Me and my ZT 260 SE

[David]

... Any answers to the above would be greatly appreciated in addition to any addition information... l

Welcome Michael! When you join as a full member, there is lots of information to find here. Even then, if you can't then find it, just asking will always get you the info you need. We're a friendly and helpful bunch

#600 was owned by a member here and was mentioned in several posts (nothing terrible, don't panic !!). When you've joined you can read them yourself of course.

Manufacturing split was as follows:
Rover 75 V8 Saloon 154 (37 LHD)
Rover 75 V8 Tourer 16 (3 LHD)
MG ZT Saloon 565 (63 LHD)
MG ZT-T Tourer 152 (37 LHD)

That is > 883 since, although the last VIN ended in 000883, a couple of duplicate serial numbers exist ( #005, #007). A handful of cars are MG/Rover "cross dressers" or "confused" ! Production-line cars start from VIN #027, and at least 3 Prodrive ZT-T Development cars existed before being crushed, with "None-SARR..." VIN's, hence the theoretical 888.

Cars finished in X-Power Grey like yours, as follows:
Rover 75 V8 Saloon 21 (2 LHD)
Rover 75 V8 Tourer 2 (1 LHD)
MG ZT Saloon 146 (13 LHD)
MG ZT-T Tourer 33 (6 LHD)

Exhausts are all in stainless steel, although not top quality, but will most likely not have rotted yet from new. Mine have 220k miles and are still intact.

David

[Mustang]

Hi DavidThanks for the welcome and I can't agree with you more about being friendly and helpful. My very short life in the club has proven thisa to be the case. So many members willing to welcome and assist me.I've completed the form and emailed it back. I've also received confirmation of a DD membership so hopefully all will be well very soon. Trust me I think I'll be asking a great deal until I lean how to use the site.I will certainly try to find the post about my car when my membership is sorted.It never fails to amaze me the amount of information some people, with a chosen interest, accumulate or have access to. You certainly are one of those. thank God.Out of interest do the numbers tell you how many MGZT 260s were made and where abouts mine would have been in the numbers.Thanks once againAll the best Michael

[David]

... do the numbers tell you how many MGZT 260s were made and where abouts mine would have been in the numbers...

Yes, they do, but at the moment I fancy drinking a cold beer on my 26c sunny patio instead. I look at that later for you !!!!

Cheers, David

[anthony27]

Welcome, Michael.

Two-sixty ownership is an unique experience, with lots of rewards, and you're in good hands with the two-sixties website.

[David]

I make #600 the 141st of 179 X-Power Grey ZT & ZT-T's combined, and the 574th of the total 717 ZT's and ZT-T's (LHD & RHD) produced. Around 75-80% through the production run on both counts (total and colour).

David

[Nich]

..............how many MGZT 260s were made and where abouts mine would have been in the numbers...........

Have a look here Michael:

http://www.mg-rover.info/get_info.htm

Nich.

[David]

Have a look here Michael:

http://www.mg-rover.info/get_info.htm

Just tells you CAPTCHA V1 IS SHUTDOWN. ... nice to know! Glad it's not our site.
Must admit though, when it does work, their maths is often a bit odd. Once checked a VIN to be told that was there were -1 other cars also born on that day.

David

[Scarlet Fever]

Agreed, the data on MG-Rover.info is very suspect.

Factory data was given out to a limited number of parties (with a number of strict caveats, this is a can of worms so i won't go into the details here), but suffice it to say that a lot of the online data sites are using very old data that is riddled with errors - they simply present the Factory data as is and sadly, although a brilliant starting point, the data needed a LOT of work to get anything even close to accurate.

An example of this is the MGF Abingdon limited edition. Due to a data recording error, the factory information lists some 20000+ cars, when they only made 1600 - basically any F that had the factory leather seats option was recorded erroneously as an Abingdon LE. This has lead to regular postings on social media along the lines of "i have a Flame Red Abingdon, i thought they were only made in Brooklands Green?"

There are a few people that have spent a lot of time trying to sort this out, if you know where to go you can get pretty accurate data on MGF & TFs these days thanks to the tireless work of the MGCC and a few individuals. Thankfully the data set for the V8 cars is also pretty damned good - and the Two-Sixties group has the best data set. Having been the Registrar for the MGCC in the past and having seen the F, ZS & V8 data sets, i can tell you that the V8 one is in my opinion, the most comprehensive & the most accurate of them all, mainly due to the smaller numbers of cars built.

Welcome.

[Bainzi]

Welcome Michael

When you can, let us know what area your in. Helps when organising meets or help etc.

Regards

Nigel

[Les4048]

Hi Michael, glad you found your way over here, and welcome to the TwoSixties