RFU rescues a Rover 620ti! Back on the road - new shocks and YOUTUBE FAMOUS*

[RoverFolkUs]

For those of you who *know* what it is, then don't spoil the surprise* 

But I've done a silly and bought another car

It breaks most rules in the book...

It's being delivered, the cost of which being close to the purchase price.. 

Sight unseen 

More tomorrow!

[Rustybullethole]

I like this story so far.

Well played.

[IronStar]

It surely is…isn’t it? Yes! YES! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

So glad for everyone involved, car included!

[GeordieInExile]

Rover 200 with homebrew electric conversion?

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 23/11/2024 at 18:39, IronStar said:

It surely is…isn’t it? Yes! YES! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

So glad for everyone involved, car included!

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Quiet at the back!

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 23/11/2024 at 18:40, GeordieInExile said:

Rover 200 with homebrew electric conversion?

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@twosmoke300 nearly referred me to my nearest mental health service with this purchase....

[AnnoyingPentium]

I won't tell, if it's what I think it is. Well done, rather you than me.

[IronStar]

  On 23/11/2024 at 18:41, RoverFolkUs said:

@twosmoke300 nearly referred me to my nearest mental health service with this purchase....

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I will refer you to the closest pub, because you are a legend!

[fatharris]

Give us a clue?

[High Jetter]

If my guess is right, you have my sympathies! 😁

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Good man. Great to see it have a chance, rather than be turned into kitchen appliances. 

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 23/11/2024 at 19:14, fatharris said:

Give us a clue?

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Hmmm, I'll keep it vague! 

Not very common in its day, and certainly a rare sight now

Probably tries to be an executive saloon more than a hot hatch

It's allegedly* knocking on the doors of 200bhp

[tooSavvy]

Moby Dick.... 🤔

👍

🚙💨

[Erebus]

Vel Satis?

[Coprolalia]

The powertrain by bollox?

[Sigmund Fraud]

T-series, turbo, Torsen ?

[RoverFolkUs]

The seller has just kindly updated with a picture of it's departure so the collection delivery is LIVE! 

Poo count - zero

Breakfast shot - forgot

[Rust Collector]

Hopefully it’s my cursed XM and I just don’t know about it.

[grogee]

Mazda Xedos? 

Can't wait. When's the big reveal? 

[Bren]

XK8?

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 24/11/2024 at 13:57, grogee said:

Mazda Xedos? 

Can't wait. When's the big reveal? 

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The mystery vehicle is on its way now! So depending on traffic and whether storm Bert decides to do me a favour and blow it away en-route then I'd expect sometime between 6-8pm

[RoverFolkUs]

Phone call received from driver, ETA 7pm

Poo count remains at zero.

[GeordieInExile]

🤔

[Dyslexic Viking]

It's quiet here, has he ended up in fetal position, crying over what he's bought?

[catsinthewelder]

  On 23/11/2024 at 22:15, Coprolalia said:

The powertrain by bollox?

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Yes, he can have that one!

[RoverFolkUs]

I don't think it would have taken a superintendent detective to work out what I've rescued! 

It is of course the one and only @fatharris Rover 620ti! 

Some 6.5 hours later it's made its journey from Cornwall to sunny* Sussex in one piece

Incidentally the recovery driver had been delivering a competition won Rover 45 with a 1.8 turbo swap down towards Cornwall with this being the perfect piece of the viking longship puzzle for the return journey! 

Initial impressions I couldn't be any happier, many thanks to @fatharris for his part co-ordinating the collection arrangements, @twosmoke300 for reducing his garage street cred and the recovery driver who probably ought to be on here! 

Perfect timing for me to sit down and peruse the extensive paperwork file and work out a plan to get it back on the road. 

[twosmoke300]

If @fatharrishas worked on it then there will be labels and pen marks everywhere 😂

 

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 24/11/2024 at 20:21, twosmoke300 said:

If @fatharrishas worked on it then there will be labels and pen marks everywhere 😂

 

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Who's owning up to that blowover on the N/S/R arch then 🤣🤣

[GeordieInExile]

  On 24/11/2024 at 20:29, RoverFolkUs said:

Who's owning up to that blowover on the N/S/R arch then 🤣🤣

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To be fair, that could be factory.

[fatharris]

  On 24/11/2024 at 20:29, RoverFolkUs said:

Who's owning up to that blowover on the N/S/R arch then

Must be a weird effect of the light as there's no over spray there, honest!