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Roverowner · 25th June 2010, 04:34

As original as pos. Don´t -tart it up- Remember that the neglect is also a part of it´s history. Just make sure it doesn´t get any worse. If it gets tarted up then you´ve lost the point. I´ve seen it doen so many times. Once you´ve sprayed it it´s changed and will look like every other well kept Arron White car. If the paintwork is really that bad then get it done so that the paint is as good as you can get and then maybe do the battenburg to make it really presentable and -stand out-. The Battenburg is a bit of it´s history.

This very basic car must be rare in it´s self. Of course was made as a luxury car but the main thing about the 75 is the shape. Then after that the -pipe and slipper- bit. It will have to be about 40 before it´s -worth- anything. My Volvo 144 from 67 is totally unmolested. 50 thousand miles and all the small scratches and a rust spot are there. Just the same as when the clock stopped in 1990 (when I bought it). The 140 club here thought I should tart it up with all the extras etc but that would have destroyed it´s character. (I left the club

) You can see that it´s totally original without looking too hard. People ask me if it´s been resprayed, and then you can see that it hasn´t. Time warp c:a 1970-75. Now that it´s 43 I´ve been offtered 4 times what I gave for it.

I´m going to keep my pre-prod -luxury- saloon as it is. Luckily no-one has mucked it about and there aren´t too many dings and no rust. VIN 1149, before OVP and probably the oldest LHD car

25th June 2010, 04:34	#17
Roverowner Retired CDTi Tourer 2005 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Linköping Posts: 5,023 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	As original as pos. Don´t -tart it up- Remember that the neglect is also a part of it´s history. Just make sure it doesn´t get any worse. If it gets tarted up then you´ve lost the point. I´ve seen it doen so many times. Once you´ve sprayed it it´s changed and will look like every other well kept Arron White car. If the paintwork is really that bad then get it done so that the paint is as good as you can get and then maybe do the battenburg to make it really presentable and -stand out-. The Battenburg is a bit of it´s history. This very basic car must be rare in it´s self. Of course was made as a luxury car but the main thing about the 75 is the shape. Then after that the -pipe and slipper- bit. It will have to be about 40 before it´s -worth- anything. My Volvo 144 from 67 is totally unmolested. 50 thousand miles and all the small scratches and a rust spot are there. Just the same as when the clock stopped in 1990 (when I bought it). The 140 club here thought I should tart it up with all the extras etc but that would have destroyed it´s character. (I left the club) You can see that it´s totally original without looking too hard. People ask me if it´s been resprayed, and then you can see that it hasn´t. Time warp c:a 1970-75. Now that it´s 43 I´ve been offtered 4 times what I gave for it. I´m going to keep my pre-prod -luxury- saloon as it is. Luckily no-one has mucked it about and there aren´t too many dings and no rust. VIN 1149, before OVP and probably the oldest LHD car Last edited by Roverowner; 17th August 2011 at 18:01..