A Soggy Suffolk Saturday Afternoon...........
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A Soggy Suffolk Saturday Afternoon...........
..............led to this collection of Rovers in a car park somewhere in Suffolk.
A total of six 800s in various guises and engines including three 2.7 V6s, a 2.0 n/asp and a 2.0 turbo and errr............ one without an engine but it started life as a KV6 825 - it's lurking (or should that be lurching?) in the background at a precarious angle of dangle on some old wheels!
Also present an MG ZT-180 auto and a Rover 75 2.0 V6 and hiding away out of sight, an 820Si saloon. Here's some more pics - enjoy!
This is what gave us the idea :
Then we just added a few more into the pics. Also got some of those "Marc high shots" as well :
Hopefully the taker of those high shots will add the pics to the mix and we can see those as well!
A total of six 800s in various guises and engines including three 2.7 V6s, a 2.0 n/asp and a 2.0 turbo and errr............ one without an engine but it started life as a KV6 825 - it's lurking (or should that be lurching?) in the background at a precarious angle of dangle on some old wheels!
Also present an MG ZT-180 auto and a Rover 75 2.0 V6 and hiding away out of sight, an 820Si saloon. Here's some more pics - enjoy!
This is what gave us the idea :
Then we just added a few more into the pics. Also got some of those "Marc high shots" as well :
Hopefully the taker of those high shots will add the pics to the mix and we can see those as well!
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Re: A Soggy Suffolk Saturday Afternoon...........
Who had the nasp 2.0?
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Curses and naughty words! I was thinking of his other one on LPG! Oops!
Correction to the above - it should have been two 2.0 turbo Vitesses!
Correction to the above - it should have been two 2.0 turbo Vitesses!
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Re: A Soggy Suffolk Saturday Afternoon...........
Tell you what Dave, your camera makes it look much sunnier than it actually was!
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I noticed that as well Tom, even when it was chucking it down it seemed sunny! Who says the camera never lies eh?
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Re: A Soggy Suffolk Saturday Afternoon...........
I remember the days when my drive looked like that, and worse! Well aside 75/ZT's anyway.
Useful space to have straight outside your yard, only trouble is that having space means you fill it with things.
Useful space to have straight outside your yard, only trouble is that having space means you fill it with things.
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Re: A Soggy Suffolk Saturday Afternoon...........
The owner of the gold 827 SLi saloon is the one who actually lives there and at one point he had 73 800s all on the road plus a couple of others (Passat, Punto and similar) and his own 800 and a V8 SD1 in his garage that he sold a year or two back on fleabay. You can imagine what it looked like with that number of 800s sitting there lol! He had ideas about updating the 800s to 75s/ZTs but then his business died, almost overnight due to another similar business with a similar name and much more prominent premises moved in to the village.
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Re: A Soggy Suffolk Saturday Afternoon...........
And here is said High Shot Taker,
Was an amusing if sopping wet Saturday afternoon
Great to put another face to a name Tom, I will no doubt be in touch when I actually start spannering on the Vitesse
My collection of photos from the day.
And the ubiquitous "Marc High Shot"
I do like the Black/Gold/Black/Gold lineup, especially as it was accidental!
Was an amusing if sopping wet Saturday afternoon
Great to put another face to a name Tom, I will no doubt be in touch when I actually start spannering on the Vitesse
My collection of photos from the day.
And the ubiquitous "Marc High Shot"
I do like the Black/Gold/Black/Gold lineup, especially as it was accidental!
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Very nice Dusan! At least the weather started dry, all seemed to get wet when i brought the Sterling out to play for some reason!
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I'm glad it was raining! Hides the filthy/shabby bodywork on mine.
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Re: A Soggy Suffolk Saturday Afternoon...........
traineefarmer wrote: I'm glad it was raining! Hides the filthy/shabby bodywork on mine.
Maybe that was why it started raining when we got the Sterling round to hide the dirt on that?
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Re: A Soggy Suffolk Saturday Afternoon...........
Lovely pics, that 2nd to last high shot looks brochure quality
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It was a very impromptu thing Mark and dare i say it, all the better for being "off the cuff" as it were. Quote of the day had to be when i asked Steve (the owner of the SLi) for a step-ladder for Dusan - "Isn't he tall enough already?"
At 6'4" and still growing (i'm sure he's still growing - maybe i'm shrinking! ) Steve couldn't believe he needed extra height!
At 6'4" and still growing (i'm sure he's still growing - maybe i'm shrinking! ) Steve couldn't believe he needed extra height!
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Re: A Soggy Suffolk Saturday Afternoon...........
He carries a step ladder that size in the car? That's what I call being prepared!
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Re: A Soggy Suffolk Saturday Afternoon...........
No, he lives there!
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