[ROVERNET - UK] Re: Flood of SD1 full scale "Kits"

[JOHN]

Hi James,
I wondered who was getting the rest of the engineers
money, and also the lottery millions. Personally, I
feel insulted when I get these e.mails as they are
thinking I am stupid or something.
best wishes
John Atkin
--- James Dean <jaguru at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Has anyone checked to see the path of this email
> from the CKD(Completely 
> knocked Down) kit sellers to see where they
> are.?Also have the sellers 
> posted  photos of of what is for sale? That would
> seem normal business 
> procedure.(Though photos could be 20 years old).
> Perhaps when the Nigerian 
> Barrister sends me my share of the deceased American
> Engineer's Millions, or 
> I Receive the Intenational Lottery money I just won
> in yesterday's emails, I 
> would contact them. Someone in their neighborhood
> needs to drop in for a 
> look; just take some security along and watch your
> back. James Dean
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Geoff Kirkpatrick" <britcarnut at yahoo.com>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 2:49 PM
> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Re: Flood of SD1 full scale
> "Kits"
> 
> 
> > Seems like somebody like Rimmer Bros might be
> interested in this?  It
> > would have to be someone who does a lot of volume
> in Rover spares and has
> > a lot of storage capacity.
> >
> > Geoff Kirkpatrick
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Folks,
> >> Many of us received the following message about
> an SD1
> >> "Alladin's Cave" of SD1 bits.  I'd be less
> concerned
> >> if the message didn't come from Ravi Shankar.  I
> send
> >> it for your amusement.
> >>
> >> Eric
> >>
>
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> >>
> >> Forwarded message from R Shankar
> >> <mehtashankar at yahoo.co.in> -----
> >>     Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:29:17 -0800 (PST)
> >>     From: R Shankar <mehtashankar at yahoo.co.in>
> >> Reply-To: R Shankar <mehtashankar at yahoo.co.in>
> >>  Subject: Huge quantity of new / unused Rover Sd1
> Kits
> >> available.
> >>       To: <large list of international
> receipients>
> >>  Dear   Webmaster
> >>
> >>     May I request you to pass this on to the
> President
> >> of your club for the benefit of the members.
> >>
> >>
> >>     Dear Mr. President  /  Secretary   of the
> various
> >> Clubs
> >>
> >>     You  may not know that the Rover SD1 was
> imported
> >> to India by the Standard Motor Products of India
> Ltd.,
> >> in 1984/85. It was in completely knocked  down
> >> condition and assembled from panels on jigs. The
> >> factory closed  down due to in-ept handling.
> >> The imported components in Customs  bonded
> warehouse
> >> were auctioned. The quantity was in bins,
> containers,
> >> crates and piled up to the roof in 6 or 7 huge
> >> warehouses.
> >> The  last CEO of the company mentioned  that the
> parts
> >> are enough to  assemble 2000 SD1 s !!!    But
> parts &
> >> headlights  were stolen by the un-employed
> starving
> >> workers. But I dont think the  lights should be a
> >> problem. If there are buyers for the entire lot,
> >> these could be ordered from the Taiwan company
> DEPO.
> >>
> >>   The current owners who have bought the lot  are
> >> offering complete kits for assembling the Rover
> SD1
> >> car from panels.
> >>
> >>   If  there is a good demand they would also
> consider
> >> assembling the bare  shell and putting the rest
> inside
> >> the shell and shipping. But in this  case the
> freight
> >> would be quite high, as only 3 shells could be
> shipped
> >>  in a 40 foot container.
> >>
> >>       However their immediate aim is to sell the
> >> complete kits first.
> >>
> >>   They would even consider selling only the body
> >> panels for 1 car  separately if there is a
> demand. Or
> >> only the assembled shell without  the other
> parts.
> >>   But this would be later after a major portion
> of the
> >> kits are sold.
> >>
> >>   There about 1000 COMPLETE kits (definitely 600
> >> COMPLETE kits) available  as estimated from the
> 600
> >> pairs of H/lights & 1200 M-cyl+booster  assys.
> They
> >> are for sale as one lot or in lots of 20 kits in
> a 20
> >> foot  container or 40 kits in a 40 foot
> container.
> >>
> >> What is NOT included in the kits are:
> >> (a) engine + gearbox assys.
> >> (b) radiator,
> >> (c) battery
> >> (d) Bumpers(as these were made here of FRP)
> >> (e) seat covers, as these were done here.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>   Wonderful car. Which is more the pity it died
> such a
> >> sad death. I had one too.
> >>
> >> It  failed here because they used the old
> Vanguard
> >> 2000 cc engine while  they were copying the VM
> diesel
> >> with which the car was fitted in the  UK.
> >>
> >>
> >>   So if there is any interest in these kits,
> panels,
> >> parts, kindly contact me.
> >>
> >>   If you wish you could spread the message for
> the
> >> benefit of others.
> >>
> >>
> >>   Ronnie Mehta
> >>   mehtashankar at yahoo.co.in
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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