[ROVERNET - UK] Suspect listing on e-bay

[Eric Russell]

Good try, Paul.
I think the panels of a complete Rover 2000 TC hung up
on my storeroom and garage walls would make a good set
of trophies - now if I could just find a nice-looking
elephant gun ..................

Eric



--- Paul Smith <vmitps at netspace.net.au> wrote:

> You could be a twin P6 owner... one in Cameron
> Green, one in Arden Green.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eric Russell" <p6rovers at yahoo.com>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 2:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Suspect listing on
> e-bay
> 
> 
> >" The Light Six of 1930 cost even less and used the
> > same engine in a shorter chassis. One of these
> cars,
> > with fabric covered bodywork, entered the history
> > books by beating the famous Blue Train in a race
> > across France. A longer chassis car with a 2.5
> litre
> > six cylinder engine of 1930 was christened the
> > Meteor."
> >
> > The car doesn't look fabric covered to me - but
> what
> > would I know, I'm only a P6 owner.  ;-)
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > --- Alan Gale <agale at ihug.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >> There is what looks to be a nice 1934 Speed 14 on
> >> e-bay at the moment.
> >> Number 4559720050 ending on the 12th.
> >> Seller claims this is a "Blue Train" car.  My
> >> recollection is that the
> >> blue train rover was a 1929 ish model (the race
> took
> >> place in 1930) and
> >> was a 2 litre car, not the 1.6 litre model
> >> advertised here - or did the
> >> marketing chaps in rover subsequently append the
> >> "blue train" tag to
> >> this model?  Motoring PR was as shameless then as
> it
> >> is now.
> >> Owner claims there are only five others of this
> >> "rear" (sic) model in
> >> the world.  As few as that?
> >> Current bidding has slowed at the $A15,850 mark,
> and
> >> the reserve is not
> >> yet met - so it seems the seller is keen to reach
> >> "world parity" pricing..
> >>
> >> Alan Gale
> >> Melbourne Australia
> >>
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