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Old 13th July 2007, 22:45   #11
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Found a use for that new angle grinder then JD, I hope you bought some T cut as well.
Yea Got the idea from Keith with the Angle Grinder!
Now will need a Body shop and a lot of paint!

Really Using the Hair Dryer and Credit Card System, then a lot of polish.
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Old 13th July 2007, 22:49   #12
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Really Using the Hair Dryer and Credit Card System, then a lot of polish.
You're paying a hairdresser to do it?:SHOCKED:
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Old 13th July 2007, 22:55   #13
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I long ago forgot what a Hairdresser is.
Oh its for people with hair.
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Old 14th July 2007, 05:13   #14
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Mk3? Hmmm....I woul have to bling it up with chrome...especially on the bumpers...oh and make the bumpers fit as well....which would then give me...




























a Mk1



























But with all / most of the other weak points fixed
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Old 14th July 2007, 21:11   #15
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I'd revert back to the older Rover badge, (I know its down to taste) I can't think of a great deal though TBH, I wonder what it would look like with single round headlamps and a more upright grille, Or maybe a more modern take on the P6 grille, double headlamps but a more overhanging grille, I would make the rear slightly squarer but not a great deal,
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As the facelifted 75 and ZT is now three years old, what would you do if you were manaufacturing the car now to facelift it again/ freshen it up for today's market?
I'd re-instate all the project drive deletions and I'd revert to the original pre-facelift design. The 75 didn't come any better than that. ZT looks nicer facelifted IMO.
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Old 14th July 2007, 23:48   #17
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Here's another option although I don't think they'll be appearing on mine anytime soon: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rover-75-MGZT-...QQcmdZViewItem
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Old 15th July 2007, 12:25   #18
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So most people on this thread would, like me, make the Mk3 more like the Mk1 then?
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Old 15th July 2007, 12:39   #19
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peversely, I hope they don't, so we preserve our originals' specialness!
Ditto, after hoping that they bring out a Tourer body (I imagine that the Chinese as a nation will discover the value of estate cars in the next few years as their lifestyles change) I now secretly hope they dont for the same reason. Time has advanced and sadly, these Roewes are never going to be more than slightly aspirational Peroduas.. remakes of good designs past for peoples/markets who haven't known better. But the world has moved on.
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Old 29th July 2007, 03:55   #20
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the Mk3 would be a mk1 with better fit lines (especially bonnet/front grille)
ZT-T: Fold flat rear seats,
: Heavy Duty Loadliner (extending up backs of rear seats)
:More resilient interior in boot area
:Loadlevelling on ALL models (inc sports variants)
All: ISOFIX child seat fittings
Replace 190 with a 230 model (with better low down torque) poss a 3.0 litre V6 or Vtec??)
4wd Option (OK I've heard that option was Ko'd by BMW, but..)
V8: Obvious really, shove in the Quadcam Mustang engine... Or build a KV8 (was this ever tried?)
Best Option: Tie up with Honda, nick all the VTEC bits, awesome build quality, reliability and most of all their dealer training system!!
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