Rover 75 Collector

[smit8361]

Just wandering if anyone can shed any light on a strange sight my dad and i saw yesterday. We were out driving the new car between Lapworth and Warwick. Down a little road nearly Wroxall Abbey if you know the area. Well outside a nice house down there is a massive collection of Rover 75's. Loads of diffrent spec ones lwb ones which im led to believe are quite rare. There must be 30 to 40 rover 75's there. Stranger which many of them seem to be taxed too with JMS on the numberplate. Was quite a sight really never seen so many 75's all together before.

[MarkP1973]

smit8361 said:

Just wandering if anyone can shed any light on a strange sight my dad and i saw yesterday. We were out driving the new car between Lapworth and Warwick. Down a little road nearly Wroxall Abbey if you know the area. Well outside a nice house down there is a massive collection of Rover 75's. Loads of diffrent spec ones lwb ones which im led to believe are quite rare. There must be 30 to 40 rover 75's there. Stranger which many of them seem to be taxed too with JMS on the numberplate. Was quite a sight really never seen so many 75's all together before.

maybe someone's hoping in 30 or 40 years they'll be worth megabucks?

[smit8361]

I think he is trying to corner the market.

[VeeDub Geezer]

Maybe he just buys another once the headgasket goes?

[daemon]

smit8361 said:

I think he is trying to corner the market.

If he has 30-40 he HAS cornered the market.

[daemon]

VeeDub Geezer said:

Maybe he just buys another once the headgasket goes?

That old chestnut.

[jjones]

daemon said:

That old chestnut.

well the reputation earned on the 1.4 engine is thoroughly deserved.

[LongLiveTazio]

jjones said:

well the reputation earned on the 1.4 engine is thoroughly deserved.

As famously fitted to the 75.

[daemon]

LongLiveTazio said:

jjones said:

well the reputation earned on the 1.4 engine is thoroughly deserved.

As famously fitted to the 75.

+1

Couldnt have put it better myself.

[Capri86]

daemon said:

LongLiveTazio said:

jjones said:

well the reputation earned on the 1.4 engine is thoroughly deserved.

As famously fitted to the 75.

+1

Couldnt have put it better myself.

Must have missed that Eco model!

[sjc]

Capri86 said:

daemon said:

LongLiveTazio said:

jjones said:

well the reputation earned on the 1.4 engine is thoroughly deserved.

As famously fitted to the 75.

+1

Couldnt have put it better myself.

Must have missed that Eco model!

So you can have a diesel with few problems,two different V6's with few problems,a 1.8, or a 1.4 that was never fitted but has a throughly deserved reputation for HGF,so of course makes the 75 st.Here we go again.

[sjc]

MarkP1973 said:

smit8361 said:

Just wandering if anyone can shed any light on a strange sight my dad and i saw yesterday. We were out driving the new car between Lapworth and Warwick. Down a little road nearly Wroxall Abbey if you know the area. Well outside a nice house down there is a massive collection of Rover 75's. Loads of diffrent spec ones lwb ones which im led to believe are quite rare. There must be 30 to 40 rover 75's there. Stranger which many of them seem to be taxed too with JMS on the numberplate. Was quite a sight really never seen so many 75's all together before.

maybe someone's hoping in 30 or 40 years they'll be worth megabucks?

At a guess I'd say it'a an enthusiast who runsa 75/ZT spares company.There's few on the forum, who also specialise in putting them bsck on the road, not particularly for profit,just becasue they like the marque.Lot's of these are the alleged HGF, that in fact turns out to be nothing of the sort,but Mr."Its a Rover it's st" mechanic can't be bothered to look into so tell Mr Pork-pie hat it's a write off.

[stu67]

I saw a Rover 75 in Guinea West Africa the other week. I was in the middle of nowhere and this 75 cruises by over the dirt track, english plates etc. It did make me chuckle, it was so completely out of place.

[daemon]

sjc said:

Capri86 said:

daemon said:

LongLiveTazio said:

jjones said:

well the reputation earned on the 1.4 engine is thoroughly deserved.

As famously fitted to the 75.

+1

Couldnt have put it better myself.

Must have missed that Eco model!

So you can have a diesel with few problems,two different V6's with few problems,a 1.8, or a 1.4 that was never fitted but has a throughly deserved reputation for HGF,so of course makes the 75 st.Here we go again.

+1

As a motor trader for two years there, i came across more Fords with injector problems / VW's with Turbo problems / Peugeots with DPF problems than i ever had Rovers with head gasket problems.

[DanielJames]

I'd love to see that, always had a soft spot for the 75.

[Rammy76]

daemon said:

+1

As a motor trader for two years there, i came across more Fords with injector problems / VW's with Turbo problems / Peugeots with DPF problems than i ever had Rovers with head gasket problems.

Unfortunately, in people's minds it only seems to be Rovers that ever break down.

The upside of that is they are cheap cars for those that are rather less blinkered.

[NelsonR32]

The Crack Fox said:

I'd rather have a Rover 75 on the drive than an MG6.

Saw an MG6 close up and it's a great car in its own right. But god, it's HUGE! It's too big to rival a Focus but too small to rival a Mondeo. Just like the 45 of yesteryear.

[daemon]

Rammy76 said:

daemon said:

+1

As a motor trader for two years there, i came across more Fords with injector problems / VW's with Turbo problems / Peugeots with DPF problems than i ever had Rovers with head gasket problems.

Unfortunately, in people's minds it only seems to be Rovers that ever break down.

The upside of that is they are cheap cars for those that are rather less blinkered.

I'd love a good 2.5 v6 75 or MG. Keeping an eye out for one, just to keep and waft about in.

[Inverted]

stu67 said:

I saw a Rover 75 in Guinea West Africa the other week. I was in the middle of nowhere and this 75 cruises by over the dirt track, english plates etc. It did make me chuckle, it was so completely out of place.

Just out of interest (and being a noisy bugger) what you doing out there? Im there now. Dont see many english folk around these parts.

Edited by Inverted on Monday 4th March 10:43

[Triumph Man]

stu67 said:

I saw a Rover 75 in Guinea West Africa the other week. I was in the middle of nowhere and this 75 cruises by over the dirt track, english plates etc. It did make me chuckle, it was so completely out of place.

Probably nicked from matey boy's garden, he probably didn't notice it was gone!