1986 740GL For Slae - Page 8

GaryS40 · Jan 29th, 2015, 19:01

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Originally Posted by Prufrock

A Rover 800 saloon, sadly long gone.

Jon.

Great cars, before they started to dissolve!

I had a 620 for a while and it could keep up with my brother's brand new (at the time - 2000) Rover 75 V6!
Finally, it succumbed to the tin worm. Sad day. :-(

Gary

Prufrock · Jan 29th, 2015, 19:19

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Originally Posted by GaryS40

Great cars, before they started to dissolve!

I had a 620 for a while and it could keep up with my brother's brand new (at the time - 2000) Rover 75 V6!
Finally, it succumbed to the tin worm. Sad day. :-(

Gary

Interestingly (it was a 97) it had no rust at all, excellent paint too. Rover had the most modern paint shop in the auto industry at the time.

The car was left unused and too much (£s) was needed to put it back on the road - other cars had to take priority.

Jon.

P.S had an MGZT diesel until a truck wrote it off (MG was parked, I wasn't in it) !

volvo always · Jan 29th, 2015, 21:23

My dad had a rover vitesse 820 turbo saloon in green and from memory a nice car and quite quick with my dad driving!
He didn't have it long as a LHD lorry driver wrote it off after crashing into the cars nearside rear. It was mint before this and everything worked even the air con.

James

GaryS40 · Jan 29th, 2015, 22:24

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Originally Posted by volvo always

My dad had a rover vitesse 820 turbo saloon in green and from memory a nice car and quite quick with my dad driving!
He didn't have it long as a LHD lorry driver wrote it off after crashing into the cars nearside rear. It was mint before this and everything worked even the air con.

James

I always liked the 827 coupe Vitesse.

Lovely leather seats too!

Gary

volvorocks · Jan 30th, 2015, 19:07

Appears the OP's 740 is up at £2395

Regards

Prufrock · Jan 31st, 2015, 10:11

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Originally Posted by Prufrock

KGF would have underbid for the OPs car, and we'll no doubt see it soon on the Cars and Classic website at a premium - watch out for KGFs overlong, and often inaccurate descriptions!

Just a few points to underline my comments about inaccuracies (see the car on their website), the colour is simply White, not Polar White, and 700s have four coats of paint not six, and 114hp not 117hp. KGF also draw the viewer's attention to the steeply raked rear screen!

There are other criticisms of the description but I've made my point, and maybe I'm being fussy. It is a lovely example though, in my preferred specification.

Jon.
700/900/90 Register Keeper VOC

Jan 29th, 2015, 21:23	#73
volvo always Premier Member Last Online: Yesterday 21:24 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midlands.	My dad had a rover vitesse 820 turbo saloon in green and from memory a nice car and quite quick with my dad driving! He didn't have it long as a LHD lorry driver wrote it off after crashing into the cars nearside rear. It was mint before this and everything worked even the air con. James

Jan 30th, 2015, 19:07	#75
volvorocks Rodney Last Online: Aug 4th, 2016 05:02 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: On The Street	Appears the OP's 740 is up at £2395 Regards

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