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roverone · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:56 pm Post subject: MOC229P

I had a few emails with the DVLA about MOC229P until they found it had not been on their records since 1985 so they wouldn't contact the owner which they were going to do for me.
They said if the keeper was now dead it could cause upset to family, which is right I guess, shame I would have loved to have found out what became of it or if it was sat in the garage rusting away.

DVLA is a great way at getting information.....roll on my new project Wink

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tim leech · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:15 pm Post subject:

If its not been on there register for 21 years chances are that its now part of a baked been can or a nother car maybe!

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K5 · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:32 pm Post subject:

Strange that nobody bothered to save it! After all Capris's Granadas and RS2000 are still about from the Professionals.

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Chris P · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: MOC229P

roverone wrote:

I had a few emails with the DVLA about MOC229P until they found it had not been on their records since 1985 so they wouldn't contact the owner which they were going to do for me.
They said if the keeper was now dead it could cause upset to family, which is right I guess, shame I would have loved to have found out what became of it or if it was sat in the garage rusting away.

DVLA is a great way at getting information.....roll on my new project Wink

MOC229P was a pre-production car, registered 22/4/76. This is over 2
months before first customer registrations (1/7/76).

Not sure the car would ever have left BL/Austin-Rover ownership, after
being driven by stunt drivers and Patrick Macnee? Probably a similar
story with the press-fleet LOE81P-LOE109P which all (almost)
disappeared from the DVLA system in mid-late 1980's. Except LOE99P
in the heritage museum at Gaydon of course.

It would be good to get the story on MOC229P (or MOO229R Laughing

) and
the LOE press fleet.

tim leech · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject:

Most of the LOE reg cars are all gone aswell, mind you SD1 number 5 JYF227N is safe and sound having been restored.

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1987 Rover 2600VDP Auto.
1985 Citroen BX 19GT
1990 Citroen BX 16v
1994 Citroen Xantia 1.8i SX

Chris P · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:35 pm Post subject:

tim leech wrote:

Most of the LOE reg cars are all gone aswell, mind you SD1 number 5 JYF227N is safe and sound having been restored.

Ah! I'd been told about this car, but take all SD1 stories with a pinch of
salt. Especially 'N' reg SD1's - never seen a picture of pre-P reg, though not
surprising if they were development ones.

Why does it never make an appearance at SD1 club events? Surely it
should have appeared at the 30th earlier this year.

tim leech · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject:

Chris this car is real I knew the guy who restored it and saw it when he got it and when it was done, running and driveable its richlieu red, and is now MINT, but has been stored for a while so the new owners doing some fettling

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1987 Rover 2600VDP Auto.
1985 Citroen BX 19GT
1990 Citroen BX 16v
1994 Citroen Xantia 1.8i SX

roverone · Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:28 pm Post subject:

We need a picture of that Very Happy

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Chris P · Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:13 pm Post subject:

tim leech wrote:

Chris this car is real I knew the guy who restored it and saw it when he got it and when it was done, running and driveable its richlieu red, and is now MINT, but has been stored for a while so the new owners doing some fettling

Yeah, I did sort of believe it as a name was mentioned and dates in the
Pender book tie up with N-reg. Though only 9 cars completed which could
be N-reg - so an amazing survivor.

Would be great to see the car and see the differences to the early
production cars.

tim leech · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:29 am Post subject:

Its practically the same as a production car, only very few small differences, the rear badge says "rover" and on the other side it was "3500A", i spoke to the new owner at the spares day this year and he said i will be around next year.

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1979 Rover SD1 V8-S
1987 Rover 2600VDP Auto.
1985 Citroen BX 19GT
1990 Citroen BX 16v
1994 Citroen Xantia 1.8i SX

Chris P · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:19 am Post subject:

tim leech wrote:

Its practically the same as a production car, only very few small differences, the rear badge says "rover" and on the other side it was "3500A", i spoke to the new owner at the spares day this year and he said i will be around next year.

I'm sure I've seen a picture of a 3500A badge bar somewhere - presumably
that's 3500 Automatic?

Interestingly, the DVLA still have a record of JYF228N (i.e. oldest SD1 +1
reg) - as a black Rover 3500. Black wasn't available on early SD1's, could
be a P5 or P6 though? Or another of the SD1 prototypes?? Last recorded in
1991 though.

MOO229R · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject: MOC 229P INFO

Hi all new member here so forgive me for mistakes!
Did some checking into MOC a few years ago and it was unfortunately scrapped on 14/04/88.
It had 5 previous keepers with the last change of keeper being on 28/06/84.
Also from chassis number the car had a manual gearbox.

Chris P · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:23 pm Post subject: Re: MOC 229P INFO

MOO229R wrote:

Hi all new member here so forgive me for mistakes!
Did some checking into MOC a few years ago and it was unfortunately scrapped on 14/04/88.
It had 5 previous keepers with the last change of keeper being on 28/06/84.
Also from chassis number the car had a manual gearbox.

Wow! Now that's interesting stuff.

There must have been several 'MOC229P' cars used. In most scenes in
both the New Avengers and The Professionals (tape used to make the
plate read MOO229R), the car is automatic. There is at least one scene
in the New Avengers where the car is manual though. Furthermore, one
The Professionals episode shows the car with alloys, in one scene, then
with cloverleaf trims in other scenes!

I would be interested in documenting anything you have on MOC229P.

MOO229R · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject: Manual or auto

Hi Chris P dont remember any scenes where "MOC" in the professionals was AUTO?

mincer · SD1 User Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 8

thats a great shame if it has been scrapped. i love watching the avengers episodes with the yellow rover.
read in a book that it was a very troublesome car and was always breaking down.