Rover 75 p4 pick up truck

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Rover75ute

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Bought this neat pick up truck here in New Zealand any clues on age from chassis number kind regards.
 

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Car number 14360001 commenced start of 1951 model year , indicated by the initial 1 in the Car number . The model year commenced circa September the previous year. The 4 indicates its a car ( rather than a Land Rover ) the 3 that its a model 75 and the 6 indicates its a Right Hand Drive Export model.
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That's a cool car, never seen it before! Is it some 'home brew' kind of car, or were they made on a larger scale in New Zealand/Australia?
 
Thijs Leuven said:
That's a cool car, never seen it before! Is it some 'home brew' kind of car, or were they made on a larger scale in New Zealand/Australia?
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Looks factory but belive one off but has been done very well which is a mystery of who done it as rover cars are not appealing here in New Zealand and who ever did it spent a lot of time and cash converting it just for a ute. I would say factory but rover apparently never made a 75 ute, the back looks like vanguard but lines from rover line up with well side ect which is a mystery too. Also behind front number plate on the chrome bumper is hand written rover 75 in gold which is a neat we bit history and unusual as it was a display or maybe concept car but probably dreaming. I also thought chassis plate was strange looking thought it should look like old rover plates. Thanks
 
There were a few converted in NZ. I remember at least two in Christchurch back in the 90s.
 
“Rovers not appealing here in NZ...” maybe not so much in the 2020’s but lots were being driven well into the late 80’s, in the 70’s it wasn’t unusual to see cars like ‘38 Chevy and Ford Model A’s in daily use and Rovers of all vintages were still everywhere ( ! ) I had a friend working at a petrol station in Newmarket and Sir Edmund Hillary was a regular customer, as was Sir Keith Park, both locals and both drove P6s When I was shopping for a used TC 2000 in the mid-80s I looked at 5 of them in a fortnight; Rovers were always popular new and used until the avalanche of Japanese imports... and British Preferential tariff as well as local assembly with some models made these quite affordable back in the day... good luck with your 75 looks like it has the makings of something special ( ! )

Graham
 
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That is a very well executed aftermarket conversion. It will be a real conversation piece when it's restored to it's former condition.

I have seen a Mercedes W123 done very nicely and a rather poorly done Jag XJ6 in South Africa.
 
TokyoP6B said:
“Rovers not appealing here in NZ...” maybe not so much in the 2020’s but lots were being driven well into the late 80’s, in the 70’s it wasn’t unusual to see cars like ‘38 Chevy and Ford Model A’s in daily use and Rovers of all vintages were still everywhere ( ! ) I had a friend working at a petrol station in Newmarket and Sir Edmund Hillary was a regular customer, as was Sir Keith Park, both locals and both drove P6s When I was shopping for a used TC 2000 in the mid-80s I looked at 5 of them in a fortnight; Rovers were always popular new and used until the avalanche of Japanese imports... and British Preferential tariff as well as local assembly with some models made these quite affordable back in the day... good luck with your 75 looks like it has the makings of something special ( ! )

Graham
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Exactly. The club scene is rather small across NZ now, but back in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s, it was pretty big. Rovers were popular cars, and you'd often see them being driven around. The Japanese import market killed a lot of it off, as even with the import tariffs, they were often cheaper than a Rover or a Jag.
 
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Exactly. The club scene is rather small across NZ now, but back in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s, it was pretty big. Rovers were popular cars, and you'd often see them being driven around. The Japanese import market killed a lot of it off, as even with the import tariffs, they were often cheaper than a Rover or a Jag.
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Totally understand rovers are and were desirable don't wont to offend any rover lovers out there point i was trying to make but stuffed up completely was that the cost time ect to convert this cheap runaround back in the day to a well built ute you would think it would of been way cheaper to buy a ute i no there weren't a lot available so people cut cars down and some companies did convert cars to utes but to built this and get lines 100% wheel base and width 100% and the lead work too just amazing how much thought has gone in to it. I also recently bought a 90 ute wreck and it is not worth saving that been done with on cheap its a mess but parts are salvageable for my 75. Thaanks everyone for your help.
 
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