Adam Birch
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROVER-2000-SC-BEI ... _500wt_951
spotted it out of the blue - at a breakers - anyone want to save it?
spotted it out of the blue - at a breakers - anyone want to save it?
NickDunning said:It's close to Mark and Angie, I hope Mark's going to be able to take a look.
The car is a November 1972 XC plate 2000. Been off the road since 1985.
Not sure if anything unusual about the car - it looks like it may have tints in the photo.
Hopefully more to follow if Mark can get there.
colnerov said:Hi, I know it's not XC plate but I would think this was a better bet.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROVER-2000-BLUE-/ ... 2a0d20bac4
Colin
colnerov said:Hi, just goes to show that you never can tell. The blue one looked OK and is awful.
The XC plate looked awful and is quite sound. The earlier one is supposed to be made
from better steel!!
Colin
chrisyork said:Mark, that's an interesting statement as to gauge of metal used! I always understood that the reduced gauge metal was limited to specific areas on the prototype "lightweight" cars, and that in fact it was not taken through to production. Perhaps if you know different you could enlighten me.
I always speculated that the change in apparent rust resistance was due to a combination of several factors. Firstly, the waiting list for cars falling away, so that base units spent more time sitting around before being used. 2nd, a possible change of steel strip spec and/or supplier as BL cost cutting took hold. And of course 3rd and eventually, the infamous SD1 paint process.
Chris
The seats in that look lovely, but going by the mould on the inside of the bootlid, I'd say there's water getting in there. Still seems nice for the price!royal_numis said:Thanks for info and pictures
there is one nice re-advertised car with long mot with reduced price:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rover-P6-TC2000-C ... 0668426040
Renars
FrazzleTC said:The seats in that look lovely, but going by the mould on the inside of the bootlid, I'd say there's water getting in there. Still seems nice for the price!royal_numis said:Thanks for info and pictures
there is one nice re-advertised car with long mot with reduced price:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rover-P6-TC2000-C ... 0668426040
Renars