[ROVERNET - UK] Rover Blue train was Rover Restorations

[jpsco44 at aol.com]

that sounds reasonable ...100k for the barnato bentley might be 
slightly  under a reasonable appraisal     :-)

jps


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From: phing <phing at videotron.ca>
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Sent: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 10:17 am
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover Blue train was Rover Restorations


Hi Rover did it too. The Blue Train Rover used to be in the Heritage 
museum at Gaydon in England cheers Patrick ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reverend Weasel" <rweasel at gmail.com> 
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Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 8:51 AM 
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover Restorations 
 
> Glen, that Blue Train Rover was actually a Bentley, you know. 
> > On 01/04/2008, Glen Wilson <rovercar at comcast.net> wrote: 
>> Bill, 
>> 
>> I guess that goes beyond "cost is no object" to "please help me 
launder 
>> this money." 
>> 
>> Eh? Think the Feds would be interested in this story? ;-) 
>> 
>> I guess I'm out of the mainstream, but I've had $3,000-5,000 cars 
that I 
>> thought were really nice and lots of fun, to say nothing of having 
actually 
>> been painted, upholstered and assembled by Rover Company employees. 
They 
>> also had the patina and character that come from being used. 
>> 
>> If I paid someone a huge amount of money to RESTORE a P6 for me, I'd 
have 
>> them paint the engine compartment black like Rover did and I'd like 
nice 
>> leather seating surfaces like the cars that came out of the factory 
(and I 
>> could probably do without those screws holding the seat backs on). 
>> 
>> Otherwise, I'd go the RESTOMOD route, slap some flares on it, throw 
away 
>> the bumpers and add beastly side pipes. That would actually be a lot 
more 
>> fun. 
>> 
>> But if I was going to spend $100K on Rover stuff, I'd start shopping 
at the 
>> home of Ian Glass and then maybe see if I could track down the car 
that 
>> raced the Blue Train. They I'd take the change and set up about 
twenty 
>> hospitals in someplace like Darfur. 
>> 
>> Glen 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Robertson wrote: 
>> 
>> > While Glen seems surprised by the money spent on the beautiful 
burgundy 
>> one (approx $32,000) i'll up the ante with the ante by a far margin 
with 
>> this 1967 Rover 2000TC................Completed 2 years ago 
>> > http://www.guildclassiccars.com/1967_rover_979/index.html 
>> > I talked to the Guild owner who let me thoroughly examine the car 
>> throughout the process ...........He wouldn't give me a final figure 
on the 
>> restoration obviously but the shop steward let me know it was over 
>> ............GET READY FOR 
>> IT>>>>>>>>>>.......$100,000............A beauty but still a 
>> whole lot of money..............The car has returned to San Diego to 
its 
>> loving owner 
>> > Cheers 
>> > Bill Robertson 
>> > 
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