F1 drivers Rover 620i / racing at 24h of lemons

[St.Jude]

My dad used to wear Mandate, and I just have a feeling it’s smell like that.

[motorpunk]

The baton has now been passed from the UK half of the team to the American half. We are penniless bodgers with a misplaced faith in the mighty longship, they’re buying expensive suspension upgrades and managing the roll cage install. We are SO tight for time. And money. And skills. 

[High Jetter]

Keep.The.Faith 

[Matty]

2 hours ago, motorpunk said:

The baton has now been passed from the UK half of the team to the American half. We are penniless bodgers with a misplaced faith in the mighty longship, they’re buying expensive suspension upgrades and managing the roll cage install. We are SO tight for time. And money. And skills. 

It'll be right on the night. Best of luck pal, it'll be worth putting yourself throught this shit for the end result.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

Keep.The.Faith 

Disappointingly, that's not a W3W location. As you were...

[Lord Sterling]

Just interested to know. What happens to the 600 after the race is all sewn up? Will be be shipped back to blighty and sold on or something?

[motorpunk]

23 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

Just interested to know. What happens to the 600 after the race is all sewn up? Will be be shipped back to blighty and sold on or something?

It’ll stay in the states, probably at a mates house in Chicago where we may do some races in the MidWest in the future.

ps - ship docks in NYC today!

 

[motorpunk]

It’s there! 

[chaseracer]

This must be the ONLY Rover 600 in the US...

Surely?

[motorpunk]

7 hours ago, chaseracer said:

This must be the ONLY Rover 600 in the US...

Surely?

I thought so, there was a rumour of one in the MidWest somewhere, who knows? It’s so cool being that out of place.

[timolloyd]

A proper Englishman in New York.

[Matty]

1 hour ago, timolloyd said:

A proper Englishman in New York.

English man with a Japanese accent in New York. It's quite the global traveller!

[quicksilver]

Does Richard Truett (AROnline's US-based Rover botherer) know about this? Sounds like it'd be right up his street.

[somewhatfoolish]

10 hours ago, timolloyd said:

A proper Englishman in New York.

Not yet, it's in [screws up face for best Tony Soprano impression]noo joysey. They can get upset if you call it new york. Looks handy for Jersey Gardens mall, that's where I went when there doing ship shizz.

[motorpunk]

Car is now in a tent in the woods of New Hampshire behind the house of a doctor who is also one of our drivers. I am not making this up. Interior is just about all out and a man called Doug is going to stick a lemons-compliant cage in it. It’s also road legal in America now thanks to some administrative chicanery by a Brit mate in Chicago. Apparently they didn’t have Rover in their DVLA ‘puter over there so it’s registered as a Range Rover 620. And we intend to drive around America in it next month. Then race the bastard thing to death. WIP pic;

 

[Dave_Q]

All of them rappers talk about Rovers, presumably it's Yank shorthand for Range Rovers rather than the 214i being a status symbol in the 'hood, so on that basis I reckon you're all good.

[motorpunk]

6 minutes ago, Dave_Q said:

All of them rappers talk about Rovers, presumably it's Yank shorthand for Range Rovers rather than the 214i being a status symbol in the 'hood, so on that basis I reckon you're all good.

I like to think of some gangsta in a CityRover.

[Dave_Q]

Quote

Went from Looseys and buses to 50 cent sodas
And Novas to Hondas to Lexus to Rovers

[St.Jude]

11 minutes ago, Dave_Q said:

They see me rollin’… 

[MorrisItalSLX]

4 hours ago, St.Jude said:

They see me rollin’… 

They laughin’ 

[Conan]

If this thing manage to complete at least 50 laps I reckon it's an Index of Effluency contender. (Top prize!!!)

[motorpunk]

4 hours ago, Conan said:

If this thing manage to complete at least 50 laps I reckon it's an Index of Effluency contender. (Top prize!!!)

An IoE win would be amazing. I’ve sort of got a personal goal of one lap. It is so much work to get the thing to the race, and pass inspection, that just one lap would feel like a glorious win. I’m gently reminding the lads that this race is not a race, unlike the MX5 which we thrashed mercilessly last year, this heap needs to be nursed lap after lap, hare and tortoise style. 

[motorpunk]

Can’t post video here, but I have a glorious clip of our shite Rover driving around New Hampshire on UK plates. Rock and fucking roll! 

[rainagain]

13 minutes ago, motorpunk said:

Can’t post video here, but I have a glorious clip of our shite Rover driving around New Hampshire on UK plates. Rock and fucking roll! 

Stick it on YouTube and pop the link here? 

[motorpunk]

22 minutes ago, rainagain said:

Stick it on YouTube and pop the link here? 

I don’t really do YT, soz! Might stick it on insta.

[Westbay]

8 hours ago, motorpunk said:

I don’t really do YT, soz! Might stick it on insta.

I don't do Insta .... 😊

[St.Jude]

9 hours ago, motorpunk said:

I don’t really do YT, soz! Might stick it on insta.

 

56 minutes ago, Westbay said:

I don't do Insta .... 😊

DailyMotion is just looking at you two, weeping.

[somewhatfoolish]

The name is a problem, they might as well call it jobbyvision.

[motorpunk]

Lemons has a rule that if you get some famous motorsport person to endorse lemons then you get to ignore black flags, or something. Here’s F1 antihero Brian Henton, today, signing my team’s Lemons sticker. He’s a fantastic guy, I was so pleased to meet him.

 

[St.Jude]

That’s cool as fuck