Apologies for doing this a bit after the fact. I'm selling #185, but have gone straight to listing it in Autotrader. I'm moving house shortly and want to reduce my fleet. The Autotrader lists all of the info given me by Dom (Middleton) when I bought it from him around 5 years ago. In short, it was rescued by Dom and possibly others after having the engine hydraulic'd over in Ireland where it's previous owner lived (and drive it into a ford - water). Dom told me that he arranged for new front and rear end stuff-ups to be fitted to the car by Austin Garages. I believe that the stuff ups were sourced from Brown and Gammons after the demise of MG Rover. I have photos that he sent me of the engine and gearbox swap. At the same time, a new windscreen, wing, exhausts, brake discs and uprated pads, rear subframe (old one was shocking!), aircon condenser were fitted (the labour bill for the work alone was £4000). After buying the car, I arranged for Austin Garages to transfer the LPG system across to the new engine and replace a leaky heater control valve. I also had the rear dampers rebuilt by Bilstein (reassuringly expensive) and had a new LPG evaporator fitted. I replaced the battery at that time and had a slight colour clash of the replacement wing with the rest of the front of the car rectified by a partial respray. The car has done 8000 miles (2k with Dom) since the major work at Austin Garages, and fewer than 600 miles in the last 2 years. It needed 2 new tyres for the MOT, which was passed only 2 weeks ago. If anyone's interested, please contact me via the Autotrader advert (where there are plenty of photos). I've priced it at £5750 which is hopefully realistic, and way below what I spent buying and refurbishing it after all of the work Dom had done. Mind you, I guess that this is a common theme among owners.
I'm also selling a pair of brand new Rover 75 V8 front strut assemblies, which I]'d like £600 for the pair, and a set of 4 Vortex wheels and tyres which I'll put on eBay. They've done around 3000 miles after being restored by Pristine Alloy Wheels (respecting their diamond cut surface). I'm after £750 for those, as they're in great (but not perfect) condition and the Michelin Pilot Sport 3 tyres have plenty of life left in them. Apologies for not listing here first.
Rover 75 V8 development car, #185, For Sale
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