scruff Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 I hope the engine is as sweet as a 27k Rover V8 should be. You chaps are total winnahs as far as I'm concerned, three P6 V8s omgomg Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
406V6 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Lovely. The dashboards on these are, IMO, the high point of car dashboard design. So clear and pleasing to the eye. You have to have driven one at night (my Dad had a 2200 TC back in the day) to see the backlit lettering around the switches in the middle to really appreciate them. Just a shame the wood trim was nasty plastic instead of real wood (on the 2200 anyway). Urko, Junkman and Pete-M 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Swap for a real Rover? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny69 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 That looks really rather comfy. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 Good man for continuing to BUY BRITISH.Those newfangled German executive expresses will never catch on.. Can you just imagine- flip floppy rear headrests?hardly a patch on the the uncompromising reliability and quality you get with a Rover. We drove to the Techno Classica, then on through Austria, half way down the Italian peninsula, back via Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and France,in our desire to buy some bonkers car. It didn't happen. What happened instead, is that we ruefully returned to Blighty, posted that shitpile Benz on eBay and bought another V8 Rover. Questions? fotorabia, Vince70, Skizzer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Green Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Great. You can swap the blue and yellow panels over to have two blue & yellow cars. That definitely looked better. I can't believe how good these machines are looking to me nowadays. I'm asking for a V8 P6 driving day experience for my birthday. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 Just attend an event attended by the GGG and P6 V8 drivage will be arranged. Alan_Green 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 Right. The collection will commence on a Friday the 13th, 7am. WCPGW? Skizzer and anonymous user 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Well, it looks like neither of us was smart enough to go to bed early. Junkman, dome, andrew e and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 How could one possibly sleep in the light of such epicness commencing? LC Torana and oldcars 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Has anybody ever told you that you're mad?Good luck with the collection! Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Friday 13th + Rover = brave winner Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Oh what a beautiful day. anonymous user, Coprolalia, Sigmund Fraud and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Obligatory petrol station shot. Bucketeer, Vince70, anonymous user and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Oh, so you're not attempting to drive it home then? MASSIVE LET DOWN. Junkman, spartacus and Magnificent Rustbucket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Even worse he's driving it home on a Vauxhall dome, Magnificent Rustbucket, Vince70 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Even worse he's driving it home on a Vauxhall Don't worry, it's a secret Renault. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 Well for collecting a Rover P6 V8 in a faraway county, we naturally used a Rover P6 V8: We parked it in someone's garden in Leicester: And continued our journey with this: We drove... And drove... We stopped. Because we were hungry. Well, it turns out that "country" is a synonym for expensive. Just the starters were already 5 quid here. So we drove... And stopped again. Here, they wanted 9 quid just for a breakfast! So we drove. And stopped again: Here we had some proper proper food and drinks for not too much money. So we drove on.At our destination near King's Lynn, we were greeted by a mid engined turbo with two seats: And this: Sudsprint, mat_the_cat, Conrad D. Conelrad and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 Then we saw our loot in the flesh for the first time. It has Blues. anonymous user, danthecapriman, Conrad D. Conelrad and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 There was some loadage and strappage. Conrad D. Conelrad, fotorabia, CGSB and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 For the entire journey to the unloading station, this was the view out of the rear window: And for quite a while, this was the view out of the front window: CGSB, LC Torana, Vince70 and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 We stopped again. Because there was this: Inside, there were some pretty cars: And an ugly one: The signs were at the wall: Next door were some people in a workshop: Jerzy Woking, Vince70, johngarty and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 Then we did a lot of driving. A lot.We stopped again and unloaded our luggage. This was at a well known Rover P6 sanatorium near Leek: Bucketeer, mrbenn, LC Torana and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 Then we had to return the higher hire shit to Leicester and drive home with the haunted Rover.All in all, we were on the road from 7am to midnight. Oh, and I won't deprive you of the temporary companion of the new Rover, because I'm nice. Shep Shepherd, CGSB, LC Torana and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 Even worse he's driving it home on a Vauxhall You are obviously completely unaware of the sheer heroism embedded in this.Another mile in that piece of shit and I would have pissed blood.The only redeeming feature of that thing is that the pedals are lifted straight from a Renault 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 That's a long day - but a rewarding one. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 If nothing else, this thread was worth it to see a Riley Elf in the wild. Sealtainn, Junkman and oldcars 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngarty Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Epic. Lots more updates please Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Then we had to return the higher hire shit to Leicester and drive home with the haunted Rover.All in all, we were on the road from 7am to midnight. Oh, and I won't deprive you of the temporary companion of the new Rover, because I'm nice. Thats the most beautiful and desireable car I have seen for a while! Sorry Rover-lovers... trigger, Junkman and fantasio 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyboy406v6 Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 An excellent and epic thread and no mention of Mercedes motor cars, well done sir !! Junkman and Pete-M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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