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[HMC]

Just got back to Dartmoor. Had a fantastic trip back in a lovely old rover 75. Was great to meet you again @Cookiesouwest , a true gent as always, thanks.

[HMC]

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

Gosh that looks posh! 

Is the beige on the interior the same shade of beige as the paint? 

It’s more of an old English white than cream, although those pics at lunchtime to make it look quite custard creamy!

[Ghosty]

8 minutes ago, HMC said:

old English white

that *is* the colour. It's my favourite for 75s. Best interior too. 

[HMC]

2 hours ago, marm said:

So which is your favourite?

At the moment, the white saloon. I’m not a big fan of the manual on the cdti estate; this auto seems to suit it more, and this saloon feels faster. It’s had some love in the r75 trouble spots, thanks to @Tubbo,  @montytom and of course @Cookiesouwest it has lived on as a going concern rather than being a number of listings in the e bay parts section. 

I really like it, thanks to them it’s still about, and was the class of the field on the westbound a303 this afternoon!

[HMC]

2 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

that *is* the colour. It's my favourite for 75s. Best interior too. 

Code NNX you Know your stuff!

[Split_Pin]

Called Arran white for cars sold in Scotland.

Yes I kid you not 🙄

Looks fantastic, as you say it's got some 'famous' issues sorted out and you don't have to worry about a clutch, which are never the same again after the original slave fails.

I hope you enjoy it.

[HMC]

Did a little bit of dash / centre console reassembly and finding homes for screws and blanking plugs (having another car is a handy reference) 

And time for a quick fleet shot 

 

[Cookiesouwest]

2 minutes ago, HMC said:

Did a little bit of dash / centre console reassembly and finding homes for screws and blanking plugs (having another car is a handy reference) 

And time for a quick fleet shot 

 

Ahh that's where I went wrong. Should have bought two

 

[Cookiesouwest]

I forgot to give you the Haynes manual and bonnet cable protector.

Txt me your address and will pop them in post.

[HMC]

Dartmoor by evening

Food caught/ shot locally 

Car by rover

 

[montytom]

Looks very resplendent Matt.

[HMC]

So life with the city rover ( cityrover?) has been pleasant  and uneventful. I have used  it mainly for local trips and it’s fun to dart about in. It’s got quite a high seating position so the glass house extends further down than on most cars, presumably an ncap own goal but light and airy and with good visibility. 
 

A storm gathering on the horizon? Metaphor for mg rover etc etc 

There’s a wierd bit of curiosity value in it as after all the illustrious history before it it was (afaik) the last new model introduced before things became terminal.  I’m hardly likely to start a “53 plate city rover survivors “  thread but it is an earlier one from the launch month.

<insert Tata Indian takeaway remarks😆>

Im unsure how long I’ll keep it but it’s very useful to have around and has plenty of like left in it with just 25k on the clock

[HMC]

Collection mission-

Take one throwback to the good old days….

And head west into Cornwall to another (much older) one.

[HMC]

Where to begin? 

I’ve always liked them, even as a small child. Plus there’s that noise. Mind you the few where I grew up were rotting on driveways , as cast off daily drivers waiting to be scrapped. At university in Leeds there were about 5 that were used by students, including a girl i unsuccessfully tried to chat up, who had a peat brown one.

I had a few once I was able to run a car. Always fun, and over time the good and not so good ones informed be of my ideal age and spec, and in particular where they like to dissolve.

So I like the 4 doors. I like the later engines, but I also like clap hands wipers and if possible an original old style reg. SO unless it’s a modded one, your looking about 62-64ish. Moon on a stick.

Anyway one came up in Cornwall, in basically my ideal spec. It’s a ‘63 and a deluxe - I think- as it has a heater (!) The luxury! 
 

Anyway here it is; I bought it off a lovely elderly couple who took a shine to me as their son and I share the same first name…

I felt like I was buying a family pet

[High Jetter]

Looks PURfect, well bought!

[HMC]

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

Looks PURfect, well bought!

[LightBulbFun]

10 minutes ago, HMC said:

Where to begin? 

I’ve always liked them, even as a small child. Plus there’s that noise. Mind you the few where I grew up were rotting on driveways , as cast off daily drivers waiting to be scrapped. At university in Leeds there were about 5 that were used by students, including a girl i unsuccessfully tried to chat up, who had a peat brown one.

I had a few once I was able to run a car. Always fun, and over time the good and not so good ones informed be of my ideal age and spec, and in particular where they like to dissolve.

So I like the 4 doors. I like the later engines, but I also like clap hands wipers and if possible an original old style reg. SO unless it’s a modded one, your looking about 62-64ish. Moon on a stick.

Anyway one came up in Cornwall, in basically my ideal spec. It’s a ‘63 and a deluxe - I think- as it has a heater (!) The luxury! 
 

Anyway here it is; I bought it off a lovely elderly couple who took a shine to me as their son and I share the same first name…

I felt like I was buying a family pet

thats a lovely Morris Minor! I am looking forward to seeing more of it  

also a very appropriate registration mark for well a Moggie  

[Twiggy]

Brilliant wee motor !

[Cookiesouwest]

Thats lovely. Well bought.

[hairnet]

cat looks impressed lmao

looks good

trying desperately to forget the other one for sale on here as its 15 miles away...........

 

[BorniteIdentity]

That’s a corker. Well bloody done man. I think they’re fab and, if I didn’t have a Mini, would definitely have bought one by now. Great work!

[schonker]

Thats looks great.I followed one last week, when I was on my bike and I smiled every time it changed gear.That exhaust note is just amazing.Enjoy it and keep us updated

[Marm Toastsmith]

ooh.

[SiC]

2 hours ago, HMC said:

So I like the 4 doors. I like the later engines, but I also like clap hands wipers and if possible an original old style reg. SO unless it’s a modded one, your looking about 62-64ish. Moon on a stick.

I prefer 2drs as more rigid and just like the look of them more. Apparently easier to get in and out of too. Not that particular bothers me and probably not you.

However if you ever want a solid 1957 (...1962) clap hand wiper with a lightly tuned 1275, front front discs and a particularly interesting number plate, I may eventually sell mine... 😉

(Paint is comically shit though)

[Split_Pin]

That's lovely that is. I've been a fan of Minors since the late 1980s when I got Paul Skilleter's book on them and a Corgi Classics model.

[wuvvum]

Ooh, 1098cc and clap hand wipers - that is a rare combination.  Nicely bought!

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Wow! That looks lovely - I'm surprised I've never seen it trundling around Cornwall though. Maybe it was a fair weather car!

I still have very fond memories of my old 1969 2 door in trafalgar blue. Brilliant cars, bags of character and ultra reliable. Well bought!

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, schonker said:

Thats looks great.I followed one last week, when I was on my bike and I smiled every time it changed gear.That exhaust note is just amazing.Enjoy it and keep us updated

Parp!

[skoda_fan]

I ran a B reg one for a while just to see what all the fuss is about. Features included:

No means of closing the doors from inside apart from a strap that feels like it's going to come off in your hand. Steering wheel far too big and flimsy. Hefty over-engineered bonnet that belies the weedy motor inside. Handbrake that feels like a bit of copper piping. Boiling hot in summer, like sitting in a sweaty tin can. Feels like it'll shake to pieces at anything over 50. Really primitive rear suspension that amplifies every bump. Mine had the special feature of a horn that would come on and stay on for no apparent reason so I disconnected it. Etc etc...

So would I have another...you bet I would! Well bought sir. It looks lovely.

[HMC]

I’m having a bit of a revisit of first loves. The minor was one, and I’ve got my radar out for others. I’m having a bit of a reminisce about cars I lusted after in my teens. I did like the idea of a TVR cerebra, but a bigger part of me wanted an Austin Somerset, an a60 Cambridge or maybe a bmc 1100/1300 or triumph vitesse.

As I’m wired up differently I joined the triumph sport six club aged 14 for a year, and asked rimmer bros for a herald/ vitesse catalogue (by phone in those pre www days) and feel I’m gravitating back to 50/60s porridge. Porridge is highly nutritious dontya know!