Just started watching Part 2 and greatly admiring the polished, loved and colourful cars. The very first car, the blue MGTF will take some beating for my admiration. It occurred to me that many of those minis are over fifty years old. That is hard to credit: much love and attention must have been lavisged on them.
I think that I am in love with that Rover 827 Si. In love also with the Mini Cabrio and all 1275 GTs. The Fitting of the Ford Mustang V8 and rear wheel drive may have been complex but was also genius thinking with regard to possible customers. That Rover 800 from the auction is really beautiful. Bigger saloons don't usually do red without looking cheap but the Rover 800 actually looked its best in red. Lovely big Executives.
Sir, that 820 Vitesse Sport Turbo has been filmed separately now, the video will be coming soon. Glad you enjoyed the 820 SI as well as numerous other interesting cars which I managed to somehow film in this part!
Enjoying the more relaxed style and getting to see more of the cars although i appreciate its all time dependant and when faced with high volume and limited time things have to speed up to see everything. The Pageant blue MGB roadster is a lovely vibrant blue and looked well on cars of the period. Inca Yellow was also another stand out colour but it was a difficult colour to paint match even when new. Vermillion was a favourite. What is the HPR photo group? Not heard of them before?
The HPR Photo Group is just a collection of people I know within the MG Rover community, one of whom has lots of cars (I think that he had five on the stand). My favourite is his 820 Vitesse Sport Turbo. Lots more to come, it does take a long time to cover an event like this!
Good Afternoon Sir, the German registered Rover 200 from Dortmund in RHD is was almost certainly ordered by a British Soldier as several thousand were based their at this time.
Possibly, sir! It was still relatively common for people to make personal imports into the UK from the Continent, but they wouldn't have worn German plates, so the fact that it is on German plates would seem to match with that.
Not sure what you mean? Are you saying that the v8 could go into any 75 without modification of the transmission tunnel? I mean no offence and i may be misinterpreting what you are saying .My understanding is that all v8's produced went down the body in white production line as normal ZT and 75. When the shell was built they were then removed from the line and they were then modified off line to take the v8 this involved adding the modified transmission tunnel .
It's actually not a particularly easy question to ask. A lot of people have pointed out that there is a transmission tunnel that is quite wide in a 75, and therefore it must be related to a 5-Series, but this isn't really true. It isn't an E39 platform, and it was engineered for front wheel drive, but clearly there was BMW influence in the design (and many BMW components). The V8s were not even thought of until BMW had no more influence in the company.
Just started watching Part 2 and greatly admiring the polished, loved and colourful cars. The very first car, the blue MGTF will take some beating for my admiration.
It occurred to me that many of those minis are over fifty years old. That is hard to credit: much love and attention must have been lavisged on them.
Yes, lots of very old Minis there now, and some much newer ones. The TF at the start I have driven, and it is very good indeed.
I think that I am in love with that Rover 827 Si.
In love also with the Mini Cabrio and all 1275 GTs.
The Fitting of the Ford Mustang V8 and rear wheel drive may have been complex but was also genius thinking with regard to possible customers.
That Rover 800 from the auction is really beautiful.
Bigger saloons don't usually do red without looking cheap but the Rover 800 actually looked its best in red. Lovely big Executives.
Sir, that 820 Vitesse Sport Turbo has been filmed separately now, the video will be coming soon. Glad you enjoyed the 820 SI as well as numerous other interesting cars which I managed to somehow film in this part!
Enjoying the more relaxed style and getting to see more of the cars although i appreciate its all time dependant and when faced with high volume and limited time things have to speed up to see everything. The Pageant blue MGB roadster is a lovely vibrant blue and looked well on cars of the period. Inca Yellow was also another stand out colour but it was a difficult colour to paint match even when new. Vermillion was a favourite. What is the HPR photo group? Not heard of them before?
The HPR Photo Group is just a collection of people I know within the MG Rover community, one of whom has lots of cars (I think that he had five on the stand). My favourite is his 820 Vitesse Sport Turbo. Lots more to come, it does take a long time to cover an event like this!
Good Afternoon Sir, the German registered Rover 200 from Dortmund in RHD is was almost certainly ordered by a British Soldier as several thousand were based their at this time.
Possibly, sir! It was still relatively common for people to make personal imports into the UK from the Continent, but they wouldn't have worn German plates, so the fact that it is on German plates would seem to match with that.
Cold today. Taking my XL1 to a show on my estate lol
I hope that you enjoyed it, sir!
Love the Mini 1275 GTs
There are going to be even more to come, sir!
Have you got any footage of the 'Dragster' ?
Yes, in one of the later parts!
I was told all mgzts/ 75s were made with a transmission tunnel in readiness for a v8. Or do you know otherwise ?
Not sure what you mean? Are you saying that the v8 could go into any 75 without modification of the transmission tunnel? I mean no offence and i may be misinterpreting what you are saying .My understanding is that all v8's produced went down the body in white production line as normal ZT and 75. When the shell was built they were then removed from the line and they were then modified off line to take the v8 this involved adding the modified transmission tunnel .
@J Jay like I said I was told this, but was always a bit sceptical. Joseph is quite knowledgeable so I was asking the question.
It's actually not a particularly easy question to ask. A lot of people have pointed out that there is a transmission tunnel that is quite wide in a 75, and therefore it must be related to a 5-Series, but this isn't really true. It isn't an E39 platform, and it was engineered for front wheel drive, but clearly there was BMW influence in the design (and many BMW components). The V8s were not even thought of until BMW had no more influence in the company.