[ROVERNET - UK] So why is it so hard to find a Rover in the U S?

Rod Blair roverp4au at yahoo.com.au
Fri May 19 10:27:27 BST 2006


Hi Rovernetters
I've read with interest all the postings regarding the
dearth of Rovers in the US. 
Fortunately, the opposite exists here in Australia. It
is very hard to find buyers for "real" Rovers ~ P2,
P3, P4, P5, P6. Even if they are "project" cars, a
20ft container load, including a sound car and enough
spares to virtually build another car can be sent to
the US for $2500 - $3000 AU. I assume that similar
situations exist elsewhere. 
The worldwide demand for steel is causing many
otherwise restoreable cars to be sent to the wreckers
for their scrap value. On a regular basis, I am
offered Rovers by people who know I'm an enthusiast
and who have no further use for the cars and as I'm
the Editor of the P4 Drivers Guild of Australia
magazine, I'm  asked to advertise these for sale,
usually without a successful sale being completed. 
As  examples, I have been trying to find a buyer for a
rare model ~ a 1947 P2 12 HP saloon (when was the last
time you saw one of these??) which is complete
(partially dismantled) and in need of restoration . No
one is interested even though the price is around
$US500 and it could probably be had for much less. Two
Cyclops for the same amount for both ~ one of them a
square instrument model!!! 
Down at the heel but eminently restoreable P5s and P6s
 struggle to find new owners due in the main I think 
to the relatively small population in Australia. If
they are sold, they "go" for a pittance. 
Of course, the better examples usually manage to
attract a buyer, especially if they are useable from
day 1.
The market for old cars is supposedly a cyclical thing
~ perhaps here in Australia we are at the bottom of
the cycle. Let's hope so anyway. 

Rod Blair
Cyclops X 7
1954 90 X 2
1963 110
1962 P5 3 litre
1972 P5B Saloon
1973 P6 B

 

 
--- Paul Smith <Paul.Smith at auroraenergy.com.au> wrote:

> You've hit the nail Ali.
> Alvin has All the SD1s, Kent has the rest.
> 
> PVS
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com]On Behalf
> Of Ali Al-Abbasi
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> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] So why is it so hard to
> find a Rover in the US?
> 
> 
> Apart from Kent having them all?
> 
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