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Old 10th December 2019, 14:06   #1
Ravinder
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after seven long years. I picked it back up from my friend last week and it runs quite nicely. Far from perfect but fully functional and time to enjoy it again even in winter!
I’ll be getting the primer painted soon to get it through winter and then a proper restoration will commence from next summer. It does feel so good to be driving it again. It feels and smells exactly how I last remember it! My baby.

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Old 10th December 2019, 21:16   #2
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This vehicle was the 9,196th ZT to run off the production line, out of 18,894
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This vehicle was the 871st ZT in XPower Grey (code: LEF) to be made out of 3,143 XPower Grey ZTs
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Old 11th December 2019, 00:05   #3
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Tahiti Blue

One simply cannot beat a nice XW, Rover made really nice cars when tied up with Honda

Nice one Rav, and thanks for sharing

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Old 11th December 2019, 09:25   #4
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Tahiti Blue

One simply cannot beat a nice XW, Rover made really nice cars when tied up with Honda

Nice one Rav, and thanks for sharing

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Rover 75 2.0 CDT Connoisseur SE 116 (160 remap)
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Old 11th December 2019, 21:48   #5
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Glad to hear you have it back Rav.I believe we are down to around 400 on the road currently with a similar number sorned.Good luck with the restoration
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Old 11th December 2019, 22:50   #6
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I failed to buy a lovely, and very original BRG T top a few years back. I called to say I was coming to see it on a frosty November evening, and they had warmed it up for me as I drove there, putting the front windscreen demister/ heater on full blast. This had split the windscreen horizontally near the bottom. They wouldn't drop the price from the £695 asking price and I walked away, on principle. Silly me! Nice to see there are still so many around, although a rare sight except at events.
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Old 14th December 2019, 02:52   #7
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Glad to hear you have it back Rav.I believe we are down to around 400 on the road currently with a similar number sorned.Good luck with the restoration
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I failed to buy a lovely, and very original BRG T top a few years back. I called to say I was coming to see it on a frosty November evening, and they had warmed it up for me as I drove there, putting the front windscreen demister/ heater on full blast. This had split the windscreen horizontally near the bottom. They wouldn't drop the price from the £695 asking price and I walked away, on principle. Silly me! Nice to see there are still so many around, although a rare sight except at events.
That sounds cheap as it is!
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Rover 75 2.0 CDT Connoisseur SE 116 (160 remap)
Royal Blue (JFM)

This vehicle was the 50,481st 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381
This vehicle was the 2,238th 75 CDT Connoisseur SE to be made out of 3,775
This vehicle was the 5,002nd 75 in Royal Blue (code: JFM) to be made out of 14,420 Royal Blue 75s
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Old 14th December 2019, 06:28   #8
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Good to see it back on the road, love the Addendums
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'Marmite' Possibly one of the most famous 75 tourers produced! left the production line as the last of only Three Rover 75 tourers produced in Trophy Yellow. 48 hours later Longbridge closed. The last sold ordered 75 Tourer. Paid for by the Phoenix Four and handed over by John Towers to the Warwickshire Northampton Air ambulance service as a Rapid Response vehicle
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Old 14th December 2019, 22:46   #9
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That sounds cheap as it is!
This would have been around 2008 or -9. Nobody wanted a used, non-classic Rover then. I've always been a sucker for unusual, inexpensive cars that no one else wants.
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