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Hello From Wigan

Post by Shane » Mon May 04, 2015 8:45 pm

Hello All

Thank you for letting me join, I have a good friend that is a collector of mainly Rover Sterling's with the 2.5 engine. However we do have other variants. Although my friend owns these vehicles I am one of the main custodians of them due to the nature of his work. He has aimed to get one in every colour produced and has even had three resprayed. He had a green 800 in the mid 90's and in 1999 came the first Sterling and so the love affair was born :)

We also have an 825SLI Limo as well as a former Hearse that has been converted into a Pickup, both of which are in Black. Alongside these are two MK2's and a MK1 Vitesse which we think has the TWR Body kit but I'm not sure if it has carried this from new is there a way of checking ?

Me and the other chap that helps me with these attended the Pride of Longbridge event in April with an early MK2 Vitesse in Black (J103 MOY) which was Photographed with myself talking to another enthusiast (see pic no.8 on POL Thread) Apologies to whoever was taking the photo you should have told us to shift :lol:
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Re: Hello From Wigan

Post by BlueRover » Mon May 04, 2015 10:19 pm

My white Mk1 carried the kit straight from the factory to a BAe exec. It's also got the ruched leather and 16" Prestiges. There were a few like this and although the V5 says 820i the key tag from the dealer says Special Edition.
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Only two 800's now,white 1991 820i with TWR and full special order leather (been stood for 15 years) and now a Nightfire red Tickford with 135k on the clock
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Re: Hello From Wigan

Post by Shane » Tue May 05, 2015 8:30 am

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Many thanks for that. Yes, ours has that grill which will be replaced by an original before it goes for paint as well as a few other bits later on this year. I have checked the V5 it says it's a vitesse on there but from looking inside you would think it's an SLI because it seems quite plane to me, although I have a reasonable knowledge of these I'm by no means an expert.
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Re: Hello From Wigan

Post by papa-rich4.0 » Tue May 05, 2015 11:27 am

Welcome to the forum,

Nice 800's. Any more pics of that pickup? Bet you can fit a fair bit in the back of that!

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Re: Hello From Wigan

Post by SJG » Tue May 05, 2015 12:42 pm

Hello Shane, welcome to the forum.
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Re: Hello From Wigan

Post by Shane » Tue May 05, 2015 1:38 pm

This is the only other one I have for now until I can find the others if I get the time I will pull it out of it's space and take a good few shots as I'm only round the corner from them :)


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Re: Hello From Wigan

Post by mercedade » Tue May 05, 2015 1:57 pm

Greetings from another North Westerner (adopted). Already a fan of the pick-up - would love to see the project photos of that!
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Re: Hello From Wigan

Post by Shane » Tue May 05, 2015 3:02 pm

To be honest with you Mercedade we didn't convert it ourselves we actually purchased like that, The photo does it a lot of justice it would benefit from some bodywork and a repaint preferably in a different colour. The actual pick up section at the back is completely chequer plated. It does however have issues with the engine and box, It's a 2.5 which is very smoky on start -up but this does clear after a few minutes and also it sometimes struggles to drive and the "S" comes on even though the button isn't pressed.
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Re: Hello From Wigan

Post by midnite » Tue May 05, 2015 4:19 pm

welcome mate, i like the white vitesse, but its not a twr bodykit thats for sure, the front bumper and side skirts are different, they look like kamei to me, but not 100%.

found this though, defo same kitImage

kat bodykit, the front bumper is identical to your vitesse, designed by an ex tickford aerodynamic specialist who left tickford and set up making body kits, the capri one is most known, must say you must have the only one in existence for an 800. never seen another that for sure.
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89 827 sterling auto saloon grey dead and gone
90 827 sli auto saloon pulsar silver
91 820 i special edition flaming hell red
99 820 vitesse turbo sport manual nightfire rust sold to a better owner than i

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Re: Hello From Wigan

Post by BlueRover » Tue May 05, 2015 5:11 pm

This is the TWR kit.
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midnite, that kit on the SD1 doesn't look much like the one on the white one either but I'm guessing there were quite a few kit makers in the 80's and 90's.
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Only two 800's now,white 1991 820i with TWR and full special order leather (been stood for 15 years) and now a Nightfire red Tickford with 135k on the clock
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Re: Hello From Wigan

Post by midnite » Tue May 05, 2015 5:45 pm

i think the design of the bumper with the sections around the fog lights is the same, and its very unusual, the side skirts arnt the same, but its the front design thats similar me thinks.

how come your white special edition as stood for so long then gordon, was it your nightfire tickford at pol 2015 then.
fleet now includes
89 827 sterling auto saloon grey dead and gone
90 827 sli auto saloon pulsar silver
91 820 i special edition flaming hell red
99 820 vitesse turbo sport manual nightfire rust sold to a better owner than i

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Re: Hello From Wigan

Post by Shane » Tue May 05, 2015 7:13 pm

Thanks for that midnight you may be right, I always knew it was a bit odd because I had previously looked at the TWR kit and thought to myself these are not the same :? Also looking at that SD1 it looks to me although I am not 100% sure that it has it's "full beam" on in that picture.

I spent ages once trying to find the front fog light on ours switch and to my surprise they were not fog lights at all they are driving lights which only come on with the Full beam being on weather that will help identify it I don't know :?
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Re: Hello From Wigan

Post by Austin-Rover » Tue May 05, 2015 8:48 pm

Hi Shane, welcome along! I think I've come across a picture of this Rover 800 collection when browsing flickr for pictures of vehicles to do with the sticker on the cab door of that Volvo! (another interest of mine) :oops:

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Re: Hello From Wigan

Post by midnite » Tue May 05, 2015 9:21 pm

tell you another thing though, your side skirts shane look a hell of a lot like richard moss's old met blue sterling side skirts that he put on his, if you search through the 800 pics from the dark ages you will find it, they have those lines on the skirts like yours, so rich would probably know what make they are, if the kit is as rare as i think, you should remove it and put it in a shed for safe keeping.
fleet now includes
89 827 sterling auto saloon grey dead and gone
90 827 sli auto saloon pulsar silver
91 820 i special edition flaming hell red
99 820 vitesse turbo sport manual nightfire rust sold to a better owner than i

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Re: Hello From Wigan

Post by Shane » Tue May 05, 2015 10:09 pm

If that is the case midnite it will be going inside, as we are currently looking for indoor storage for the one's we have already had repainted.
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