And another n00b

Junkman

Junkman

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Hi Rover Folks,

I decided to join after buying my second P6 V8, which is currently being restored.

I'm an ex-pat Austrian living in Stockport.
An Uncle of me had a P6 back in Austria when I was a kid and I always admired the car. The usual 'when I'm grown up, I'll have one of these... thing.
Here we are, 40 years later, and I finally dared to buy a P6 V8. I knew the car is a dog when I bought it, but it was cheap and I considered it a learning spree, i.e., let's see what goes wrong and I will know what to look for when I buy another one. In the end, nothing went wrong, at least nothing serious. But I just wanted one in better condition. So I sold the one I had and bought my second one, which is overall better, has all the desirable options, but needs some welding to the sills (what else is new). This is currently being done and the car will be back on the road in June.

This is my first P6:

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The car is now with an enthusiast in Yorkshire.

And this is the current state of affairs with my 'new' car:

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Hello Junkman,

Welcome to the forum, and to the joys (or not as the case maybe.. :wink: ) of Rover ownership.

From what year is your Rover? How many miles (kilometres) has it covered if you don't mind me asking?

Ron.
 
Hello Ron,

Thanks for the warm welcome.

My current car is LLF 297 P, it's registered in Nov 1975, so I assume it's a 1976 model, but I haven't verified this against the VIN yet.

I did notify Rüdiger Wicke that I bought this car, and he informed me that it was 'lost' since 1996 and presumed scrapped. This is consistent with what the former owner told me, namely that he had kept the car in his garage for "about 15 years". His 'garage' is more like a museum, i.e. the storage conditions were close to ideal.

The odo shows 54000 miles now and I assume it is once around the clock, judging by the overall condition. As you can see, it is not really that bad. What you see in the pics is all there is to do. The car is basically sound.

Cheers,

The Junkman
 
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