[ROVERNET - UK] Adventures in Rover land Part 2

Peter King peter at king-co.com
Mon Aug 29 15:18:27 BST 2005


This is a great story. I was curious to know the fate of this car...it 
looked so great in the pictures posted by the auctioneer. Long live the 
"rare" Rover!

pk


On Aug 28, 2005, at 10:11 AM, Dirk Burrowes wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> So a week or so back an email circulated about Rovers for sale. I 
> looked
> with interest at the Rover to be auctioned in Maine. I decided to 
> contact
> Garrett Bourque in Maine who had originally made the net aware of the 
> sale.
> He is Real nice guy and knowledgeable as well. After a few discussions 
> he
> went and got some more pictures for me. The auction house got wind of 
> this
> and called me and said they expected the car to go for 8k to 12k. 
> Given that
> this was an art and antique dealer not a car dealer I decided that 
> they were
> just dreaming and there was a chance that the car would go cheap.
>
> Well Saturday I decided to make a trip to the auction on the off 
> chance it
> went cheap. I also decided since I had made friends with Garrett to 
> have him
> look at a P4 105 that I bought for parts to see if instead of parting 
> it out
> It could be salvaged. So I dragged that along as well (I needed a good
> excuse to go to the auction)
>
> Anyway all went as planned got up Saturday morning at 3:30 AM with my 
> 2 sons
> and left for Maine. Got there looked at the car and registered as a 
> bidder.
> After looking at the car close up I decided that if a Concourse car is 
> a 10
> then this car was a 3. It had a bad repaint and was hiding body filler.
> But the interior was very nice and original.
>
> I think the funniest part of this storey was the description of the
> auctioneer gave. "Totally original classic never driven in the winter 
> and
> less then 100 in the world" My 2 sons had never been to an art and 
> antique
> auction before and could not believe that old beat dressers and old
> paintings were selling for $25,000 to $50,000 really!
>
> So finally the car came up I figured that all these New York art 
> dealers
> were not going to want this thing. So I positioned myself to bid. BOOM
> Right off the bat some guy bids 5K then a small war begins and in 30 
> seconds
> it is at 12k. I am blown away at this point. I am also feeling pretty 
> good
> about the value of my Rover collection at this point.
>
> The bidding ends and the car is sold to a older gentlemen for $13,200
>
> I went over to him to see if he was a Rover collector. He said
> "I had never heard of the car but when the auctioneer said that only a 
> 100
> Were in the world I thought I should have it "I gave him my card and 
> told
> him I would help him contact the other 99 owners. Turns out the other 
> guy
> bidding saw it as he came to the auction from a distance and thought 
> his
> wife might like it. He had also never heard of the car.
>
> Guys it is people like this that are going to help us justify future
> purchases of Rovers to our wives. Honey it is an investment!!!!
>
> Dirk
>
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>    1.  P6/P6B Sidelamp Gaskets? (Eric Russell)
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> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 16:34:51 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Eric Russell <p6rovers at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] P6/P6B Sidelamp Gaskets?
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> Does anyone know the most *reasonably priced* source
> for front and rear sidelight lens gaskets(600424 and
> 601541)?
>
> Eric
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> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 12:19:33 +1200
> From: <rover-rob at xtra.co.nz>
> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] P6/P6B Sidelamp Gaskets
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> Hi all,
> WE have P6B and P6 front and rear sidelight lens gaskets(600424 and 
> 601541
> remanuafactured in grey.
> Also the rear license plate light gasket.
> $20 NEW Zealand dollars..about $13 US for the set plus shipping.
> Regards, Rob
> Waikato Rover Car Club
> New Zealand
>
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