[ROVERNET - UK] Suspect listing on e-bay

[Paul Smith]

You could be a twin P6 owner... one in Cameron Green, one in Arden Green.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Russell" <p6rovers at yahoo.com>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Suspect listing on e-bay


>" The Light Six of 1930 cost even less and used the
> same engine in a shorter chassis. One of these cars,
> with fabric covered bodywork, entered the history
> books by beating the famous Blue Train in a race
> across France. A longer chassis car with a 2.5 litre
> six cylinder engine of 1930 was christened the
> Meteor."
>
> The car doesn't look fabric covered to me - but what
> would I know, I'm only a P6 owner.  ;-)
>
> Eric
>
> --- Alan Gale <agale at ihug.com.au> wrote:
>
>> There is what looks to be a nice 1934 Speed 14 on
>> e-bay at the moment.
>> Number 4559720050 ending on the 12th.
>> Seller claims this is a "Blue Train" car.  My
>> recollection is that the
>> blue train rover was a 1929 ish model (the race took
>> place in 1930) and
>> was a 2 litre car, not the 1.6 litre model
>> advertised here - or did the
>> marketing chaps in rover subsequently append the
>> "blue train" tag to
>> this model?  Motoring PR was as shameless then as it
>> is now.
>> Owner claims there are only five others of this
>> "rear" (sic) model in
>> the world.  As few as that?
>> Current bidding has slowed at the $A15,850 mark, and
>> the reserve is not
>> yet met - so it seems the seller is keen to reach
>> "world parity" pricing..
>>
>> Alan Gale
>> Melbourne Australia
>>
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