|
||
|
|
5th August 2021, 13:58 | #1 |
Vis Whiz
Rover 75 2.5 auto Saloon Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: LEEDS
Posts: 20,591
Thanks: 2,057
Thanked 3,056 Times in 1,621 Posts
|
Pictures of Norman2CV Pre Launch model for sale***CAR HAS NOW BEEN SAVED
__________________
Dave... Lost a few stones and a Gall Bladder and part of a bile duct and all of my dignity in the suppository incident |
6th August 2021, 06:55 | #2 |
Doesn't do things by halves
Rover 75 2.5 Connoisseur Auto (1999) Dealer launch model. Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Former Middlesex
Posts: 20,386
Thanks: 1,587
Thanked 3,749 Times in 3,181 Posts
|
Note that this car's hazard/central locking switch has a black rather than wood effect escutcheon. Does that make it pre-production rather than "launch"?
Simon
__________________
"Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble." Sir Henry Royce. |
6th August 2021, 07:03 | #3 |
Regular poster
Rover 75 Saloon. Pre Production. Join Date: Jun 2021
Location: Callington
Posts: 90
Thanks: 40
Thanked 72 Times in 25 Posts
|
Yes it is not 'Launch' it is PreProduction. The research i have done indicates it was built late 1998 or Jan 1999 and was owned by MG Rover Group for some time.
|
6th August 2021, 08:44 | #4 |
Posted a thing or two
Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Louth
Posts: 1,420
Thanks: 380
Thanked 986 Times in 476 Posts
|
|
6th August 2021, 09:00 | #5 | |
Premium Trader
Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Devon
Posts: 33,774
Thanks: 8,837
Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts
|
Quote:
Yes, the pre production hazard surrounds were moulded and sent to the factory for test fitting, as there wasn’t time to get them to timbalex for coating. These were supposed to have been changed before sale, but as we all know, that didn’t happen!
__________________
Lest we forget..
|
|
6th August 2021, 10:59 | #6 |
Posted a thing or two
Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Louth
Posts: 1,420
Thanks: 380
Thanked 986 Times in 476 Posts
|
There are a few other things as well that are different on pre launch cars
|
6th August 2021, 15:17 | #7 |
This is my second home
2007 57 GOLF GTi EDITION 30 DSG Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Newport Shropshire and Coventry.
Posts: 5,138
Thanks: 2,424
Thanked 1,452 Times in 852 Posts
|
|
6th August 2021, 15:27 | #8 |
Posted a thing or two
Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Louth
Posts: 1,420
Thanks: 380
Thanked 986 Times in 476 Posts
|
|
6th August 2021, 16:31 | #9 |
Regular poster
Rover 75 Saloon. Pre Production. Join Date: Jun 2021
Location: Callington
Posts: 90
Thanks: 40
Thanked 72 Times in 25 Posts
|
I dont know about pre launch cars but on pre production cars the black switch surround and the lack of a boot floor handle and something different about the boot plinth ?
|
12th August 2021, 21:39 | #10 |
I really should get out more.......
MGTF, MGZT, Range Rover Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Cheltenham
Posts: 2,803
Thanks: 395
Thanked 633 Times in 446 Posts
|
I contacted the seller a couple of weeks ago.
Do I want the car. Yes. Can I afford to recommission it. Yes. Do I have the time for another project. No. I'm working all the hours I can to afford my current project. Yes I have space. I've been offered another project that I'm seriously considering. It's never straightforward collecting cars, projects or not. I'm so busy I've not used my MGTF yet this summer. What a waste. Then I have a family to juggle too. Life is full but life is good. Yes I would like to see an original car saved. Good luck. Sent from my POT-LX1 using Tapatalk
__________________
MG TF 135, MG ZT, Range Rover P38 |
|
|