[ROVERNET - UK] P4 hot rod on Ebay, and a wheel-challenged P5

Slatskars slatskars at comcast.net
Thu Oct 5 22:01:51 BST 2006


Geoff,

You are so right, they look nothing like my original wheel covers (hub 
caps). They may have been an option? Difficult to check them out thoroughly 
as I could not enlarge the pictures, but certainly not stock..

Slats
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Kirkpatrick" <britcarnut at yahoo.com>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 1:26 PM
Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] P4 hot rod on Ebay, and a wheel-challenged P5


> Agreed - this is a pretty cool car and seems very well done overall, but
> the wheels just don't look right.  I think it would be dramatically
> improved with old-school steel wheels and pie-plate hubcaps, or even big
> modern "dubs" that approximate the outer diameter of the original wheels.
> People seem more willing to part with big bucks for hot rods these days,
> and I think his price is a bit high but not excessively so.
>
> Here's another beautiful car, pricey but looks super-nice except for those
> horrific wheel covers.  What's UP with that, anyway?
>
> http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/215328815.html
>
>> Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:31:21 -0500
>> From: "Kent Kinard" <kkinard at wcc.net>
>>
>> This car has been on offer before and didn't sell.  Nice
>> work, but I hate those roller skate wheels.  Why does he
>> let his kids play with razor blades?  I notice Dirk has
>> sent him a note.
>>
>> Kent K.
>>
>> On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:20:19 -0400
>>   Glen Wilson <rovercar at comcast.net> wrote:
>> > P4 street rod with V8 and power seats...
>> >
>> >
>>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1952-ROVER-STREET-ROD-TITLED-AS-1948-FRAME-OFF-CUSTOM_W0QQitemZ250034460347QQihZ015QQcategoryZ6472QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
>>
>> >
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