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

[Marc Stainier]

Hi Rod

would you be kind to let me know all about these P2 if she still for sale ?
I'm always looking for P2's even rough !

Best regards
Marc
marc.stainier at belgacom.net

Belgium
P2 !

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rod Blair" < roverp4au at yahoo.com.au >
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 11:27 AM
Subject: RE: [ROVERNET - UK] So why is it so hard to find a Rover in the U 
S?


> 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-----
>> From: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
>> [mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com]On Behalf
>> Of Ali Al-Abbasi
>> Sent: Friday, 19 May 2006 9:06 am
>> To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>> 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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