a work colleague who now had a company van. I put the blue one on the 75 forum anda well know collector/guru on all things 75 called Jules promptly came down all the way from Wales to Essex, retro fitted cruise into my new one, swapped the wheels, serviced it and drove the old one back at 30 mile intervals in between topping up the water! He then repaired it completely and then sold it to a forum member who wanted it originally. Could have sold it several times over due to its TV history !
Awesome! I recognise Jules; I’m on the 75 & ZT owners club. The cruise retro fit is something else I want to do on this one actually-it doesn’t look a horrendous job, just a case of collecting all the bits required.The first one I took to 90K miles and the water pump went, which was a shame as it had been changed with the belts so just unlucky.At the same time I had the chance of buying the gold one with 33k on for £1300 from a work colleague who now had a company van. I put the blue one on the 75 forum anda well know collector/guru on all things 75 called Jules promptly came down all the way from Wales to Essex, retro fitted cruise into my new one, swapped the wheels, serviced it and drove the old one back at 30 mile intervals in between topping up the water! He then repaired it completely and then sold it to a forum member who wanted it originally. Could have sold it several times over due to its TV history !
Edited by sjc on Friday 26th January 13:27
RC1807 said:
OP: very nice purchase
Tweed jackets and suitable hats now required
Regarding your suggestion to fit xenon lights, I saw somewhere else, probably on PH, about new MOT requirements.
IIRC, it will fail an MOT if the car doesn't have the suitable headlight washer to go with the xenons?
From what I’ve read it needs washers/auto levellers to function if they were originally fitted. If they’re not fitted they don’t have to function.Tweed jackets and suitable hats now required
Regarding your suggestion to fit xenon lights, I saw somewhere else, probably on PH, about new MOT requirements.
IIRC, it will fail an MOT if the car doesn't have the suitable headlight washer to go with the xenons?
itcaptainslow said:
sjc said:
Meteors I bought off Ebay, those and the Serpents are my fave wheels.
The first one I took to 90K miles and the water pump went, which was a shame as it had been changed with the belts so just unlucky.At the same time I had the chance of buying the gold one with 33k on for £1300 from a work colleague who now had a company van. I put the blue one on the 75 forum anda well know collector/guru on all things 75 called Jules promptly came down all the way from Wales to Essex, retro fitted cruise into my new one, swapped the wheels, serviced it and drove the old one back at 30 mile intervals in between topping up the water! He then repaired it completely and then sold it to a forum member who wanted it originally. Could have sold it several times over due to its TV history !
Awesome! I recognise Jules; I’m on the 75 & ZT owners club. The cruise retro fit is something else I want to do on this one actually-it doesn’t look a horrendous job, just a case of collecting all the bits required.The first one I took to 90K miles and the water pump went, which was a shame as it had been changed with the belts so just unlucky.At the same time I had the chance of buying the gold one with 33k on for £1300 from a work colleague who now had a company van. I put the blue one on the 75 forum anda well know collector/guru on all things 75 called Jules promptly came down all the way from Wales to Essex, retro fitted cruise into my new one, swapped the wheels, serviced it and drove the old one back at 30 mile intervals in between topping up the water! He then repaired it completely and then sold it to a forum member who wanted it originally. Could have sold it several times over due to its TV history !
Edited by sjc on Friday 26th January 13:27
itcaptainslow said:
Certainly did! He's a lovely chap-spent a while talking to him this afternoon when I popped down to pick some trim pieces up.
Thought so, I could tell by the mention of the prep that went in to it, there's not many who are prepared to go to the lengths he is. As you say, very nice guy.Nickp82 said:
Thought so, I could tell by the mention of the prep that went in to it, there's not many who are prepared to go to the lengths he is. As you say, very nice guy.
The amount he’s doing to one he’s got on the go at the moment is immense! I see a lot of my OCD in him, probably why I knew this one was for me 
skeeterm5 said:
I think time has been kind to the original design, it looks,good.
More so than the facelift (goes for all MG Rover’s!) in my opinion!Helps that the pre-facelift stuff wasn’t built to a budget either-the materials in the cabin are really top drawer. It feels built to last.
itcaptainslow said:
skeeterm5 said:
I think time has been kind to the original design, it looks,good.
More so than the facelift (goes for all MG Rover’s!) in my opinion!Helps that the pre-facelift stuff wasn’t built to a budget either-the materials in the cabin are really top drawer. It feels built to last.
Edited by sjc on Sunday 28th January 13:22
Pistom said:
Great cars. Still massively underated. Still drive well by modern standards.
The budget models diluted the image. They really shouldn't have been made with anything less than 6 cylinders.
I do think Classic and Club trims look a bit, well, poo compared to the Connoisseur. Delightfully though you could have either a fully loaded 1.8 petrol or a base spec 2.5 V6-how many other manufacturers did that? The budget models diluted the image. They really shouldn't have been made with anything less than 6 cylinders.
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