[ROVERNET - UK] RE: Rover news

Drew Egginton drew at pitstop.net.au
Mon Jul 3 02:44:45 BST 2006


I once saw a white CKD P6B 3500 from South Africa in Perth, Western 
Australia it was unsual in having the engine bay painted in the body 
colour too, unlike the normal black!

Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton wrote:

>-----Original Message-----
>From: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
>[mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com] On Behalf Of John Burkhard
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>>>Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 10:30 AM
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>Did The Rover Co. Ltd. really build saloons in New Zealand, Australia or 
>South Africa?  Or were those a KDK operation?<<
>
>CKD cars were shipped out and assembled locally. In NZ the assembler (NZ
>Motor Corporation) sourced some parts for P6 production locally - carpets
>and glass for example. 
>
>Aidrian
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