Pre-facelift/ facelift cars.

Southern Star · 3rd April 2022, 18:01

A question admittedly more asked out of idle curiosity than anything else but would it be possible to turn a facelift Rover 75 into a pre-facelift version by bolting on a bumper and some headlights from an earlier car or are there structural or technical issues that would make this impractical/ impossible?

Has anyone ever done this?

75driver · 3rd April 2022, 18:14

Switching mk2 front bumper and headlights with mk 1 bumper and headlights is a straight swap. Totally doable.

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3rd April 2022, 18:16

Possibly, this one is showing a 2005 reg which is well into the facelift era. Unless it was registered really late?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-75-...-127635-2958-0

stevestrat · 3rd April 2022, 18:19

It is a straight swap, several have done it. Just stick mk2 to mk1 bumper in the search function above.

STUBIE · 3rd April 2022, 18:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bazzateer

Possibly, this one is showing a 2005 reg which is well into the facelift era. Unless it was registered really late?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-75-...-127635-2958-0

That was mine that was up for sale but now withdrawn. It is actually a 2002 car that came of the line to be sent to Mcnellies for the LWB conversion. It was not registered until Jan 2006 so must have been kicking around for a few years.

Stubie

4th April 2022, 18:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by STUBIE

That was mine that was up for sale but now withdrawn. It is actually a 2002 car that came of the line to be sent to Mcnellies for the LWB conversion. It was not registered until Jan 2006 so must have been kicking around for a few years.

Stubie

Registered late then. Maybe they took so long to do the conversion that by the time they finished MGR had gone bust and they struggled to get a buyer?

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Bazzateer Guest Posts: n/a	Possibly, this one is showing a 2005 reg which is well into the facelift era. Unless it was registered really late? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-75-...-127635-2958-0