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9th May 2016, 16:04 | #41 |
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Your new V8 looks stunning, I look forward to seeing your new car at a meet.
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Having now gone through some of the paperwork that came with #158, it's interesting to see that the car left the production line on 8th December 2003, but wasn't registered for first use until 24th January 2005 so the car had either been stored or was on display at Longbridge or a dealership for a year and a month before being purchased.
I've also discovered that the first owner was none other than Actor Ken Morley (AKA Reg Holdsworth from Coronation Street) who bought it just 3 months before MG Rover Group collapsed. He owned quite a large collection of American cars at the time and obviously loved the ford Mustang engine to buy this one. Looking at the car's MOT history, it's amazing to see that in the year between it's 1st and 2nd MOT in 2009, Ken had only driven it 7 miles! He ultimately owned it for 5 and a half years before selling it on. In his ownership it had covered a total of 12,977 miles. |
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That's interesting. Some nice history to it..
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11th May 2016, 09:21 | #44 |
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Another car in the club with an interesting background
Coronation Street stars seem to love these cars.....
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11th May 2016, 15:23 | #46 |
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Having added a V8, I hope you are not going to be playing snap every time you see one that matches any of the Reebs fleet
Very nice car and a great collection. Wonder if there was ever a LWB in Lagoon .
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Congratulations on your purchase Paul! Another gorgeous car
I added another to my fleet today as well although possibly at the other end of the scale Will have to change my signature now though
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13th May 2016, 21:14 | #48 |
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I did a bit of updating on the V8 today, firstly I replaced the after market silver MG bonnet badge with a brand new original one, as well as updating the number plate, and towing eye cover which was only half painted?
Before: After: and at the back, Replaced the Union/check flag badge, as well as the MG logo boot badge which again had an aftermarket silver MG badge, and changed the number plate for a nice big smiley one Before: After: And to finish with, a bit of MG art |
13th May 2016, 21:56 | #49 |
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Coming together nicely Paul - those new MG badges really do make a difference and the "smiley" plate is a must have in my view. Really looking forward to seeing this car at some point.
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Car is looking really good, the smiley plate makes a real difference.
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