Oldest-known Rover SD1 headed to auction

mb1725 · 15-01-2014 8:24pm #1

The oldest-known Rover SD1, chassis number 5, is scheduled to be auctioned on February 16th.
rover-sd-1-auction-1.jpg?w=400&h=300

http://ranwhenparked.net/2014/01/09/oldest-known-rover-sd1-headed-to-auction/

Imagine the purists if it ends up with a ZV plate!

carchaeologist · 15-01-2014 11:21pm

Nice. Hopefully goes to a good home.

mike65 · 15-01-2014 11:23pm

Such a pity they weren't made as well as they were designed.

Capri · 16-01-2014 12:02am

Had a few, 3500, 3500S but never a Vitesse

http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/harrythehat/758668.jpg

mb1725 · 16-01-2014 12:24pm

Vitesse is nice, anyone here running an SD1 now?

ba_barabus · 16-01-2014 12:42pm

I had one. The only car I regretted selling

ba_barabus · 16-01-2014 12:44pm

Also the really sad thing about that SD1 is that most of it's unique features were cut away and discarded during it's restoration. A real shame as I understand they were perfectly salvageable.

mb1725 · 16-01-2014 2:11pm

I'm kinda tempted by the rumble of a V8, must be mid life crisis creeping up!

jimgoose · 16-01-2014 3:29pm

Friend of my father's had one of them in the early '80s. IIRC it nearly drove him nuts with problems, until he chopped it in for a Mk. II Granada 2.3. Anyone else love the name of the town, "Shepton Mallet"??

The Big Red Fella · 17-01-2014 12:36am

love the sd1

carchaeologist · 17-01-2014 1:14am

ba_barabus wrote: »

Also the really sad thing about that SD1 is that most of it's unique features were cut away and discarded during it's restoration. A real shame as I understand they were perfectly salvageable.

Well, that was stupid, what were those features?

ba_barabus · 17-01-2014 9:54pm

carchaeologist wrote: »

Well, that was stupid, what were those features?

There were many details to the interior that we're specific it the development car and as I recall it originally had a central exhaust with a boot floor to accommodate it. Sadly it was all removed and binned.

sawdoubters · 17-01-2014 9:57pm

1904 is oldest rover

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_(marque)

sd1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_SD1

Capri · 17-01-2014 11:22pm

sawdoubters wrote: »

1904 is oldest rover

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_(marque)

sd1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_SD1

The original title WAS ' Oldest-known Rover SD1 headed to auction '

There were many details to the interior that we're specific it the development car and as I recall it originally had a central exhaust with a boot floor to accommodate it

Wonder would the lack of same devalue it - not that I'd buy anything other than a Vitesse :cool:

carchaeologist · 18-01-2014 1:52am

ba_barabus wrote: »

There were many details to the interior that we're specific it the development car and as I recall it originally had a central exhaust with a boot floor to accommodate it. Sadly it was all removed and binned.

Well then. That wasnt very smart was it!
It's only original the once....

quattro777 · 18-01-2014 11:12am

Taken from the SD1 forum.

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]"The car was in a really rough state (11 owners and a shot engine) when he bought it with holes everywhere. If it had been any other SD1 it would have been scrapped without a doubt. Sadly though not much of the original car is left and the various owners since (one a complete wally from Birmingham who bought a 16000 mile 2600 PLUS Keith Adams Top Gear car KYF and broke them both for a few trim pieces for JYF, which he then sold!) have fitted wrong wheels and other bits. From memory it had new front and rear panels and inner wings, sills, etc etc (triggers broom!)"[/FONT]

http://www.roversd1club.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11605