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Bert Turnbull

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Hi Guys and Gals thanks for letting me join your group, I have recently purchased a 1973 P6 S, and quite delighted with it. Has been restored and is right up there. Cheers Bert Turnbull
 
Bert posted a pic on my thread in this subforum: “3500S Owner in New Zealand”.

His is the ‘73 model with the red-on-white numberplate reading “73RVRS”.

That’s a personalised plate; mine still has the rego it was given when new.

These cars were assembled in NZ from CKD kits; and the Australian new ones of the time were also assembled at the same plant in NZ.

[ Edit: I have been corrected by another forum member: it seems the Ss were all imported to NZ as full cars - mine's chassis number bears that out; but the NZ 3500 automatics were imported and built from CKD kits.]
 
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Thanks, the car was restored by the previous owner and he purchased it. ( the plate) With personalised plates in NZ you do not ever own the plate but you own the right to use it, But still cost a lot to buy.

restored also by using a non-P6 exterior colour? I guess that´s not almond
 
restored also by using a non-P6 exterior colour? I guess that´s not almond

Looks more like an MG colour, but remember that the NZ colours were a mixture of the BLMC colours at the time, as they were all assembled in the same plant.
 
Looks more like an MG colour, but remember that the NZ colours were a mixture of the BLMC colours at the time, as they were all assembled in the same plant.[/risw, post: 399298, member: 991"]Looks more like an MG colour, but remember that the NZ colours were a mixture of the BLMC colours at the time, as they were all assembled in the same plant.
restored also by using a non-P6 exterior colour? I guess that´s not almond
 

Hi this colour is called Safron, and was only available in NZ and Aus. they were assembled at the Nelson plant of BLMC. A popular colour at the time for Triumph2.5 and Stags
 
Bert, have you done your road trip back to Wanaka yet? And if so, how did it all go?

On the topic of colours, I am guessing that the cars for export CBU to this country would have the same colour choices as the cars assembled here.

I had a ‘71 MGB that was Saffron. It had a mismatched patch of paint from panel repair that looked worse and worse over time, so eventually I had it fully repainted. The new original colour was too bright for my eyes then, so I sold the car.

Note to viewers: I have sold other cars for lesser reasons.
 
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