Project Rover 218D. - - - No further updates.

[DoctorRetro]

 

No food yet, will deal with that later. 

 

[DoctorRetro]

[DoctorRetro]

Missed a stop so had to rethink my route. Managed to figure it out so I still arrive on time. Phew.

[DoctorRetro]

In case anyone was panicking, I'm fine. Phone ran out of battery.

 

[320touring]

Called it:)

 

Looks good - well done!

[Lord Sterling]

! I really really want an R8 200 at some point soon.

[DoctorRetro]

It's dog rough,but goes like a train.

Feels like 200k! But MoT'd until Jan 2020, so all good. 

 

It probably won't stay long, you know me. 

 

It would be £3.50 per ticket.

[DoctorRetro]

Just wondering, does this count as a 'Base'?

Keep fit windows, no central locking, no sunroof, and worst of all.... no wood inlays in the dash or doors! 

[Bulowski]

Yeah I think that's the base model. Don't think I've ever seen one without bits of tree in it!

[castros_bro]

Oooooooooooooooo it's got a towbar  !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lord Sterling]

  On 01/04/2019 at 20:12, TheDoctor said:

It's dog rough,but goes like a train.

Feels like 200k! But MoT'd until Jan 2020, so all good. 

 

It probably won't stay long, you know me. 

 

It would be £3.50 per ticket.

Very, very interesting. Whats the MPG like?

[Amishtat]

God that looks rough as arseholes.. Well bought!

[Doctormop]

Well bought and not much to go wrong;

I thought my 214i with plastic tree on the dash but not doors and a sunroof was pretty base spec;

Obviously I was mistaken, Good luck with the sack cloth and ashes.

[Jim Bell]

That looks like standing on a plug and then falling over onto a bucket of plugs.

[DoctorRetro]

  On 01/04/2019 at 21:38, castros_bro said:

Oooooooooooooooo it's got a towbar  !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where did you find that picture? 

[vulgalour]

  On 01/04/2019 at 20:09, Lord Sterling said:

! I really really want a two-tone red and white R8 400 with gold alloys at some point soon.

 

Ah, a man of discerning taste.  Now, if you'd just like to step this way...

[Schaefft]

  On 01/04/2019 at 21:49, TheDoctor said:

Where did you find that picture? 

http://autoshite.com/topic/25262-xud-rover-%C2%A3350/

 

Love the fact that google now is able to read text in images.

[DoctorRetro]

First little teaser of the horrors to be revealed...

 

[purplebargeken]

Dizzler, told ya lol

 

Looks fucking woeful, excellent buyage.

[DoctorRetro]

  On 02/04/2019 at 06:07, purplebargeken said:

Dizzler, told ya lol

 

Looks fucking woeful, excellent buyage.

 

Needs a bloody good clean inside. Off to the local Eastern European car wash later. 

[Sir Snipes]

Is it for sale yet?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How about now?

[catsinthewelder]

  On 01/04/2019 at 21:20, TheDoctor said:

Just wondering, does this count as a 'Base'?

Keep fit windows, no central locking, no sunroof, and worst of all.... no wood inlays in the dash or doors! 

 

Sounds like it deserves a Morris badge

 

Top purchasing,  R8s are GR8 I wish mine wasn't knackered.

[BeEP]

Yes, the 218D was the most basic model.  It equates the the 214i (which succeeded the carburettored plain 214).

 

SD = Si (and has bits of wood)

 

SLD = SLi

 

Here's the 218D I owned for a while last year

 

 

 

[DoctorRetro]

  On 02/04/2019 at 06:14, Snipes said:

Is it for sale yet?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How about now?

 

 

I do have to make a choice, as I was sort of planning on 'crayoning' this one for Retro Rides this summer. 

 

But if anyone wants to convince me otherwise, either cross my palm with £250ish or shush.

 

[Stanky]

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Crayoning

 

I should hope you'll want less for it after you've finished crayoning?

 

I'm not judging you, each to their own

[DoctorRetro]

Ha ha, I didn't know of that definition! 

 

Although in some people's eyes, modifying a car is the same thing  

[ProgRocker]

There was or is one of these on eBay in North Yorkshire - £1,200 or thereabouts. Piqued my interest anyway.

 

Top bombing though.

[DoctorRetro]

Pic dump

 

[davehedgehog31]

Spectacular.

[jollysmart]

  On 02/04/2019 at 08:59, ProgRocker said:

There was or is one of these on eBay in North Yorkshire - £1,200 or thereabouts. Piqued my interest anyway.

 

Top bombing though.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-218-1-9D-SD-5-door-hatchback/254020611536?hash=item3b24ceedd0:g:aUUAAOSwNqRcDqCD

 

This one?