Rover 213 : classic or not?
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Bit of a little update on my little girl gertrude 
last night i had the help of the wife to fix my headlining, So we removed the old cloth and started to bond the two broken parts of the card together in aid to get the cloth glued back on (when i find some lol )
Also need to upload pictures of the newly painted bottom door edges which i will take tomorrow as i am taking it to my workplace in the morning due to an attempted theft
last night i had the help of the wife to fix my headlining, So we removed the old cloth and started to bond the two broken parts of the card together in aid to get the cloth glued back on (when i find some lol ) Also need to upload pictures of the newly painted bottom door edges which i will take tomorrow as i am taking it to my workplace in the morning due to an attempted theft
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Pilkie
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I may be in the minority here,and I await your wrath,, :wink: but for me its not a real Rover!
Its a Honda wearing a Rover badge,similar to the Triumph Acclaim thats not a real Triumph!
The last real rover was the SD1 and they made a mess of that,so they turned to Honda for help!!
Its one of the reasons Rover eventually went t##s up!
From a great plethora of excellent british manufacturers to being invaded by foreign makers building in britain,and little or no real british car makers for the masses left!!
A classic for me doesnt always mean 25+yrs old,its a combination of the maker,the design,the innovation,the 1st production use of a new idea.
Many cars of the 80's and 90's whatever make they may be,are,or soon will be regarded as classics because they have survived banger status,and if you can still get the spares,they will be relatively rare!
BTW!!
Welcome to the forum Sulley!
but for me its not a real Rover!Its a Honda wearing a Rover badge,similar to the Triumph Acclaim thats not a real Triumph!
The last real rover was the SD1 and they made a mess of that,so they turned to Honda for help!!
Its one of the reasons Rover eventually went t##s up!
From a great plethora of excellent british manufacturers to being invaded by foreign makers building in britain,and little or no real british car makers for the masses left!!
A classic for me doesnt always mean 25+yrs old,its a combination of the maker,the design,the innovation,the 1st production use of a new idea.
Many cars of the 80's and 90's whatever make they may be,are,or soon will be regarded as classics because they have survived banger status,and if you can still get the spares,they will be relatively rare!
BTW!!
Welcome to the forum Sulley!
herts2000
Active Member
Sorry but i cant agree morePilkie said:I may be in the minority here,and I await your wrath,, :wink:
Its a Honda wearing a Rover badge,similar to the Triumph Acclaim thats not a real Triumph!
The last real rover was the SD1 and they made a mess of that,so they turned to Honda for help!!
Its one of the reasons Rover eventually went t##s up!
From a great plethora of excellent british manufacturers to being invaded by foreign makers building in britain,and little or no real british car makers for the masses left!!
A classic for me doesnt always mean 25+yrs old,its a combination of the maker,the design,the innovation,the 1st production use of a new idea.
Many cars of the 80's and 90's whatever make they may be,are,or soon will be regarded as classics because they have survived banger status,and if you can still get the spares,they will be relatively rare!
True very true. although from a modern point of in relation to the k serieshink they sh ould of kept honda engines. but this is my first 'classic so to speak' lol and its only 1 year younger than i am my self in abput 18 months i wish to get something older than me. and i was thinking the sd 1. As my dad had one as for spares thats a no no lol i cant get any body panels for gertrude at all lol
as for spares thats a no no lol i cant get any body panels for gertrude at all lolIt is part of Rovers history, whether Honda influenced or not. If we disregarded cars which have outside influences/collaborations in the classic car family, is not an MGB just a Cambridge/Oxford in a party frock, a P6b a Rover with a Buick engine. the list is endless. The 1980's might not have been a highly regarded era in the British Motor industry, but it happened. One mans classic is another mans banger. What older members regard as new, is ancient to younger drivers who have never had to use a choke knob before, never had single speed wipers, non HRW etc.
