[ROVERNET - UK] Re: NADA 2000TC Blue Sail Panel Cars

[Glen Wilson]

Geoff Kirkpatrick wrote:
> Hi Glen,
>
> Yes, it does look professionally done.  It definitely looks like something that could have come from the factory, whether or not it actually did.  

Just painting a blue rectangle on the white car, as Rover did, doesn't 
seem all that professional, does it? Maybe someone repainted your bonnet 
at some point and "improved" upon the Rover approach. No one else seems 
to be reporting one like yours.

The brochure for the NADA 2000TC specifies that pressed steel wheels and 
stainless wheel covers were standard equipment. The Magnum 500s 
(rostyles) and Magstars were optional. So, your wheels are consistent 
with Rover specs for that model.

Glen


> I will try to check the VIN number tonight.  I don't know where in the production run this car falls. 
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> It also has the standard steel wheels with hubcaps, whereas all these cars I've seen pictures of have the Rostyles (or the Rostyle look-alikes, I forget what they are called?).  Again, I'm sure the car has been that way since new.  
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> I'll post the VIN number after I check it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Geoff
>  
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> Geoff Kirkpatrick, 382 Riverside Avenue, Ben Lomond, CA 95005, USA
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> Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:17:12 -0400
> From: Glen Wilson <rovercar at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] NADA 2000TC Blue Sail Panel Cars
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> Geoff Kirkpatrick wrote:
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>> Glen, I have one of these cars awaiting my attention.  On my car, the blue underneath the TC badges is actually a separate piece of blue-painted metal.  I'm pretty certain it's been that way since new, though it's entirely possible that it was a dealer modification.  Are there other cars out there which have the blue trim painted directly onto the body panels?
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>> Geoff
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> I've only heard of the blue being a painted rectangle, Geoff.  Does your 
> piece of metal look pretty professionally done? Is the VIN near the 
> beginning or end of the model run? The production records in the back of 
> Taylor's book don't seem to separate that special model from the other 
> TC's.
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> Glen
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