Low Mileage Mk1 CDTi in Wedgewood (I think)

Bogbrush82 · 19th March 2019, 19:18

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROVER-75-...MAAOSwKL5cVzfq

Only 48k on the clock, and looks a stunner.

Rogue · 19th March 2019, 19:25

Looks nice but oddly has a Cowley front bumper?

Lord of Hog · 20th March 2019, 06:28

Facelift came in early 2004. This one was first registered in February of that year so it may well have been built the previous year. But the colour is the slightly greener Mk2 version of Wedgwood Blue. Interesting combination.

trikey · 20th March 2019, 07:24

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Originally Posted by Rogue

Looks nice but oddly has a Cowley front bumper?

One of the last mk1s Pete I reckon.

Rogue · 20th March 2019, 09:50

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Originally Posted by trikey

One of the last mk1s Pete I reckon.

Agreed but still strange to only have a Cowley front end especially when they finished years before.

Lord of Hog · 20th March 2019, 11:44

How does the Cowley front differ? I thought it was just a case of Mk1 and Mk2.

Synchromesh · 20th March 2019, 12:04

Cowley cars have black sills and bottom of both bumpers is painted black. Perhaps on this car the bumper was damaged and it was easier to paint it black than repaint it blue. Or the bumper was badly damaged and this bumper came from a scrapped Cowley car.

Andy_with_a_screwdriver · 20th March 2019, 14:49

60 bids and counting someone is interested!

Service history seems a bit odd, only 7 services in 15 years and first service would have been somewhere around 3.5 years old.

Relatively clean bill of health on MOTs.

Lord of Hog · 21st March 2019, 06:58

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Originally Posted by Synchromesh

Cowley cars have black sills and bottom of both bumpers is painted black. Perhaps on this car the bumper was damaged and it was easier to paint it black than repaint it blue. Or the bumper was badly damaged and this bumper came from a scrapped Cowley car.

Not all of them do. My 2.5 (built in Cowley in late June 2000) is an example. Doesn't have and never has had any black either on the sills or the bumpers. It was apparently an option on late Cowley cars built to the BMW spec in the last few months before the move to Birmingham. However the likely build date of this makes it definitely a Longbridge job so you may well be right about it being a replacement bumper.

19th March 2019, 19:18	#1
Bogbrush82 I really should get out more....... BMW X3 2.0D Join Date: May 2017 Location: Tipton Posts: 2,383 Thanks: 51 Thanked 765 Times in 421 Posts	Low Mileage Mk1 CDTi in Wedgewood (I think) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROVER-75-...MAAOSwKL5cVzfq Only 48k on the clock, and looks a stunner. __________________ Current car: BMW x3 2.0d (The one with the M47 engine!) Rolled off the line on December 14th, 2004.

19th March 2019, 19:25	#2
Rogue I really should get out more....... 75 CDT SE 160 Saloon Join Date: May 2017 Location: Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich Posts: 2,653 Thanks: 1,386 Thanked 1,096 Times in 774 Posts	Looks nice but oddly has a Cowley front bumper? __________________ Glutton for punishment --- Previously ... 2.6 SD1 x 2, 3.5 SD1, 820S, 820Si x2, 216 Gsi, 220T saloon, 414, 45 1.4 x2 and now a Cowley 75 CDT

20th March 2019, 06:28	#3
Lord of Hog Gets stuck in Rover 75 2.5 V6 in Wedgwood Blue Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Felbridge, East Grinstead Posts: 982 Thanks: 250 Thanked 294 Times in 206 Posts	Facelift came in early 2004. This one was first registered in February of that year so it may well have been built the previous year. But the colour is the slightly greener Mk2 version of Wedgwood Blue. Interesting combination. __________________ Conformity is not morality. Consensus is not truth.

20th March 2019, 11:44	#6
Lord of Hog Gets stuck in Rover 75 2.5 V6 in Wedgwood Blue Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Felbridge, East Grinstead Posts: 982 Thanks: 250 Thanked 294 Times in 206 Posts	How does the Cowley front differ? I thought it was just a case of Mk1 and Mk2. __________________ Conformity is not morality. Consensus is not truth.

20th March 2019, 12:04	#7
Synchromesh Gets stuck in Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Preston Posts: 624 Thanks: 50 Thanked 44 Times in 32 Posts	Cowley cars have black sills and bottom of both bumpers is painted black. Perhaps on this car the bumper was damaged and it was easier to paint it black than repaint it blue. Or the bumper was badly damaged and this bumper came from a scrapped Cowley car.

20th March 2019, 14:49	#8
Andy_with_a_screwdriver Gets stuck in Rover 75 Tourer CDTi Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Plymouth Posts: 695 Thanks: 141 Thanked 153 Times in 117 Posts	60 bids and counting someone is interested! Service history seems a bit odd, only 7 services in 15 years and first service would have been somewhere around 3.5 years old. Relatively clean bill of health on MOTs.