Although I dont own a SD1 anymore I have owned several in the past including 3 Vitesses 2 of which were T/P, a VDP and a 2000.

My First was an A reg Vitesse in around 1997 which cost me around £350 (it had a misfire which turned out to be a poor spark plug) and I ran it for 6 moths before being stopped in the street and being made a good offer for it. No photos exist unfortunately.
I then purchased C511 CNG a Silver Leaf Vitesse T/P in 2000
Videos for it on a rolling road.

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I then sold it and was without a Rover until I 'found' a stolen VDP at the side of the road with side windows put in, no wheels or stereo. I recovered it, got it home and set about tracing the owner.
I found a receipt under the seats with an address phoned it and eventually met the guy.
He told me he was gonna scrap it but someone nicked off his drive.
I gave him £30 for the logbook and service history, repaired it, MOTed it and sold it for £800 at a classic car show. Again no photo exists.
I then bought D350 DVR off ebay in 2004.

Well modified and a shed load of receipts show £10k spent on this car. I spent a further £1500 on some engine work, MOT and servicing and drove it for a a year before buying a BMW M3 and selling it on.
I was given a 2000 in 2004 too and it was complete and running but alas it was stolen from its parking space before I had time to sort anything.
So there is my SD1 history and I am currently driving a BMW M5 which is one hell of a car - 400bhp 5 litre v8.
One day another SD1 will sit on the drive but until then I will keep looking.
Regards
Russ

Holy feck... seems SD1's get stolen a lot. Well I cant say its too difficult because I remember the SD1's we broke in past had so fucked up locks that you could start them by using icecream stick.

I really have to sort something out to prevent those toe-rags nicking my car when the time comes I get mine to run.

Yep, mine's been nicked at some point in the past. The boot lock is thoroughly mangled and won't accept a key (still works on central locking though), the steering lock is broken, and it can be started by turning the lock barrel... Not great...

welcome to the forum mate me and my dad was the last persons to own c511cng mate like i said in the other post i mite have the old logbook and plates at my dads somewhere never mind i still got most of the bits and peaces on my tp vitesse at the moment,,,

she was a clean looking car indeed but when we started to restore her she showed quite alot of bad rust to much for me and my dad really so we brought another 1 to do a restore on she got put in the heaven in the sky bless her,,,i dont think i have got pics i will have a look for u mate thats all i can do
justin

No worries - it was a great car to drive but at least we now know what happened to it.

Thanks for getting in touch and do have a look for any pics.

Russ

hello mate my dad has had a look but cant find any at the mo but my tp vitesse is up for sale so if u fancy 1 again i be here and she be on ebay soon to sorry i cant find the pics mate

No probs and thanks for looking.