Rover 75 V8

[paul4pcp]

I have just been on the phone to SMC and they have acouple of RV8's on sale.
Unfortunately for them and me the newest is on a 55 so ill carry on looking/waiting

[Womble]

Originally Posted by paul4pcp

I have just been on the phone to SMC and they have acouple of RV8's on sale.
Unfortunately for them and me the newest is on a 55 so ill carry on looking/waiting

To be honest, if you really want a 75 V8, I would suggest you may have to forget about the plate. Bear in mind that there are fewer than 200 in existence, and any that have not already been registered absolutely have to be registered by the end of February.

Members on here and on two-sixties.com have been very dilligent in keeping an eye out for any that are for sale, and whilst there have been a reasonable number of unregistered 260s coming up for sale, I certainly can't remember the last 75 V8 I saw. In short, if you've not found one by now, I think it's highly unlikely that you will

Which is more important? The car or the plate? Could you get the same plate on an earlier year, or does the 06 actually make up part of the plate you want?

[paul4pcp]

Thanks Womble. My original post was to ask whether there were any R75 V8's registered on a 06 or 56 plate, not necessarily whether ther were any for sale. I own PC06GAN as a plate and I need a car the right age to put it on. I am prepared to wait for the right age car to come up for sale providing one exists. Does anyone know an easy way to find out?

Paul

[Petrow]

Originally Posted by paul4pcp

Thanks Womble. My original post was to ask whether there were any R75 V8's registered on a 06 or 56 plate, not necessarily whether ther were any for sale. I own PC06GAN as a plate and I need a car the right age to put it on. I am prepared to wait for the right age car to come up for sale providing one exists. Does anyone know an easy way to find out?

Paul

There were two or three unregistered R75V8's being advertised in the later part of last year. One was grey, another green, and possibly a third in blue. A pretty-please call to SMC might yield further info. Or maybe the DVLA might be able to help.

[Scarlet Fever]

Not quite sure how the VIN sequence works in this regard but from the data i have there are three options for the 9th letter (transmission and steering)

Up until reading this thread i had assumed that they related to right hand drive and left hand drive (all manuals), but i note from the pictures of VIN 000007 that it is left hand drive, but has the same 9th VIN letter as my right hand drive car and with the positng above about the automatic 260s in Australia i am now thinking the letter relates to the gearbox rather than the side the steering wheel is on.

On this basis i reckon:

9th letter of VIN sequence = C
This is VIN 000001, the XP500 and is therefore likely to be a one off.

9th letter of VIN sequence = B
This relates to the majority of cars, including mine, so i assume it means Tremec 6350 manual gearbox

9th letter of VIN sequence = N
There are a few of these, i am assuming that this means an automatic gearbox.

Based on the above assumption, here are the VINs of automatic 260s:

000012
000013
000014
000015
000161
000186
000190
000210
000215
000217

Sadly i don't have all the VIN numbers for all 833 cars made, but the above covers all the Mark 1 cars.

[anglaslt]

Originally Posted by Scarlet Fever

Not quite sure how the VIN sequence works in this regard but from the data i have there are three options for the 9th letter (transmission and steering)

Up until reading this thread i had assumed that they related to right hand drive and left hand drive (all manuals), but i note from the pictures of VIN 000007 that it is left hand drive, but has the same 9th VIN letter as my right hand drive car and with the positng above about the automatic 260s in Australia i am now thinking the letter relates to the gearbox rather than the side the steering wheel is on.

On this basis i reckon:

9th letter of VIN sequence = C
This is VIN 000001, the XP500 and is therefore likely to be a one off.

9th letter of VIN sequence = B
This relates to the majority of cars, including mine, so i assume it means Tremec 6350 manual gearbox

9th letter of VIN sequence = N
There are a few of these, i am assuming that this means an automatic gearbox.

Based on the above assumption, here are the VINs of automatic 260s:

000012
000013
000014
000015
000161
000186
000190
000210
000215
000217

Sadly i don't have all the VIN numbers for all 833 cars made, but the above covers all the Mark 1 cars.

Not sure if this helps, but certainly 190 and 215 are autos. 190 is a ZT-T 260 auto and 215 is the Geneva Motor Show R75 V8, which no doubt started life as a ZT 260. But then again they are both LHD !
Tom

[philby777]

I have 185 On log book as MG ZT SE 260 V8 but in rover trim inside and out (automatic)
9th letter is B
What does:
Varaint #LG
Version 01B mean?

Phil

[Pete]

oooh paranoid, I like the sig photo! Looks loverly

[Scarlet Fever]

Originally Posted by philby777

I have 185 On log book as MG ZT SE 260 V8 but in rover trim inside and out (automatic)
9th letter is B
What does:
Varaint #LG
Version 01B mean?

No idea Phil, but suspect your car went down the production line as an MG and was then pulled from the line at a point after it was given it's VIN sequence and refitted as one of the early R75s (including auto-box). This would explain the VIN anomaly, but i admit i am clutching at straws a bit here, my posting above is a supposition based upon the VIN evidence i have to hand, and now i am trying to make the facts fit the supposition which isn't a very smart thing to do!