[ROVERNET - UK] Re: NADA 2000TC Blue Sail Panel Cars
Vern Klukas
vern at inkspotco.com
Thu Apr 3 18:48:43 BST 2008
>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 have seen two cars with the blue patches being separate metal. One
was (in hindsight) probably a 1966 factory test car (TC equipment but
it had Dunlop brakes), the other was a 67. Both cars, as I recall,
were sold by a Calgary dealership
I've just bought a 67, a one owner car, that has the blue patches
painted on, red interior and steel wheels.
Yours
Vern
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>>I will try to check the VIN number tonight. I don't know where in
>>the production run this car falls.
>>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.
>>I'll post the VIN number after I check it.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Geoff
>> "This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who
>>can be of no possible service to him."
>>- William Lyon Phelps
>>
>>Geoff Kirkpatrick, 382 Riverside Avenue, Ben Lomond, CA 95005, USA
>>Message: 5
>>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
>>To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
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>>Geoff Kirkpatrick wrote:
>>
>>>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?
>>>
>>>Geoff
>>>
>>>
>>
>>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.
>>
>>Glen
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