Death of a Longship

[Motown]

The 827 Fastback was collected by the insurance company and its replacement arrived this week

Rover SD1 Vanden Plas

 

 

I previously owned this car some of you may remember me putting it up for sale on here. I bought it as a non runner from a wet field in Cornwall back in 2019 I restored it and used it daily right up until the week i sold it in December 2022. During my ownership i pretty much did everything on it but i simply couldn't afford the respray at the time and it went for a criminally cheap sum of money.

I actually tracked the car down and purchased it from the guy who bought it from the place i sold it too back in 2022. Its done less than 1k miles since and has been freshly resprayed in silver leaf (Its original colour) 

 

 

The front door cards are a little knackered but beyond that she's a peach! I feel blessed to have it back

[Rightnider]

Beautiful! 

[Peter C]

10/10

[High Jetter]

8 hours ago, Motown said:

The 827 Fastback was collected by the insurance company and its replacement arrived this week

Rover SD1 Vanden Plas

 

 

I previously owned this car some of you may remember me putting it up for sale on here. I bought it as a non runner from a wet field in Cornwall back in 2019 I restored it and used it daily right up until the week i sold it in December 2022. During my ownership i pretty much did everything on it but i simply couldn't afford the respray at the time and it went for a criminally cheap sum of money.

I actually tracked the car down and purchased it from the guy who bought it from the place i sold it too back in 2022. Its done less than 1k miles since and has been freshly resprayed in silver leaf (Its original colour) 

 

 

The front door cards are a little knackered but beyond that she's a peach! I feel blessed to have it back

That is fit.

[AnthonyG]

Lovely, and the design predecessor of the 827 Fastback as well.

A D plate is a late registration for an SD1, I’m assuming they didn’t make these in parallel with the early 800s? 

[Knotty Ash Towers]

12 hours ago, AnthonyG said:

Lovely, and the design predecessor of the 827 Fastback as well.

A D plate is a late registration for an SD1, I’m assuming they didn’t make these in parallel with the early 800s? 

There may have been a slight overlap, as there were quite a few  E-reg SD1s. Mind you, the Met had some F & G-reg SD1s, which they must have stockpiled.

[Motown]

On 24/09/2025 at 15:09, Rightnider said:

Beautiful! 

Thank you the car looks good too 

[Motown]

On 24/09/2025 at 23:01, High Jetter said:

That is fit.

The car is like my wife.... Old makes alot of noise and has a huge rear end! 

[Motown]

21 hours ago, AnthonyG said:

Lovely, and the design predecessor of the 827 Fastback as well.

A D plate is a late registration for an SD1, I’m assuming they didn’t make these in parallel with the early 800s? 

Slight overlap as already mentioned. They definitely shared a space under a roof together for a short period! 

Id imagine as the first 800 saloons were going on the last SD1s were coming off. 

[EyesWeldedShut]

21 hours ago, AnthonyG said:

A D plate is a late registration for an SD1, I’m assuming they didn’t make these in parallel with the early 800s? 

The Met had some late reg'd ones  - they were still coming via our  workshops from God knows which storage warehouse/airfield - 1987 I drove a 'new'ly prepared 2600 Vanden Plas that had been blue from the factory - quick blowover in white, stick on some jam sandwich stripes and, hey, presto - cheap plod car.
From ten feet,
It was still blue under the bonnet and around the door hinges - that one was maybe be on an F plate, more likely an E.
827s were already in use by Traffic Police but we continued with the SD1 (and some other stuff) until about 1988/89 when the Sierra 2.0 was finally opted for as the SD1 2600S/VP replacement.