Is this an early 75 V8?
 

Just looking on 'the bay' and spotted this odd looking V8.

It appears to have the MK1 rear bumper and old style steering wheel; to name a few - not mentioning the dodgy side photo of a mk1 front end! then the front end has remarkbaly changed in the other pic.

Is this a lash up or a an early 75 v8?

Item No. 250050959010 - soory i'm rubbish at adding links!! Link Added http://tinyurl.com/yzn9rq

Are Dealers allowed to say this?

'PLEASE NOTE: The car is sold as seen and as such comes with no warranty.'

Hmm, it certainly seems a bit dodgy, doesn't it?

It has the quad exhaust of the V8 but this could be added later - I think Alex did this with his car, judging from some of the pics on .org.

The interior is also a bit odd, Ash console/glovebox trim with the old style seats was not available as far as I know, could it be a monogram option? The gear selector doesn't look like the version the 75 V8 came with, so it could be an earlier prototype version. There is a V8 badge on the dash below the clock.

But the bumpers are the oddest bit. Maybe it was a prototype and was built with the earlier bumpers, and then the seller changed the front end to make it look like a typical 75 V8. Maybe he thought people would not believe it was a genuine V8 without a Premium grille. It's possible to do this, see again Alex's car. But posting pics of two different front ends when trying to sell what is presumably one car......strange!!

It is a proper V8 not entirely sure of it's history though Brown and Gammons have had it listed on their site for a while, I forgot about it and I suppose I should have taken a look at it before I bought my Black one

I think they had it on sale a the MG event at Silverstone alongside the fiat Diesel powered 75 etc

Definitely a MK1 rear bumper no doubt Tim or the Mathews brothers will be along shortly with full details

I Will move this to the V8 forum later

Good morning Keith! Can't tell you much about it except it's an early 75 V8 development car of some sort. I've seen it B&G and it's a bit of a mix. As you say a Mk I bumper but with a Mk II boot lid. Do my eyes deceive me or are the two fronts in the photos different? They had two similar cars, one LHD, so maybe they mixed up the pics. Well spotted the V6 auto change!
I guess everything has a price so will be interesting to watch.
Tom

I wonder if this vehicle has a V8 chassis number sequence?

Anybody thought about bombing them with a few questions about its legitimacy ? Vin number, which front end does it now have,do you have matching bumpers ?

To me this looks like a Mg ZT V8 development car,


But Its an AUTO - You dont get Zt Auto V8's

Looks like some one had retro fitted a V8 Bumper As its not been painted propley as the black vents under the indicators are painted in red

http://i18.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/78/9f/07cc_1.JPG

Then fitted all the 75 stuff like wood dash and 75 markings - Mk1 and MK2

http://i2.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/78/a4/a8a2_1.JPG


Oh and a cream colour steering wheel on a Ash grey dash?

http://i2.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/78/a4/a6e5_1.JPG

Also the gear gator is not colour coded in wood as its still black.

http://i7.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/78/9f/077d_1.JPG

And on the V8 Rover 75 you could not see the zorts on here you can

http://i2.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/78/a4/a8a2_1.JPG
Also not forgetting its registered as an MG

Manufacturer MG
Model ZT SE 260 V8
Body type 4 DOOR SALOON
Colour RED
Fuel type PETROL
Date manufactured 11 February 2004

I think more probably it's a 75 V8 development car, based on a ZT 260. It has a ZT 260 bumper with heat shields but has the 75 V8 exhaust system and auto box. The gear gaiter is probably pre-production.
It was not long after this car was registered that MGR announced the launch of the 75 V8 at Geneva.
IIRC the car was one of a batch of cars that B&G bought from MGR, including the (in)famous JTD diesel and a very nice LHD bi-fuel car.
It has a few oddities but at the right price maybe not a bad car.
My main concern would be having a Rover registered as an MG.
Tom

I think Rincewind has commented on this motor. It's a bitsa special and if the same he is of the opinion that it should have been destroyed, not let out for sale. In one way it's good that is wasn't but a potential buyer may be caught out with this one if they are not careful.

It'd be much better if a MK1 nose was stuck on it though, at least the bodywork would all match up.