[ROVERNET - UK] Rover Blue train was Rover Restorations
jpsco44 at aol.com
jpsco44 at aol.com
Wed Apr 2 15:26:46 BST 2008
that sounds reasonable ...100k for the barnato bentley might be
slightly under a reasonable appraisal :-)
jps
-----Original Message-----
From: phing <phing at videotron.ca>
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Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover Blue train was Rover Restorations
Hi Rover did it too. The Blue Train Rover used to be in the Heritage
museum at Gaydon in England cheers Patrick ----- Original Message -----
From: "Reverend Weasel" <rweasel at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover Restorations
> 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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