Lankytim Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 @@@@@NOW FOR SALE!!@@@@@ Hi gang, Recently picked this up from a fellow shiter and full time banger racer, Dave862. He'd collected it for scrap but thought it looked far too good to bin off and knowing I'm a bit of a Rover PERV he punted it onto me. It had been parked up for 8 years or so but fired straight up with a fresh battery and runs great. Even the brakes work fine. Body wise the only real grot is on the NSR arch which is patchable but could do with replacing, the opposite arch has surface rust. The bootlid was suffereing from lacquer peel so was replaced with a better panel from ebay, ditto the OSR door, which had a few ripples. Sills and floors look miltola but the front wings and bonnet have a few scabs but nothing too drastic. Engine bay is full of spiders and leaves. Friday afternoon car? According to the service history the first two services were carried out by the Longbridge factory, so maybe it was owned by a manager or something, after that it was sold by a Rover dealer in Windermere where it spent the rest of it's life until Dave got hold of it. Tyres are all perished and need replacing, with new hoops and wipers it could well be ready for it's MOT! BorniteIdentity, Cavcraft, Supernaut and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Birmingham reg so could be factory registered, press fleet or something.Looks well smart, that leather looks immaculate. Where did GSD sit in the range? Doesn't look sporty enough to be a diesel GSI but mist be quite high with digital windows and cowskin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 I'd deffo say middle management at Longbridge due to high spec. Looks a good un, 4, 31 & 44 please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 CLASS. You could get a 414GSi so it's not an especially sporty model, more leather 'n' wood than clipping apexes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 I really am warming to these old R8's, and it is an itch I want to scratch at some point, a tubot dizzle does sound appealing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 The leather is mint, that's what saved it from the shredder. I've been told its the diesel version of the 420GSI, but I think they came with a body kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Maybe a diesel with a bodykit was giving someone at Rover sleepless nights, I mean "that" person just doesn't exist, right? Thrifty enough for a diesel, yet daring enough for a spoiler or two. It would be a marketing catastrophe. Twenty years later, millions of S-Line Audi A4 TDIs would prove them wrong. The Moog, eddyramrod, Magnificent Rustbucket and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 That's lovely. I particularly like the kangaroo anus in the rust hole above the rubbing strip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 German Shepherd Dog Shep Shepherd and vulgalour 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 I love this. Interested if you flog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 I was hoping for an estate when I clicked, but saloon-ness forgiven because NIGHTFIRE!Good work Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Also, good number plate for The_Moog! Magnificent Rustbucket and holbeck 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 HEY EVERYONE! Progress has been slow on this due to work and family and other boring things so i'm going to try and punt it on. Runs and drives great, scabs on bonnet and front wings, one rear arch has scabs, the other has a hole that needs fixing (but not bad tbh) One rear door was dinted and the boot had bad lacquer peel, so both have been replaced. For MOT it needs 4x tyres as they're all cracked and the wipers putting on properly (I put a pair on from a scrapper but the plastic fixings were wrong) It also needs a radiator as this one is leaking when it gets hot. Owes me £200 but I'll take £150. Stoke on Trent. Lacquer Peel and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I have always liked these, from when they were new. They are handsome with very clean lines and time has been kind to them. This one is lovely inside too. Lankytim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 I have always liked these, from when they were new. They are handsome with very clean lines and time has been kind to them. This one is lovely inside too. The inside of this one is absolutely lush! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodders Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 This looks great. Was this the run out special for the 400 series, as the leather, extra equipment and alloy wheels remind me of the stuff you got on 200 SEi R8s at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I ran an R8 dizzler estate as a taxi for a while and I can confirm that they're a decent old thing. Mine was the last of the line with the bubble Rover dashboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Wow, this thing made me nearly faint. Once again, can't take on due to Rover_breakdownage/possible sale and a line of people suddenly wanting to see the 820. Good luck with sale, hopefully it'll stay with the Autoshite fraternity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 I had a lower spec one of these once. Had a damned cracked head so never moved from where I purchased it. I fitted a head gasket, it still blew it's water out & I walked out of the job leaving it in the car park. Never got put in my name so wasn't an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 For some reason, I think we may have a radiator for this on the shelf somewhere here. Lucky* new owner, shout up! If I didn't have so many projects waiting for the spare time I don't have, I'd be right on it like a bonnet. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 I might still keep it if it never sells. How much for the rad? KruJoe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 I think it came with a stash of XUD spares that Will acquired at one time. If that's what it was, and we can find it, I'll put your name on it Tim. I'll check it out and ask him what he wants for it. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 I thought this would of sold straight away on here! I have way too many cars and not enough time so naturally I have just bought this. I`m not a massive Rover fan usually but I see this as Honda with a Peugeot engine but in an English suit and I rather like it Besides it will go nicely with this which is also a low mileage diesel that I sold to a friend and recently painted..... skattrd, taxi paul, Lacquer Peel and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngarty Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 I remember these being issued as company cars back in the day. They were lovely motors then and still are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 I also have an R8 itch that will need attention at some point. Not possible right now, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 Yep, sold to Dodgytom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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