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[Indiana_Jones]

No... really cool is the TR8 man

The TR8 is what the TR7 should of been to bloody begin with lol

-Indy

[YellowDog]

The TR8 is what the TR7 should of been to bloody begin with lol

-Indy

I had the chance of replacing my TR7 2.0 ltr lump with a 3.5 V8 out of a written off Rover.

Regrettably I didn't do it as I was assured that the 2.0 OEM unit was perfectly balanced for the car. Also, I wasn't so sure about upgrading the brakes and shocks.

That was a serious error on my part that proved to be even more costly

I have driven one very good TR8, but that was years ago. I have no idea how it would rack up against more modern cars.

You don't see many around (for good reason)

[ducatilover]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used...-405897736.htm

Someone needs to buy this baby!

-Indy

No... really cool is the TR8 man

Cool is me buying a TR7 and making a TR8 for less....
Or a V8 GT6, that would be the perfect Try-umph for me. So sexy.
Does the TR6/2500pi lump fit in to the GT6? I imagine it would...

[dangerous]

Cool is me buying a TR7 and making a TR8 for less....
Or a V8 GT6, that would be the perfect Try-umph for me. So sexy.
Does the TR6/2500pi lump fit in to the GT6? I imagine it would...

well it is the very same engine!

[ducatilover]

well it is the very same engine!

I thought so.

Hmmm 2.5 GT6 with a hot cam, extractors and triple sidedrafts anybody?

[Bender]

Not BL, but a very nice Rover.

[ducatilover]

Not BL, but a very nice Rover.

Wow! That's beautiful

[blackdog]

Turns out the wee Mini needs some rust repairs for the WOF. I haven't had a look but the old man reckons it won't be too hard for someone with a few clues. It is underneath apparently so won't affect any visible bodywork.

$2500 as is guys, the garage is required for something else.

[Indiana_Jones]

Would be keen to view if she wasn't so far away!

-Indy

[blackdog]

Would be keen to view if she wasn't so far away!

-Indy

Weekend ride time!

I'll endeavour to get some close up pics of the problem area for ya soon.

[geoffm]

Not BL, but a very nice Rover.

[[/I]

I learntto drive in one of those a S model manual. My mother had it foryears until some toerags stole it in Tuakau and raced it through a forest. It was fixed, but never the same again. It got sold to a Rover carclub member, who I met at the Autobahn a few years later - he had pulled it all apart and got it mint.
Always had a liking of them, and if I could afford it, I would buy another.

[scumdog]

[[/I]

I learntto drive in one of those a S model manual. My mother had it foryears until some toerags stole it in Tuakau and raced it through a forest. It was fixed, but never the same again. It got sold to a Rover carclub member, who I met at the Autobahn a few years later - he had pulled it all apart and got it mint.
Always had a liking of them, and if I could afford it, I would buy another.

A red manual 'S' for sale near here - was on TM.

I think the old guy has had it almost since new - I remember seeing him in it in the '70s.

[ducatilover]

My P6B 3500 owed me just under $2k I think and it was in pretty nice condition.

[Virago]

Here's another for YD to drool over:

http://www.turners.co.nz/Vehicles/Pa...x?RefId=934328

The later X350 model (aluminium bodied), with the 4.2L V8 - only 50K on the clock.

"This was the Governor General's XJ8. This car has ferried around Dame Silvia Cartwright and Sir Anand Satyanand since it was purchased in 2003 for $160,000."

Auction estimate $21K to $24K - almost half what the dealers would put on it...

And no, I haven't got the money for it either...

[Indiana_Jones]

My old man was told by an owner of one of aluminium bodied cars that his fuel bill was cut drastically

-Indy