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[Reebs]

Hi there, just joined and wanted to say a quick hello to everyone.

I don't actually own a 260 (as yet) but do own a ZT 180 and Rover 75 2.5 V6, so I suppose that equates to a 360 in a round about sort of way :ash

Will have a good look round and hopefully spot some familiar names :wave

Cheers

Paul.

[ColinE]

Welcome along Paul - least you can relax over here!!

[tonybubble]

Hello Paul! :)

[Herman]

Welcome and good luck hunting for a 260

[wraith01mg]

Welcome along. Good hunting.

[Reebs]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys, already I feel I know many of you :toast

[jimbo]

Hi Paul

Nice to have you with us - now all you've got to do is find a Lagoon 260/75V8 :~

Cheers
Jim

[colintf]

Hi and welcome :thumb

[Tim]

Yep, welcome along Paul. If you find one and have questions, ask away.

[Big Dave]

Hello matey ;)

[Coasting]

Welcome aboard,

what sort of V8 are you looking for?

[Reebs]

Welcome aboard,

what sort of V8 are you looking for?

Well I'm not really looking for one for the time being. I run two V6's which I don't want to part with, and the wife, the garage, and the bank balance won't stand for another.

But if and when, it would have to be a Monogram ZT SE :cool:

[Reebs]

Hi Paul

Nice to have you with us - now all you've got to do is find a Lagoon 260/75V8 :~

Cheers
Jim

Holy thread revival! Well it's only taken me 5 years but I've just acquired the only Monogram Lagoon Supertallic V8 built. Number #158 a MK1 ZT 260 SE saloon with 51,000 on the clock.

I pick it up on Saturday and will enjoy the drive back from Crewe to Southampton I'm sure :drive

Anyway, here is a picture to be going on with for those that may be interested

https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8426&d=1462450604

[Roadrunner]

Welcome Paul, it looks like you have found a beauty there..i thought that I took my time at 2 and a half years to find mine..you are obviously an extremely patient man!

Roll on Saturday, I bet you can't wait :D

[Richb]

Congratulations Paul. I was watching that to see what it would go for, I thought it mike make a bit more since it is a rare monogram colour, well done!

Rich.

[Reebs]

Cheers Callum, yes I had to bide my time. I knew it existed as a member on the 75 & ZT Owners Club had sent me some pictures of it parked on the side of the road a few years ago. One day, I thought, it might come up for sale....one day, and it did :)

It's got an accufab throttle body on it as well I'm told for that extra bit of thrunge!

[Reebs]

Congratulations Paul. I was watching that to see what it would go for, I thought it mike make a bit more since it is a rare monogram colour, well done!

Rich.

As it turned out, I was the only bidder, lucky for me. I guess the fact that there are two other 260's on eBay at the moment at half the price may have had something to do with it?

[Nich]

Welcome to the collective Paul. You now after all this time need to go green, get your questionnaire back to Tim to get full access to the site. If you PM him he will send you a new one.

Nich.

[Reebs]

Welcome to the collective Paul. You now after all this time need to go green, get your questionnaire back to Tim to get full access to the site. If you PM him he will send you a new one.

Nich.

Thanks, I was wondering what I had to do to get full access. I'll send him a PM now.

[bernard lpg]

Well done, Paul, in realising your ambition to find a Lagoon 260. I remember talking about it with you ages ago.

[AndyG]

...... I've just acquired the only Monogram Lagoon Supertallic ............ #158 ...............

CONGRATULATIONS

Lovely colour.

Look forward to seeing you on the other side.

When you're green there is loads to read.

(Lists of your brothers and sisters and Tech info)

List of 001 to 883 (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?t=5539)

Pictures of cars in VIN order (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?12340-Photographs-of-Cars-Ordered-by-VIN)
To add your car (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?12302-Car-Photo-Vin-order-thread)

Car Names (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?t=7128)

Estates (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?t=5493)

Supercharged Cars (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?t=5460)

Locations (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?t=7079)
Location Map (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?9459-NO-COST-CAR-MAPPING-Clickable-map-to-set-your-location)

Rolling Road Results (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?t=7475)

Past & Future Events (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/forumdisplay.php?58-Two-Sixties-Events)
List of events 2016 (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?15509-List-of-Meeting-Dates-2016-on)

Articles about our cars (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/forumdisplay.php?153-Articles-about-our-cars)
Technical Index (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/forumdisplay.php?164-Index)

Consumables - What goes where (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?7028-Consumables-what-goes-where)

The SHOP (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/forumdisplay.php?f=121)

MG ZT260 FAQ (http://www.spunagain.co.uk/ZT260page.html) (in the Public Section)

Two-sixties Blog (http://two-sixties-blog.com/) (in the Public Section)

MG ZT/ZT-T and Rover 75 V8 Buyers Guide (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?14616-MG-ZT-ZT-T-and-Rover-75-V8-Buyers-Guide) (in the Public Section)

Items for sale 260 members only (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/forumdisplay.php?151-Items-for-sale-to-Two-Sixties-members-only)
MGZT260/R75V8Wheels for sale (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?15754-Wheels-for-sale-MGZT260-R75V8)
(https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?15754-Wheels-for-sale-MGZT260-R75V8)Items For Sale in Public Section (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/forumdisplay.php?90-Items-for-sale) (in the Public Section)
List of MG ZT/ZTT/75 V8s For Sale (https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?13272-List-of-MG-ZT-ZTT-75-V8s-FOR-SALE) (in the Public Section)

Plus loads more ..............

[Les4048]

Well done on your purchase, nice to see you'll be a full member Paul

[David]

Welcome on-board !

David

[Terry]

Nice one, the 5 years will have been worth the wait i'm sure, enjoy your drive home on Saturday.

[ceedy]

Nice Paul, well done , makes it long running and a limited market , when only one made ;).

Thought i was struggling with a list of 20 or so ! :ash and took 3-4 years myself !!

Chris

[colintf]

Well done :thumb

[Dominic22]

Hi Paul.

I think Tim might be away for a couple of days so dont worry if he does not get to it straight-away. Lovely colour I hoped you would get it, full access will open up a whole new world;)

[Grahamcfc]

Hi Paul & welcome, it's nice to see another 260 on the south coast.

Graham

[AndyG]

As it turned out, I was the only bidder, lucky for me. .....

The seller did not do themselves any favours by not answering questions about the car :confused:

5 years waiting.
3 months getting used to the weight, power, balance of the car.
And a life time of "That's a nice Rover you have":) and enjoyment every time you go out in it ;)

[Jez Marsh]

Another one for the cuckoos nest 😎
Welcome.

[john.youens]

Welcome to the fold Paul, im sure you will enjoy every moment of it :-)

[Reebs]

Thanks for all the good wishes. Just 24 hours to go now until collection :)

Here's a question I wanted to ask, is it possible / has anyone done it, to add cruise control to a 260? It is the only thing that is missing from the car that I know I will keep reaching for as I use it on my other three all the time.

Has as anyone retrofitted it to theirs?

[SCP440]

I have not done it on a 260 but it will depend if the wiring is there.

If it is all you will need to do is by the components and maybe tick a box in T4.

I retrofitted to a Saab a few years ago and all the wiring was there it just didn't have the extra components, took a few hours striping the bits of a scrap car and half a day fitting. I don't know if I was lucky but it just worked first attempt.


If there is no wiring you will probably be better fitting an aftermarket kit but use the genuine 260 Switches where possible. If you do go this route don't buy cheap, the ECU on the cheap kits are not the best and are often quite jerky in operation.

[Richb]

Thanks for all the good wishes. Just 24 hours to go now until collection :)

Here's a question I wanted to ask, is it possible / has anyone done it, to add cruise control to a 260? It is the only thing that is missing from the car that I know I will keep reaching for as I use it on my other three all the time.

Has as anyone retrofitted it to theirs?

Merl retrofitted it to his Mk1, the only one I'm aware of. His car had the loom fitted and he sourced the actuator and other parts. I'd love to do this on mine too as I use cruise all the time in my ZT-T.

Rich

[john.youens]

When i was looking at 260's initially i was under the impression the earlier MK1's never had the loom fitted only later mk1's on the change over year had the looms.
I could be proven wrong though.
J

[Reebs]

When I get the car, I will remove the two hole switch panel to see if the loom is there for the sun blind, I'll check to see if a cruise plug is lurking tucked away too. Glad to hear it has been done, and yes a ZCS code change via T4 would be needed to 'tell' the car it has the option.

[Dominic22]

I actually have just dismantled the Cruise brackets etc on my recuse V8 to give them a paint the part numbers are on the actuator etc. I have took some photos of them with brackets etc. I will get them sorted and start a new thread when back home.

[AndyG]

There are a few threads about the cruise control in the owners section. (When your Green you can view)
Good luck.

[Tim]

Welcome to ownership Paul. :) You'll need to PM me your email address please.

[Reebs]

Already posted this on the 75 ZT Owners Club, but thought I'd post the pictures here too :)


On my return journey from Crewe to Southampton (214 miles) I used 41 litres of fuel which works out at 24mpg. Considering I get between 28 - 32 mpg in the V6, it's not that shocking


Beauty and the Beast:


http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn105/reebspics/reebspics001/image_4.jpeg


http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn105/reebspics/reebspics001/image_2.jpeg


http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn105/reebspics/reebspics001/image_1.jpeg


http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn105/reebspics/reebspics001/image.jpeg


http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn105/reebspics/reebspics001/image_3.jpeg

[Reebs]

Well, I've had the front panel off, and while it is pre-wired for the rear sunblind which is nice, it doesn't have the Cruise Control connector lurking round the back :( Neither does it have the wiring in place for power folds sadly.

Having now gone through some of the paperwork that came with #158, it's interesting to see that the car left the production line on 8th December 2003, but wasn't registered for first use until 24th January 2005 so the car had either been stored or was on display at Longbridge or a dealership for a year and a month before being purchased.

I've also discovered that the first owner was none other than Actor Ken Morley (AKA Reg Holdsworth from Coronation Street) who bought it just 3 months before MG Rover Group collapsed. He owned quite a large collection of American cars at the time and obviously loved the ford Mustang engine to buy this one.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn105/reebspics/reebspics003/Ken%20Morley.jpg

Looking at the car's MOT history, it's amazing to see that in the year between it's 1st and 2nd MOT in 2009, Ken had only driven it 7 miles! He ultimately owned it for 5 and a half years before passing it on to the next owner. In his ownership it had covered a total of 12,977 miles.

[Bainzi]

Great looking car, welcome to the collective Paul

[Tim]

Welcome to greenness Paul. There's a photo of Ken next to 158 which is why it rang a bell when you emailed. I'll look for it.

[Nich]

Bit more info here Paul:

https://www.two-sixties.co.uk/mgoc260/html/f0rum/showthread.php?3342-Vroom-Vroom-Sun-26-10-08&highlight=Holdsworth

Nich.

[Reebs]

I'd like to see that picture Tim, and thanks for the link to the other thread Nich :)

[Stan315]

Welcome Paul and to the worry that goes with 1 of 1 ownership.

[Big Frank]

Congratulations from a fellow Hampshire based owner (Droxford). Looks like a lovely car. Mines a Mk 1 number 174 and like yours is a low mileage car in excellent condition.

Happy motoring,

Frank.