Look at this P6 from NZ !

Haven't seen one on a P6 before but I don't like it. Some period bolt-on goodies add a certain desirable kitsch to some (lesser?) 50's/60's cars, but a Rover? No, I don't think so. Still, if you get a lot of sun then I can see the necessity. 8)
 
What a rust bucket, probably the only usable part would be the sun visor!

Graeme
 
It's unusually rusty for a New Zealand P6. The locally-assembled examples are some the least rusty old cars around.
 
WarrenL said:
It's unusually rusty for a New Zealand P6. The locally-assembled examples are some the least rusty old cars around.
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Depends if it was NZ new. If it's badged as a 78, and considering the colour, I'd guess that it was imported when a year or two old. My 74 3500S was brought into NZ when it was four years old, and over the next 20 years the little bits of rust turned into a lot of rust..
 
Yes, unfortunately the registration number is not evident in the photos nor in the listing, so I can't look it up on CarJam and find out whether it was first registered overseas. Without knowing the exact dates/numbers of local production, it is possible it was newly registered in 1978 - the Triumph 2000/2500 was available new in NZ until 1980 due to an abundance of CKD kits.

My '72 B was a NZ-new car, and when I stripped it for a bare metal respray at 27 years of age (it, not me) there was not a single skerrick of rust to be found anywhere on the panels or the base unit. Quite remarkable really.

Does anybody have any info on the NZ-assembled cars (which includes all Australian P6s - we sent them over the Tassie in return for their Minis) that might shed light on the paint systems/rustproofing used? As an aside, NZ-assembled cars can be identified by the weldmarks on the A/B/C pillars - the roofs were removed from the base units so they'd stack better for shipping.
 
Gee what a lot of rust and no registration... :cry: I have to say that the asking price is way too much. As Darryl Kerrigan would say,..."tell 'im 'e's dreamin"
Subtract $1400 and I think you would be closer to the mark.

Ron.
 
SydneyRoverP6B said:
Gee what a lot of rust and no registration... :cry: I have to say that the asking price is way too much. As Darryl Kerrigan would say,..."tell 'im 'e's dreamin"
Subtract $1400 and I think you would be closer to the mark.

Ron.
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A little short of the mark. subtract $2000 and for the 500 dollar excess I will take it to the wrecker for him.

Graeme
 
I almost bought a complete parts car for $500 recently. However it turned out to be too good for a parts car so I let it go to a local Rover Club member who has bigger plans for it.

At $1500 our friend is dreaming.
 
Looks like Rudiger already has a picture of this one on his site, under 'the unknown'. Rego number is KC9430, it has a 451 chassis number and was first registered in NZ in 1981 so definitely an import. My guess would be from Oz. Those sunvisors were quite popular over there. Wonder if it has AC?
 
KiwiRover said:
... was first registered in NZ in 1981 so definitely an import. My guess would be from Oz...
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The amount of rust points to the possibility it wasn't. To my knowledge all the Oz P6s were assembled at the Stoke BL plant in New Zealand - they were shipped there in exchange for Oz-assembled Minis. And in my experience the NZ-assembled cars are remarkably immune to rust for cars of that period. Not only that, but Oz's generally dry climate isn't conducive to rust.

Disregarding the evidence of the screen (I remember every second HQ Holden seemed to have one back when I was a nipper), I'm picking it's an English import.
 
I remember back in the mid seventies my brother went over to Oz for a holiday and came back with a relativly late model Toyata crown which came from one of the coastal areas, Twhat a complete rust bucket, I often thought he must have had it towed by the boat back to NZ!
NZ production Rovers seem to have a few give away points in that if the glass is tinted or it has ac or has a roof aerial or a touring kit then its Brit assembled. I dont htink they assembled manuals here in NZ but I may be wrong, it was my understanding that these were CBU, also I have not seen any NZ assembled non pas cars?

Graeme
 
WarrenL said:
Graeme, GF148 is NZ-assembled and it has the roof aerial AND no PAS!
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Hmm very odd esp the radio aerial, in the past NZ had restrictions (NZ supplied content) on some car parts such as radiators glass and I think also aerials which precluded the use of those parts from overseas supply, possibly your areial was a customer own fit or a replacement at a later date when those import entry restrictions were lifted?

Graeme
 
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