LWB 75 Left Hand Drive Wanted

[Mr Edd]

Is there any LWB 75's with Left Hand Drive?

I know someone who wants one in the USA. Dunno Why?

Must be Auto - 2.5L or Diesel In reasonable condition.

Edd

[Canonite]

Originally Posted by Mr Edd

Is there any LWB 75's with Left Hand Drive?

I know someone who wants one in the USA. Dunno Why?

Must be Auto - 2.5L or Diesel In reasonable condition.

Edd

Weren't they all 2.5 anyway? Seems an odd request. Out of the 80-100 made, how many were actually LHD?

[terreneuve]

Even if you could find one it would have to be 25 years old to be legally imported into the USA

[Rabett_Rover]

Originally Posted by Canonite

Weren't they all 2.5 anyway? Seems an odd request. Out of the 80-100 made, how many were actually LHD?

Nope, the Vanden Plas / LWB was available with either the 2.5 Litre KV6 or the 2.0 M47R Diesel. There is / was a prototype with a V8 in it, however I believe this has since been crushed. There are a few LHD ones, as I seem to remember Reebs posting some rather lovely pics of a Dark Fantasy one.

[trikey]

Originally Posted by Rabett_Rover

There is / was a prototype with a V8 in it, however I believe this has since been crushed. .

Nooo.

I hate it when rare ones get destroyed!

[Rabett_Rover]

Originally Posted by trikey

Nooo.

I hate it when rare ones get destroyed!

SMC in Slough tried to buy it just after the MGR collapse and the administrators said no, I saw it up close at Longbridge when I visited the site in summer 09 and I believe it lasted about a year after that. Although I did read somewhere that someone thought they saw it running about with the reg. MG04 NAC on it.

[Mr Edd]

A friend in the US has a body shop where they restore classics. I think this was a request to see if there is one available, Looks like it maybe a long-shot.

Apparently they just took delivery of a Bentley they are restoring with only 25K on the clock.

I have seen some pictures of some really fantastic work of there's so they are not a back street bunch. My guess some Englishman over there fancies a LWB 75.

If they are cheap enough it could be a goer.

Edd

[Rover Raver]

Originally Posted by Rabett_Rover

Nope, the Vanden Plas / LWB was available with either the 2.5 Litre KV6 or the 2.0 M47R Diesel. There is / was a prototype with a V8 in it, however I believe this has since been crushed. There are a few LHD ones, as I seem to remember Reebs posting some rather lovely pics of a Dark Fantasy one.

The 75 Vanden Plas was completed by MacNeillie & Sons Ltd and was officially offered with just the 2.5-litre KV6 engine. They completed the last examples of the 4-door long-wheelbase Vanden Plas in Spring 2004. Conversion of the hearse and six-door limousine built on a longer wheelbase platform continued, however.

When the long-wheelbase 75 was then produced at Longbridge from the late spring of 2004 and marketed as the Limousine, it was offered with either the 2.5-litre engine or 2-litre M47R turbo-diesel engine.

[Ragman]

V8 was indeed destroyed