820 Vitesse Coupe - R852 XNT
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820 Vitesse Coupe - R852 XNT
Just spotted this coupe on eBay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROVER-820-VIT ... 2349e695ea
According to the details one of only 500 2 door coupe Turbo specials built with only 3 left that are registered
Advert states "It gets a lot of attention, due to the fact it is a 2 door coupe which are rare enough, but a Turbo Vitesse special is the rarest of the rare !"
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROVER-820-VIT ... 2349e695ea
According to the details one of only 500 2 door coupe Turbo specials built with only 3 left that are registered
Advert states "It gets a lot of attention, due to the fact it is a 2 door coupe which are rare enough, but a Turbo Vitesse special is the rarest of the rare !"
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Re: 820 Vitesse Coupe - R852 XNT
Oh dear.
The boost cut should be an easy fix though.
The boost cut should be an easy fix though.
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Re: 820 Vitesse Coupe - R852 XNT
I think I'd be nervous about driving it any distance until that 'creaking' is resolved. Balljoint? Fix it.
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Re: 820 Vitesse Coupe - R852 XNT
Agreed. A very tidy engine bay along with good looking bodywork.Simon Hubbard wrote:Looks a nice car
Personally I dont like the rear spoiler on these cars but each to their own.
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Re: 820 Vitesse Coupe - R852 XNT
Shiny engine bays worry me A LOT. A steam clean and some back to black can hide many ills. I'd much rather buy an honest car with some dirt and leaks. It is a T series after all.
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Re: 820 Vitesse Coupe - R852 XNT
You would not want a car from me then Tom as all my engine bays are polished to an inch of their life and with shares in back to black,gunk and the like I just like to look under the bonnet and see a clean engine bay plus it help on spotting those inevitable leaks that we can get from time to time
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Re: 820 Vitesse Coupe - R852 XNT
As an owner and enthusiast, fine. We obviously like to keep our cars in good condition. But when buying a car car from an unknown source, an engine bay that shiny with the faults that are described makes me a bit "twitchy".
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Re: 820 Vitesse Coupe - R852 XNT
Agreed, and what would we do with our weekends if the engine bay was already done for us.traineefarmer wrote:As an owner and enthusiast, fine. We obviously like to keep our cars in good condition. But when buying a car car from an unknown source, an engine bay that shiny with the faults that are described makes me a bit "twitchy".
Rover 827 Vitesse Fastback Man Mk1 89
Rover 827 Sterling saloon Auto 90
Rover 820 Fastback 2.0 MPi Auto 90
Rover 820 Coupe sport 94
Rover 827 Sterling Saloon 95 auto
Rover 820 Vitesse Fastback 98
Rover 25 2.0TD 01
MGTF 135 02
Rover 45 1.6 SE 05
Rover 827 Sterling saloon Auto 90
Rover 820 Fastback 2.0 MPi Auto 90
Rover 820 Coupe sport 94
Rover 827 Sterling Saloon 95 auto
Rover 820 Vitesse Fastback 98
Rover 25 2.0TD 01
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Re: 820 Vitesse Coupe - R852 XNT
the 2nd picture, the reflection off the boot very glossy, reflection off the rear quarter very orange peely, reflections never lie, also in the pics on ebay, the passenger side front wheel looks like it sticks out a lot further than the drivers, maybe just the shot angle, but the tyre looks to be out further than the bumper corner.
also i can't remember vitesse turbo coupes being a ltd run of 500, my dp had a night fire s reg coupe vitesse turbo as his company car.
also i can't remember vitesse turbo coupes being a ltd run of 500, my dp had a night fire s reg coupe vitesse turbo as his company car.
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89 827 sterling auto saloon grey dead and gone
90 827 sli auto saloon pulsar silver
91 820 i special edition flaming hell red
99 820 vitesse turbo sport manual nightfire rust sold to a better owner than i
89 827 sterling auto saloon grey dead and gone
90 827 sli auto saloon pulsar silver
91 820 i special edition flaming hell red
99 820 vitesse turbo sport manual nightfire rust sold to a better owner than i
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Re: 820 Vitesse Coupe - R852 XNT
There were no Coupe Vitesse Specials or any limited runs of 500 of any Coupe. I suspect bar room experts have re-written that the 563 Rover 820 Turbo of 1990/91 vintage are to blame for this inaccuracy that has now passed into folklore. You could however argue that all Coupe's are special I suppose, not because of the looks or even because Clarkson liked it in his Top Gear test from 1992 but because of circumstances that allowed it to be built at all, it so very nearly didn't happen.midnite wrote:the 2nd picture, the reflection off the boot very glossy, reflection off the rear quarter very orange peely, reflections never lie, also in the pics on ebay, the passenger side front wheel looks like it sticks out a lot further than the drivers, maybe just the shot angle, but the tyre looks to be out further than the bumper corner.
also i can't remember vitesse turbo coupes being a ltd run of 500, my dp had a night fire s reg coupe vitesse turbo as his company car.
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Re: 820 Vitesse Coupe - R852 XNT
They can't be that rare, I've got one.
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Re: 820 Vitesse Coupe - R852 XNT
Lots of mi-information in the advert: Lotus used the T-series? The engine was de-tuned during development to avoid embarrassing the KV6 (despite the T-turbo being launched 5 years before the KV6)? Etc.
I would regard this as being a project - despite looking tidy it needs some suspension/steering and a gearbox rebuild.
I would regard this as being a project - despite looking tidy it needs some suspension/steering and a gearbox rebuild.
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