2.5 v6 with only 9k on the clock

Yorkshire GOC · 25th June 2024, 20:24

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226209005...Bk9SR5DzzZCKZA

A rare beast only 8.8k on the clock

Rogue · 25th June 2024, 20:52

Looks nice but a Cat C write off at some point which prob explains the bumper / offside wing not lining up very well.

EELightning · 25th June 2024, 21:07

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Originally Posted by Rogue

Looks nice but a Cat C write off at some point which prob explains the bumper / offside wing not lining up very well.

Pretty sure that's just because it's a facelift.

Rogue · 25th June 2024, 21:48

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Originally Posted by EELightning

Pretty sure that's just because it's a facelift.

Nah if you look it's definately not sitting correctly on the offside front especially compared to the nearside however it's prob not much of a big deal to get it right. Other than that it looks nice.
I'm prob nitpicking a bit but it is up for top dollar.

VVC-Geeza · 25th June 2024, 22:31

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Originally Posted by EELightning

Pretty sure that's just because it's a facelift.

Why does it being a facelift have to do with anything?

DJO · 26th June 2024, 07:41

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Originally Posted by VVC-Geeza

Why does it being a facelift have to do with anything?

I believe that the front bumpers never looked liked they fitted properly (or at least as well as original), larger then expected shut lines and alignment issues, compared the better fitting originals.

VVC-Geeza · 26th June 2024, 09:22

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Originally Posted by DJO

I believe that the front bumpers never looked liked they fitted properly (or at least as well as original), larger then expected shut lines and alignment issues, compared the better fitting originals.

First I've heard of it after 15 years of ownership.Sounds like one or two need an eye test.It doesn't seem to stop people paying a fortune for an original MK2 premium bumper.

Rogue · 26th June 2024, 10:34

I think i have seen as many Mk1 bumpers that shut lines do not line up perfectly (droop) as i have Mk2's however that was not what i was commenting about specifically as the offside bumper where it meets at the top near the bonnet appears to be depressed in a bit rather than just vertically misaligned sufficiently that the wing is casting a shadow on the bumper.

SD1too · 26th June 2024, 12:01

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Originally Posted by Rogue

... the offside bumper where it meets at the top near the bonnet appears to be depressed in a bit ... the wing is casting a shadow on the bumper.

The gap between the bumper and the wing adjacent to the headlamp is too wide. If you follow that shut line towards the wheel the gap is virtually non-existent at the curve towards the horizontal.

It seems that this is almost without question a result of the OSF repair which was carried out to not quite such a high professional standard as the seller believes.

Other than that, it's a very nice Rover 75 indeed.

Simon

P.S. The seller is Force Tuning Ltd. in Leominster. It's website says it is an 75/ZT specialist and it has a T4.

VVC-Geeza · 26th June 2024, 15:54

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Originally Posted by SD1too

The gap between the bumper and the wing adjacent to the headlamp is too wide. If you follow that shut line towards the wheel the gap is virtually non-existent at the curve towards the horizontal.

It seems that this is almost without question a result of the OSF repair which was carried out to not quite such a high professional standard as the seller believes.

Other than that, it's a very nice Rover 75 indeed.

Simon

I guarantee it wouldn't have left the factory like that Simon as implied in the earlier cheap dig.

25th June 2024, 20:24	#1
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Rogue I really should get out more....... 75 CDT SE 160 Saloon Join Date: May 2017 Location: Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich Posts: 2,738 Thanks: 1,386 Thanked 1,096 Times in 774 Posts	Looks nice but a Cat C write off at some point which prob explains the bumper / offside wing not lining up very well. __________________ Glutton for punishment --- Previously ... 2.6 SD1 x 2, 3.5 SD1, 820S, 820Si x2, 216 Gsi, 220T saloon, 414, 45 1.4 x2 and now a Cowley 75 CDT

26th June 2024, 10:34	#8
Rogue I really should get out more....... 75 CDT SE 160 Saloon Join Date: May 2017 Location: Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich Posts: 2,738 Thanks: 1,386 Thanked 1,096 Times in 774 Posts	I think i have seen as many Mk1 bumpers that shut lines do not line up perfectly (droop) as i have Mk2's however that was not what i was commenting about specifically as the offside bumper where it meets at the top near the bonnet appears to be depressed in a bit rather than just vertically misaligned sufficiently that the wing is casting a shadow on the bumper. __________________ Glutton for punishment --- Previously ... 2.6 SD1 x 2, 3.5 SD1, 820S, 820Si x2, 216 Gsi, 220T saloon, 414, 45 1.4 x2 and now a Cowley 75 CDT Last edited by Rogue; 26th June 2024 at 10:37..