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kerosene · SD1 Regular Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 266 Location: IRL

Chris P wrote:

It's on for £4000 in the club mag! That's a lot of dosh for a single-throttle
Vitesse with VDP leather seats!

Hmmm. and at time of writing the current bid is 1,550 notes!Reserve not met.

londonbabe · SD1 User Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 81

That American one is a gorgeous colour.

Did Rover not sell SD1s in British Racing Green over here? and if not, why not?

Chris P · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:32 am Post subject:

londonbabe wrote:

That American one is a gorgeous colour.

Did Rover not sell SD1s in British Racing Green over here? and if not, why not?

I guess the US SD1 in Posidon Green is the near to 'British Racing
Green'. Reason why Rover didn't do BRG it is that it wasn't fashionable
at the time - and it's been overdone these days. I bet NAC-MG will
have BRG as a colour for the MG 7 (ZT)....

londonbabe · SD1 User Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 81

The SD1 would look brilliant in the BRG that the late 80s/early 90s Rovers and Austins got. That was the nicest of any manufacturers I think. They also did a lovely pearlescent cherry red and a very posh looking metallic Royal blue

gillberry · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject:

Found this under sdi , it looks like an s1 with s2 bits (interior , front spoiler used as rear spoiler ) .

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Chris P · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject:

gillberry wrote:

Found this under sdi , it looks like an s1 with s2 bits (interior , front spoiler used as rear spoiler )

That's a real mongrel! That particular car is in one or other of the
Laurence Hogg videos, revving away at either a spares day or
national.

tim leech · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:37 am Post subject:

No thanks! I would like it for a week so I could make it look proepr again, but once there on a Q plate thaere stuck it! Which to me smacks of kitcar or bits of this and that.

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silverleaf · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject:

Chris P wrote:

That particular car is in one or other of the
Laurence Hogg videos, revving away at either a spares day or
national.

Sounded 'orrible too! Confused

JayDeeVDP · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject: interesting

Engine looks clean and tidy, interesting quad pipe exhaust too.....

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CptPugWash · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:53 am Post subject:

think a Q plated car is one that hasnt got its orignal chassis,could be wrong though

be interesting to find out why its q plated

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londonbabe · SD1 User Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 81

It's of 'undetermined age' or something like that. Basically there's too many bits of too many different cars to allow it to keep its original reg.
Or it was imported without any documentation.

Could it be a replacement shell with no chassis number?

kerosene · SD1 Regular Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 266 Location: IRL

Tidy looking Mk1 with Mk2 parts, with a load of spares.

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tim leech · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject:

Hmm that car looks a bit suspect to me, hell of a job to change the WHOLE of the interior over! carpets all the trim panels etc, he must have changed the doors aswell? Which is a HUGE job, and teh question is why bother?

It still has the MK1 headlamps and C pillar trims but thats about it. Smells a bit iffy to me, a ringer possibly?

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Chris P · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject:

That car was on eBay last year. I guess it's a 'reshell' of a rust-bucket
Vitesse - must have been done some years ago, surely no one would
do this now? I don't think black is it's original colour either - black wasn't
available until 1979 (with V8-S introduction?).

tim leech · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject:

I think your right there Chris. I have a late 70s colour chart and its not on there. I think black was available from 1980 model year.

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1990 Citroen BX 16v
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