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funkkydrummer

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Hey guys!!

Just signed up with the Classic Rover Forum and thought I'd say Hi!

Both myself and my dad are keen Rover enthusiasts. However, my dads had much more experience with these great cars with an ownership resume over the years as follows:

Rover 60 (P4)
Rover 80 (P4)
Rover 100 (P4)
Rover 105R (P4)
Land Rover 90 SWB (x2)
Rover 3.0 Litre (P5)
Rover 2300 SD1
Rover 820se MK I
Rover 820si MK II
Rover 25 1.4L

At 25, I am yet to own my 1st Rover (mostly due to inability to insure one due to age) but I'm now in the market for either an 800 series or a 75 model. I have put a seperate post in the Wanted section for this though!!

-Funkkydrummer!
 
Good luck in your quest - I had a v6 2.5 conoisseur rover 75 - they're fantastic as are the 800s (well the 2.0 and 2.7 anyway - remember to steer clear of the late 2.5 800s unless you KNOW it's right!)

Rich
 
Out of interest, are the 825 engines 2.5 V6 units or are they just opened up versions of the 2.0 engine?

I'm keen on the 75 but I definately have a soft spot for the 800's.

If I'm being honest, I'd really like a 3.5 P5b or a P4 but a good one is WAY beyond my price range!!!!!

- Funkkydrummer
 
The 2.5 in the 800 is a KV6 but of an earlier vintage than the one in the 75. (Not very much in common parts between the two either.)

The 825 kv6 can be made to behave but there are lots and lots of horror stories out there. The 75 kv6 is a lovely engine - the only thing to watch out for being the expensive 60000/120000/180000 cambelt change. Rover dealers take the engine out i believe to change all 3 cambelts at once.

The 820 is an M or T series 4 cylinder engine. The T especially is a strong engine, and if you get a turbo'd T series then it's quite fun to see the torque 'curve' or lack thereof...

2.7 is a great engine but needs looking after with the correct fluids etc...

Mr webmaster seems to know a lot about 800s - he may be able to offer some advice/corrections to what i've said here!

Rich
 
We'll have to convert you to the P6 then. Entirely credible in modern driving conditions, free road tax if you buy the right age and very cheap for a 25 yo to insure on a classic policy. We have quite a number of low 20's members on here happily driving whacking V8's

Hope your Dad kept the 105R - a truly fascinating motor.

Chris
 
Hi funkkydrummer

Whereabouts in Scotland are you? There are a few of us dotted around the place.

Welcome to the forum btw :D

Dave
 
Can't resist this....Hello from northeast Ohio (U.S.), where the weather is remarkably similar to Scotland!

Minus side- Finding a decent Rover P-6 for a restoration candidate. For example, I think between 1969 and 1971, when Rover pulled out of the U.S. market, they sold about 1700 of them....And this country is 2500 miles wide!

Minus side- Finding any parts at all for a P-6......Come to think of it, it's pretty hard to find anyone who knows Rover is a car make, and not the name of someone's dog.

Minus side- Shipping parts from the U.K to the U.S can get expensive! Very expensive!!

Plus side - Insurance. $203.00 dollars a year. That's about 125 pounds. Cheap!

Plus side - MOT..... This is Ohio. If you can get it out of your driveway and down the road, it qualifies as transportation....There is no MOT! Registration costs about $50.00 a year....About 30 pounds. Cheap!

plus side - The ones that were sold here in the U.S. were mostly along the east and west coasts, and the east and west coasts of Canada. This includes sunny California, so they are out there.

Plus side - A remarkably high portion of the few sold do still survive. either well made, or well cared for, they do survive.

Plus side - This was a popular car in England

Plus side - We live in the computer age

Plus side - Amazing enthusiast support in the U.K. , along with knowledgeable, honest, top notch parts vendors makes what could be an impossibility a merely a minor frustration whilst waiting on parts to arrive. (Can't say enough about this one!)

End result; I've got a fairly restoration friendly 1968 2000 TC in my drive, very close to being on the road for the first time in many years. If I can do it here, Scotland should be a cinch, so stick to your guns!
 
Wow, not been on for a few days and have received many posts - here goes trying to answer them all in a single post!!

Good advice RE:825. Many thanks!My old mans previous 800 series were M series and T series respectively. He raves about how good those engines were.

Further to the comment on the 800 coupe, did they do this in 820 and 827 varients? I've seen a few coupe's but they all seem to be in 825 guise. The coupe is a cracker and I understand the build quality was good due to hand-finishing.

I'm in Motherwell, Lanarkshire.

I havent had any experience of the P6 models but I'm open to ideas!!

I'm afraid my dad never kept the 105R. I'd have happily taken off him if had! He apparently kept it until it was beyond viable repair and got rid of it for the 3 Litre which he kept until the boot floor and bottoms of the front wings parted company with the rest of the body! He's the kind of guy who keeps a car for 15 years and uses it until it literally falls apart!

-Funkkydrummer
 
In terms of the 800 coupe they did 2.7, 2.5 KV6 and 2ltr Turbo versions, depending on your taste, I'd say the 2.7 is the one to go for in the coupe, makes for a very classy drive.
Build quality isn't as good as hoped, well that should really be rust-protection isn't as good as hoped, the coupe's tend to suffer worse than the standard cars, sills in particular can rot out, and the wing bottoms also suffer, sills and wings (in fact I think all panels except bonnets) are different on the coupe, so parts aren't as easy to come by.

800's are getting reasonably rare now, especially Mk1 models. And quite a few are over 20 years old, so they're starting to turn up at classic car shows.

The best place for 800 information is http://www.rover800.info, great forum there with a good few guys of your sort of age.
 
Hi,

I am from sunny Scotland as well, are there any P6 Rover clubs in Scotland...

I have recently bought a Rover 2000sc. And would quite like to join one.

I also have a few wee questions, minor problems I hope, with the car.

Thanks

Charlie
 
Hi, welcome to the forum!

There are plenty of scottish members on here - Feel free to start yourself a hello thread and post some details of your car, questions, and we love to see some pics :)

Edit - you beat me to it :D

Rich
 
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