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[Jay w]

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I know they rusted faster than they wen, but god do they sound nice

[Mr Skrunts]

Once drove a 2.6, and was taken out in a 3.5.  The 3.5 was wicked, would have been arround 1986/7

[VXL V6]

Same colour as the one I had, though mine wasn't a Vitesse  

[FRE07962128]

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I know they rusted faster than they wen, but god do they sound nice

....and I believe they spent more time on the hard shoulder or in garages than running!  

[VXL V6]

It's called 'Character'

[Ken T]

A 24year old Rover with no rust ?. OK, he may have kept the outside in good nick, but how about the inside of the sills and the various box sections ?. My Dad had one, eh a few years ago !, bore a remarkable resemblance to something Italian ?.

Ken

[markomega25]

I wanted one of these 20 years ago, but on reflection i think the earlier P5 (3.5 - v8) was a better bet.

The P5 had easily replaceable wings, (bolt on all round) and was as fast - if kept in tune - as a golf gti of it's day. Problem was keeping the distributors and carbs (yes carb) in sync if i re-call. could go off tune quite quickly.

But lovely leather seats, proper reserve tank (with a switch) and looked good too!

ok not so much cudos as a jag, but these were police persuit "vehicles" at the time!

[Vamps]

I wanted one of these 20 years ago, but on reflection i think the earlier P5 (3.5 - v8) was a better bet.

The P5 had easily replaceable wings, (bolt on all round) and was as fast - if kept in tune - as a golf gti of it's day. Problem was keeping the distributors and carbs (yes carb) in sync if i re-call. could go off tune quite quickly.
But lovely leather seats, proper reserve tank (with a switch) and looked good too!

ok not so much cudos as a jag, but these were police persuit "vehicles" at the time!

Think you mean the P6B the P5 was never fast with either engine.

[Darth Loo-knee]

I used to love those, still think they look nice now actually....
Like said I too think they have character

[Marks DTM Calib]

The S(A)D1 could have been a good car.....if they had bothered to put a proper suspension setup on it, particularly the rear!

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

my old dad had one of the first SD1 .It was 1976 on a P plate.
Sounded epic, looked great, fell apart.

[dbug]

1984 car with only 79187 on the clock!!!  Remarkable condition from the photos.

Unfortunately don't think it will go for nearly £4K

[waspy]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROVER-VITESSE-V8-SD1_W0QQitemZ110277398004QQcmdZViewItem
I know they rusted faster than they wen, but god do they sound nice

....and I believe they spent more time on the hard shoulder or in garages than running!  

Wrong, so very wrong.
Owned countless SD1's & never had any bother with any off them.
2.4SDTurbo. 2.6. MKI & MKII V8's.
Until you experienced, don't judge

[Pete Wright]

I had a Midas Gold 3500 from 1979, this had the Rimmer Bros straight through stainless steel exhaust. It sounded MEGA, V8 cry at full volume. Mechanically it was great but the bodywork was just like many other 70's cars... water soluble!

Then bought a 3500 Vanden Plas (series 1) a rare car with connolly leather, air con, cruise control and a Digital tune stereo radio cassette which for 1981 was a pretty impressive spec list! This was a great car and far from rusty, def no worse than any other early 80's car but with that V8 soundtrack it was a wonderful vehicle. It even returned around 26 to 28mpg on a run.

Loved the cars and the engines, what a car!

[Taxi_Driver]

I used to have a 2.3 SD1.......bought it £400..

Took me 2 weeks to destroy the engine