[ROVERNET - UK] Rover Restorations

[Reverend Weasel]

Glen, that Blue Train Rover was actually a Bentley, you know.

On 01/04/2008, Glen Wilson <rovercar at comcast.net> wrote:
> Bill,
>
>  I guess that goes beyond "cost is no object" to "please help me launder
> this money."
>
>  Eh? Think the Feds would be interested in this story?     ;-)
>
>  I guess I'm out of the mainstream, but I've had $3,000-5,000 cars that I
> thought were really nice and lots of fun, to say nothing of having actually
> been painted, upholstered and assembled by Rover Company employees. They
> also had the patina and character that come from being used.
>
>  If I paid someone a huge amount of money to RESTORE a P6 for me, I'd have
> them paint the engine compartment black like Rover did and I'd like nice
> leather seating surfaces like the cars that came out of the factory (and I
> could probably do without those screws holding the seat backs on).
>
>  Otherwise, I'd go the RESTOMOD route, slap some flares on it, throw away
> the bumpers and add beastly side pipes. That would actually be a lot more
> fun.
>
>  But if I was going to spend $100K on Rover stuff, I'd start shopping at the
> home of Ian Glass and then maybe see if I could track down the car that
> raced the Blue Train. They I'd take the change and set up about twenty
> hospitals in someplace like Darfur.
>
>  Glen
>
>
>
>  Robertson wrote:
>
> > While Glen seems surprised by the money spent on the beautiful burgundy
> one (approx $32,000) i'll up the ante with the ante by a far margin with
> this 1967 Rover 2000TC................Completed 2 years ago
> > http://www.guildclassiccars.com/1967_rover_979/index.html
> > I talked to the Guild owner who let me thoroughly examine the car
> throughout the process ...........He wouldn't give me a final figure on the
> restoration obviously but the shop steward let me know it was  over
> ............GET READY FOR
> IT>>>>>>>>>>.......$100,000............A beauty but still a
> whole lot of money..............The car has returned to San Diego to its
> loving owner
> > Cheers
> > Bill Robertson
> >
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