Rover 827Si Auto "Transworld" Rally car

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Re: Rover 827Si Auto "Transworld" Rally car

Post by Slamm » Tue Jun 07, 2016 8:24 pm

Long time till Monday :(

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Re: Rover 827Si Auto "Transworld" Rally car

Post by scoubix16 » Mon Jun 13, 2016 12:08 pm

As promised : pics of the 19th British Car Show in Nantua (France), where the 827 Transworld was present. A total of 8 800s made the trip, of which 2 Sterlings and 3 Coupés...
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Re: Rover 827Si Auto "Transworld" Rally car

Post by midnite » Mon Jun 13, 2016 12:24 pm

when did the transworld 800 get sold, i saw it a while back at auction and it made 2k ish, and some french guy now owns it, wish id been in buying 800s mode when this came up, for 2k id have bought it, i wonder what mods it has to it, be interesting if we can contact the guy and get some photos and stuff, is there no footage or photos of it in action.
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Re: Rover 827Si Auto "Transworld" Rally car

Post by scoubix16 » Tue Jun 14, 2016 9:02 am

midnite wrote:when did the transworld 800 get sold, i saw it a while back at auction and it made 2k ish, and some french guy now owns it, wish id been in buying 800s mode when this came up, for 2k id have bought it, i wonder what mods it has to it, be interesting if we can contact the guy and get some photos and stuff, is there no footage or photos of it in action.
The French guy who owns it is a friend of mine, member of the French Rover club.
We actually have very little details on the car: why did they choose a Sterling car and not a Rover, for instance, is not known.
My friend enquired with Gaydon but they have no recorded history of the car. We don't have footage or pictures either of its trip round the world.
As for mods, it has reinforced chassis plates all along, reinforced suspension, additional lights (which do not work at the moment), and even has a small heating oven in the back so the team could do their own cooking out of can food...
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Re: Rover 827Si Auto "Transworld" Rally car

Post by midnite » Tue Jun 14, 2016 11:41 am

i looked at it, and you can see its a sterling rather than a rover due to the badges, but it doesn't have the split front headlight set up like the american sterling, no history, who was supposed to have drove it then, any famous rally drivers or similar. history books say there were 2 cars as well
fleet now includes
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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