Trophy Blue 260 on eBay - now mine!

[YorksMG2016]

Hello All

Well things worked out well and I will be picking up the car on 29th April - thanks for the welcomes/good wishes sent me by other members/owners here.

I have the VIN number and thought I would make a start in finding out about her history.
I looked at the mg-rover.info website and now know some more information, but hope someone here can help me understand /interpret some of it?

What do the following mean?

Spec code = L01B
cicode = H9325
VIN sequence = 57

I was going to say so mine is the 57th ZT260 made, but then under the heading 'General information' it says -

"This vehicle was the 6th ZT 260 to be made out of 180"

As I know there were a lot more 260s made than that, does it mean mine was the 6th to be made in October 2003 perhaps?

Thanks


Andrew

[Nich]

It could be the 6th ZT260 in that colour.

Lots of info including posts from previous owners when you get full membership Andrew. Some photos in the Gallery.

https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=1215

Previous owner info here:

https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?5778-Hello-from-another-260-newbie!&p=50327#post50327

Nich.

[colintf]

Congratulations, well done :thumb

[YorksMG2016]

Cheers Colin

Thanks Nich for the links - nice to see if that it has been known to the club previously.

Only mods I have in mind for now is I'd like to get the dash etc. painted in body colour, and it'd be great to find some blue alacantra seats.
Maybe eventually refurb the wheels (which are shadow chrome Apex), but they'll be fine for now

Cheers

Andrew

[colintf]

Cheers Colin

Thanks Nich for he links - nice to see if that it has been known to the club previously.

Only mods I have in mind for now is I'd like to get the dash etc. painted in body colour, and it'd be great to find some blue alacantra seats.
Maybe eventually refurb the wheels (which are shaow chrome Apex), but they'll be fine for now

Cheers

Andrew

royal blue was a monogram dash option, like you can see in the pic in my post :cool:

that could look good and also have an factory look to it :thumb

[YorksMG2016]

Cheers Colin, I had noticed your dash picture and thought - "Nice!"

Andrew

[YorksMG2016]

Oh, and my MGOC membership application is in the system so hope to be able to submit my questionnaire soon and become a fully fledged member of the collective :-)
Happy days

Andrew

[Nich]

Put your location in your profile, it helps to offer advice such as where to get your Apex alloys refurbed.

Nich.

[Jez Marsh]

Could 180 be the number of saloon mk1s?

[Nich]

Probably, unlikely to be colour, not 180 Trophy Blue 260's.

Nich.

[stevenw]

Congratulations Andrew I used to own 50 which "Chunky chap" who used to own 57 said was it's twin brother as they were the same colour and spec.

Maybe 6 of 180 means of that spec i.e. non SE saloon,maybe taking into account the intelligence pack (reversing sensors,auto dipping mirror and the higher spec instrumentation)maybe not.

[AndyG]

Congratulations, Glad you finally found the right car ;)

A Facebook page my son is on (having two TB 180s)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/mgtrophyblue/

When you're green look at https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?5539-List-of-VIN-from-001-to-883

Plus there is a load more threads for you.

[YorksMG2016]

Thanks Andy.
When i've got my membership pack from MGOC, I'll get my questionnaire in

Cheers


Andrew

[Tim]

Tons of nobbies submit the completed questionnaire then send on the MGOC membership number once it arrives Andrew.


Thanks Andy.
When i've got my membership pack from MGOC, I'll get my questionnaire in

Cheers


Andrew

[Tim]

57 is the 3rd of 23 off the production line on the 17th Oct 2003. Its the 2nd of 8 MGZT260's in TB and the 3rd of 15 mk1 saloons in TB. It was the 3rd of 5 TB's to have Ash/Dark Smokestone

[colintf]

Tons of nobbies submit the completed questionnaire then send on the MGOC membership number once it arrives Andrew.

Should that me Newbies not Nobbies Tim ??? :cool:

[Tim]

Should that me Newbies not Nobbies Tim ??? :cool:

Ha ha ha!! Shite smelling in action!

[ceedy]

I thought there were 23 260's in trophy blue no 13 was first, my number 50 number 2 and 57 was number 3, off the line on different days , 3 of this 23 were ZTT's

??

Chris

[6KH]

Was that really necessary Tim?

Andrew

[YorksMG2016]

Thanks Chris that's interesting.

Andrew