clayts450 5,872 Report post Posted January 13 As njgleeds notes, it's wet, it's cold, it's January, ergo perfect collection weather. Whereas he's going cross country to goodness knows where, mine involves a lot of walking and a short hop on the tram, so nowhere near as exciting. And I even get to stay in Notts, so no jabs necessary. Hopefully I can share some snaps of rammel with you as I walk through the Hucknall heartland. As I've been up hours, no breakfast shot for your criticism, but it was nary a bowl of flakes of corn, encrusted with nuts and honey, and splashed with cow juice - not aesthetically pleasing to the eye at all. Right, essential equipment loaded up, I'm off in five minutes.... 12 mrbenn, Aston Martin, scdan4 and 9 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tadhg Tiogar 5,484 Report post Posted January 13 ....Hucknall heartland........Let me guess what colour it is. Simply red? 6 HillmanImp, ProgRocker, Momentary Lapse Of Reason and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clayts450 5,872 Report post Posted January 13 Ah, I see what you did there. No, it's a green car. Proper green not dayglow. Seller picking me up so next shot will be said wagon. Most boring collection evah 2 Jim Bell and Cavcraft reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cavcraft 87,239 Report post Posted January 13 Good luck M8! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clayts450 5,872 Report post Posted January 13 Clue 3 tooSavvy, Jim Bell and Cavcraft reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clayts450 5,872 Report post Posted January 13 More soon 27 Supernaut, Skizzer, wuvvum and 24 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinsMom 13,196 Report post Posted January 13 god speed hearty traveller! and brave too, going to Hucknall..... though the Rover 620 more than makes up for it. 1 clayts450 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paulscavalier 682 Report post Posted January 13 Liking it already 1 clayts450 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clayts450 5,872 Report post Posted January 13 Wow what a car Got home without incident. Full report to follow. Gotta do the weekly supermarket sweep now. Damn you domestic chores 2 Cavcraft and Split_Pin reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davehedgehog31 3,857 Report post Posted January 13 YES! 1 oldcars reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scaryoldcortina 8,427 Report post Posted January 13 3 clayts450, beko1987 and MorrisItalSLX reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flat4 465 Report post Posted January 13 Knew it was gonna be a Rover! 1 clayts450 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clayts450 5,872 Report post Posted January 13 So, chores done, Sunday dinner eaten, what does £230 of yer poundmonies get yer ? A car for someone like this, clearly, as it angers up the blood: So it's a Ronda, 2.0 lumpage with giffermatic. [adenoids]Did you know the base spec 620i only had a mere 115 horsage, whereas the Si, Sli and GSi had the slighty beefier 135 pony version[/adenoids]. Luckily the extra S on the rear means I get the meaty* lump I didn't realise just how low and swoopy the 600 series is - barely got the car in frame and was being attacked by my hedge whilst taking this shot: The paintwork is impeccable, hardly surprising as it had a £2,500 respray just over a year ago. £2,500 = eight chodwagons at least. Nothing sinister with the respray at all - the deceased giffer's missus simply caught one tiny panel with her handbag and giffer went loco, apparently, and spent huge cash as a result. The car truly was his P&J and never wanted for anything. The benefit of this means, (a) no rusty wheel arches and ( 2) all the windows have been sorted (well known fault of windows falling off sliders etc) Right let's get inside.... 30 Skizzer, Lord Sterling, Six-cylinder and 27 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clayts450 5,872 Report post Posted January 13 Beige velour - not a hint of wood as this is not an SLi. Shame. I might upspec it if possible, like wood me: I win car mat of the year, hands down - this luxury* is repeated rearwards too: Even comes with an cushion too for added luxury* Giffermatic. Wow that looks dull. Hang on a minute what's that lurking under the main knob - only a bleedin' Sports button innit for TLGP take off. Yessir Mileage - read it and weep. In its latter years this was a supermarket trolley to 'ucknall Tesco and back, no more. Came with half a tank of petrol as well for added bonus points Old skool and thus proper ICE. Where did I leave those NOW That's what I call Chartshite tapes ? I'm hoping this may be one of the units which masquerades silently as a CD head unit as well, more enquiries to follow 29 The Old Bloke Next Door, scdan4, somewhatfoolish and 26 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinsMom 13,196 Report post Posted January 13 is the engine in this Rover's T16, or is it a Honda engine? well bought either way, it look lush. and i love them floor mats....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clayts450 5,872 Report post Posted January 13 So, £230 what's the catch ? Well, it has a MOT friendly* battery clamp And it left me a little present on the road which'll need looking at But the main issue is the lack of power steering due to a leak - luckily I have arms like Popeye (no I don't) so whilst it is driveable I need to investigate further - here's hoping it's nothing more than a dodgy hose/bottle, but knowing my luck it'll be a fucked pump And there is some minor interior damage too. True story, giffer used to glue a tin of well known sweets to the dashboard, so it has left its mark. Bit of nail polish remover will have that away. The sweets. Werthers. Of course. 18 Dave_Q, w00dy, Skizzer and 15 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timolloyd 996 Report post Posted January 13 Nice! Are those alloys or trimz? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clayts450 5,872 Report post Posted January 13 Sadly a lot of the service history had gone for a burton (widow has Alzheimer's sadly) so is an element of cambelt roulette here, but it does come with the original bookpack in a proper Rover leather wallet, plus amazingly two keys and the IR alarm plipper. And even the radio code. It appears the work needed from the last MoT (advisories) was actually all done in March 2018 which is a bonus. Giffer RIP-ed in October. £230 ? Awesome. I am a thrusting middle manager AICMFP 9 Cavcraft, Skizzer, Jim Bell and 6 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clayts450 5,872 Report post Posted January 13 Nice! Are those alloys or trimz? Trimz, steel wheelz for the paupers. Even come with cable ties for added 90s-thicity 3 beko1987, oldcars and Bamboocarman reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aston Martin 5,381 Report post Posted January 13 Who spends £2500 respraying this? 2 D Spares & Tyres and tooSavvy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clayts450 5,872 Report post Posted January 13 is the engine in this Rover's T16, or is it a Honda engine? well bought either way, it look lush. and i love them floor mats....... Honda - my first Ronda. Ghosty approved Yes, ideally I would have preferred the 197bhp monster, the 620ti, but this'll do for now 3 MarvinsMom, tooSavvy and Ghosty reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tooSavvy 6,095 Report post Posted January 13 .... You couldn't find a complaint in that if it fell on yer bloody edd!! Well scooped [thumbup] 1 clayts450 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bub2006 8,320 Report post Posted January 13 I've a friend who lives in Hucknall. I know the area too,very classy* and respectable*. I'm surprised they didn't have the wicker Man out on the playing field. Anyway,top looking motor. 1 clayts450 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paulscavalier 682 Report post Posted January 13 Very nice indeed 1 clayts450 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrbenn 2,475 Report post Posted January 13 Lovely. I knew a chap that had a few of these and main thing I remember is how well they seemed to waft along. 1 clayts450 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghosty 12,921 Report post Posted January 13 is the engine in this Rover's T16, or is it a Honda engine? well bought either way, it look lush. and i love them floor mats.......It's an auto, so Honda F-Series. 1 clayts450 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bren 11,347 Report post Posted January 13 We had a 620i which was identical to yours - ours did'nt have the ben hur wheel trims yours has. I think by this age the rust trap on the rear arch / quarter panel had been cured. Ours was L reg (Jan 94) so a very early one. They are a good car hampered by poor parts availability now. 1 clayts450 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pillock 27,674 Report post Posted January 13 no jabs necessary.[...]Hucknall LIES. 1 clayts450 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghosty 12,921 Report post Posted January 13 Ours was L reg (Jan 94) so a very early one. They are a good car hampered by poor parts availability now. Bodily I'm guessing? Engine is a piece of piss to get parts for. 1 clayts450 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isaac Hunt 708 Report post Posted January 13 Ooooph, they are a good car are these. Play DOH reg indicates that the PO Chrisehd this as £2.5k on a full repaint means it was either a pukka job or someone see him coming. 1 clayts450 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
