pre 73 rover wanted - wanted

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meardtet

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im after a new project to keep me out of trouble ho ho im after a pre 73 car it doesnt have to be running [but it would help] just something to keep me busy im in surrey so somewhere near would be better but
 
HI there,
Paul Whittle had one going free last year, and last time I spoke to him it was still available, the car is in Pencoed South Wales, take a look at this thread for mor info
http://www.bondhouse.co.uk/p6roc....53;st=0

Its worth contacting Paul, you can get his e-mail from the above thread

I had some pictures of it on my site for a while so it may have gone, take a look here:
Free P6 on P-six

Cheers
Al
 
Have a look at this, this is my car and unfortunatly for sale, can arrange transport at your cost too........Ebay number 4593937410, call me if interested on 07968-447727. joe
 
Everyone wants pre 73 cars for the free tax but you need to consider the cost of the work needed on the car against the cost of a couple of years road tax

I have to say this as mine is a Nov 73 model .I live in hope that one day the tax exemption will be extended to,say, pre 1980 cars !

meardtet , where in Surrey are you ? I'm in Worcester Park
 
DaveHerns said:
Everyone wants pre 73 cars for the free tax but you need to consider the cost of the work needed on the car against the cost of a couple of years road tax
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I have to agree, its nice to think you are getting one over on the tax man, but when you consider how much you will actually be spending on welding, petrol, tyres, servicing buying a tax exempt car (usually more than an equivalent quality non tax exempt car) the £16 a month that road tax actually costs is a tiny proportion - actually sounds a bit of a bargain when you split it into months!
Cheers
Al
 
Luckily in Belgium - the tax break on classics is a rolling date - ie 25 years.

I have to confess that though all my cars are series 2 (1 is one someone in the pasrt "converted" from series 1) I do prefer the series 1 look.

Would I be "burned at the stake" if I added a series 1 front grill to a series 2 car?
 
I've always said to people who express envy at my (mostly) tax exempt status, that it's not worth buying an old car just to save £160 a year as you spend far more on that on maintaining the thing. Unless you buy a banger & run it into the ground on a continuous basis, of course, which isn't really practical if you want reliable transport. It's a labour of love, isn't it?
I've thought about putting a series 1 grille on one our series 2's, but can't make up my mind whether it's a good idea or not. ???
 
The Rovering Member said:
I've always said to people who express envy at my (mostly) tax exempt status, that it's not worth buying an old car just to save £160 a year as you spend far more on that on maintaining the thing. Unless you buy a banger & run it into the ground on a continuous basis, of course, which isn't really practical if you want reliable transport. It's a labour of love, isn't it?
I've thought about putting a series 1 grille on one our series 2's, but can't make up my mind whether it's a good idea or not. ???
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Quite. Also applies to comparing P6's.
The chap I bought my (now ex) '72 3500S from was adamant that once 'done-up' it would be worth a lot more than my A1 condition '75 3500S. Errrr, I don't think so!

The '75 is an original, two owner, Monza red version with black leather, sundym, and modest mileage. The '72 was also very original but had several owners, had done nearly 200K miles with a rebuild or two and needed quite a bit of remedial work to the usual areas.

I had no qualms about buying a non-exempt P6 when I saw how good and original my '75 was. And with the little extra's fitted as standard on the later cars and the fact that its easier to run on unleaded I almost prefer it!
Sure it's a bonus having tax-exemption, but a real enthusiast would surely much prefer to have a decent P6 despite whether it's tax exempt or not.
 
I bought my 1970 2000sc purely because the price was right and for a bit of fun, the original idea was to drive it untill tax and mot ran out then either sell it on or break it, of course after driving a p6 I decided to do a light restoration on it to get it through next mot, and while I was at it, the interior was falling apart so might as well change that, oh and the wings are a bit rusty so might as well do them, I am sure you get the idea, having said that I do prefer the look of the series 1 car, so if and when I do get a series 2 I will probably buy another "down at heal " car and convert it to look like a series 1 car, ie grill bonnet, remove the vinyl roof, flat bonnet, remove side trim. Not that I have anything against the series 2 car (well except the vinyl roof, a rust trap waiting to happen) its I just prefer the series 1's looks, less fussy.
 
The only real benefit of a tax exempt car, is that if you only drive it to shows etc, you don't have to pay for a full years tax. Which I believe is one of the reasons they brought in the exemption in the first place.

I have toyed with the idea of running a tax exempt 2000 on LPG. Should make for low running costs as long as its not a rot box. :)

Richard
 
I'll have to agree with the sentiments before. I bought my P6 because it was a bit of fun, in running order, and the price was right. A bargain in fact compared to basket-case examples of many other contemporary models. Yes, I expected a pre-73 would be worth more later, but what if I'd picked a lesser example on tax classification alone? Apart from simple servicing and couple of expected jobs, my example is still a 'solid runner' and I've put 5k (miles) on it in 15 months. In fact I took it out today, in the rain. The heater demisted, the lights all worked, it ran cleanly and I belted past modern traffic.

£16 a month? At least I know where that's going... Now, my local Council Tax, that's another matter ???

...I am, of course, touching a piece of wood as I write this!
 
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