[ROVERNET - UK] "Restoring" Rovers, Market Value, et cetera

[David Walker]

That sounds like a whole world away from nicely restored P5s .This whole
Rover thing is turning out a pretty broad church!(so to speak.)  Yours
Roverachingly,David.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ali Al-Abbasi" <alialabbasi at hotmail.com>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] "Restoring" Rovers, Market Value, et cetera


> I agree, the SD1 is quite an attractive car but the US ones got beaten
with
> an ugly stick. When I lived in London, there was a guy with a bright
yellow
> SD1 with a huge wide body kit (335 tires in the rear) and a Batman sign.
It
> looked pretty awesome.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kent Kinard" <kkinard at wcc.net>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] "Restoring" Rovers, Market Value, et cetera
>
>
> > Ali Al-Abbasi wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I restored my US spec Mercedes Benz 6.9 and put the Euro bumpers
because
> >> I hate the look of those huge bull bars. Every now and then, I get an
> >> urge to see if I can find an Aluminum Chevy 350 engine and drop it into
> >> my P6.
> >
> > Go for it.  Just  plan on changing the rear end, too....maybe one of
those
> > Corvette transaxles.
> >
> > I always put home market bumpers on my SD1's and use square headlamps.
> > NAS spec SD1's need all the help they can get in the cosmetics
department.
> > I even fitted a Volvo rear bumper to my first one.
> >
> > Roverly,
> > Kent K.
> >
> >
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