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

This is my newly acquired SD1,

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Unfortuantely i haven't got any pictures uploaded yet,but i'll show them soon.

It was as described and was a fantastic journey back to ireland.It was as loud as I expected too Smile

Chris P · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject:

Great news! Sounds like a very nice car, having had a lot of recent work.

Colour is great too - does the SD1 not suit any standard colour?!

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

Chris P wrote:

Great news! Sounds like a very nice car, having had a lot of recent work.

Thanks Chris,it has lots of work done and the previous owner was very nice.He gave a full boot of spares!.

He was gutted he sold it and told me to look after it. Smile

I assured him i would and i will.

Chris P wrote:

Colour is great too - does the SD1 not suit any standard colour?!

Its been resprayed last year and the body is flawless!.

Chris P · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject:

kerosene wrote:

He was gutted he sold it and told me to look after it. Smile

I assured him i would and i will.

Very similar story when I collected my SD1 a couple of years ago.
The seller was almost tearful and told me to take care of it!

kerosene wrote:

Chris P wrote:

Colour is great too - does the SD1 not suit any standard colour?!

Its been resprayed last year and the body is flawless!.

You got a very good car then, a decent respray costs the earth!

Enjoy it!

stephenwhyte · SD1 User Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 80

Well done mate cant wait to see the photos!!!

I had seen that ad myself and alsways wondered why it hadnt sold sooner as it looked a peach!!

Best of luck im sure you will enjoy every minute of it!!

K5 · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:28 pm Post subject:

Looks to be a very nice car. Get some decent photo's up soon.

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

Thanks for all the nice comments guys! Very Happy

I have some pictures of the body, and i will upload them tonight.

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

Its a little bit dirty from the journey back.

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stephenwhyte · SD1 User Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 80

well done mate .......

Look after it now!!

JayDeeVDP · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:35 pm Post subject: Very Nice indeed

Very nice indeed, visually very similar to my own (when I can get my confounded refurbed Vitesse wheels back)

Interestingly, it has a Metro/Maestro/Montego Vanden Pls steering wheel, I think it looks very good, similar to the US-spec SD1 wheel, and the "VDP" motif in centre, may get one myself, to keep my original wheel as immaculate as it is.

Enjoy the car

Jay

K5 · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject: Re: Very Nice indeed

JayDeeVDP wrote:

Very nice indeed, visually very similar to my own (when I can get my confounded refurbed Vitesse wheels back)

Interestingly, it has a Metro/Maestro/Montego Vanden Pls steering wheel, I think it looks very good, similar to the US-spec SD1 wheel, and the "VDP" motif in centre, may get one myself, to keep my original wheel as immaculate as it is.

Enjoy the car

Jay

I thought that as well. It also looks exactly like the wheel i had on my Mini Mayfair. It must all be the same fitting for Austin Rover cars.

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t0ny99 · SD1 User Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 29 Location: SW London

JayDeeVDP wrote:

Very nice indeed, visually very similar to my own (when I can get my confounded refurbed Vitesse wheels back)
Jay

Sorry for the thread hijack, but can I ask where you are getting your rims done? My car is in Hants, and I'd like a local recommendation.

Carry on!

Edited to add; Stunning VDP, Kerosene, by the way - unusual colour too, do you know what it's called?

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JayDeeVDP · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject: colour

Kerosene's car looks the same colour as mine which is Oporto Red (Is that right Kerosene?)

The only difference is mine has a tan leather interior

My wheels are being dealt with by a bodyshop in Hilsea, Portsmouth, I can't vouch for them as yet, because I've yet to see my wheels done (he's had them since Oct 06....)

He is very slow (any regular users of this forum will vouch for my frustration - when signed on as a guest - awaiting some body repairs to be done)

But having said that, his workmanship is superb, he did a really good job on the body, so hopefully the wheels will be good too.

I'm on a night shift tonight (Friday night) so I'll pop and see him on the way home from work tomorrow morning, and get the name of his premises for you.

Last time I went in there he had a Ford Capri, a Lotus Carlton, a Daimler Limo, an original BMW M535, some old Audi amoungs others all waiting to be done, and a vintage (and I mean vintage, as in Goldfinger style) Rolls Royce......

I'll update you as soon as I can

gillberry · Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:55 pm Post subject:

Nice looking car Kerosene Very Happy

but can anybody answer some queries ?
For a vanden plas shoudn't it have wood on the dash as well (the dash looks original) also the plinth on the back shouldn't it be black on a B reg .

Don't mean to nit pick but if it was sold to you as a vdp then it does not look like one . Still looks in very very nice nick though .

K5 · Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:37 pm Post subject:

gillberry wrote:

Nice looking car Kerosene Very Happy

but can anybody answer some queries ?
For a vanden plas shoudn't it have wood on the dash as well (the dash looks original) also the plinth on the back shouldn't it be black on a B reg .

Don't mean to nit pick but if it was sold to you as a vdp then it does not look like one . Still looks in very very nice nick though .

Does it say Vanden Plas on the Log book?

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