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Rover Job Lot inc 800s

Post by scotty2 » Tue Feb 04, 2020 11:30 am

Bloody hell. There is someone worse than me.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153819170834?ul_noapp=true

Job lot of 21 Rovers.
Spotted silver 800 coupe P41 PND which looks not too bad and has a decent MOT history... Is it a turbo - Says vitesse so yes?
Incudes:
Gold 827i saloon
Silver 825 fastback
Red 825 coupe
Silver 820 vitesse coupe
Red 820 vitesse fastback
Green 820 vitesse sport

P41PND
ROVER 800
Colour
Silver
Fuel type
Petrol
Date registered
12 June 1997
MOT expired on
11 August 2017

Date tested
12 August 2016
PASS
Mileage
86,075 miles
MOT test number
9795 5984 6783
Test location
View test location
Expiry date
11 August 2017
Advisory notice item(s)
Offside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.5.C.1a)
What are advisories?
Date tested
12 August 2015
PASS
Mileage
81,376 miles
MOT test number
7996 8472 5270
Test location
View test location
Expiry date
11 August 2016
Advisory notice item(s)
Front Power steering pipe(s) or hose(s) slightly corroded (2.3.2)
cracks in osf tyre tread
cracks in osr tyre tread
cracks in nsr tyre tread
coolant leak
fuel pipe going over fuel tank corroded
What are advisories?
Date tested
7 August 2015
FAIL
Mileage
81,255 miles
MOT test number
3356 9961 5210
Test location
View test location
Reason(s) for failure
Nearside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc (2.5.C.1a)
Advisory notice item(s)
Front Power steering pipe(s) or hose(s) slightly corroded (2.3.2)
cracks in osf tyre tread
cracks in osr tyre tread
cracks in nsr tyre tread
coolant leak
fuel pipe going over fuel tank corroded
What are failures and advisories?
Date tested
4 November 2013
PASS
Mileage
78,461 miles
MOT test number
1974 0870 3313
Test location
View test location
Expiry date
3 November 2014
Advisory notice item(s)
Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Nearside Rear brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Offside Rear brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Offside Front suspension has slight play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
What are advisories?
Date tested
25 October 2013
FAIL
Mileage
78,461 miles
MOT test number
7476 3889 3223
Test location
View test location
Reason(s) for failure
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
Nearside Registration plate lamp not working (1.1.C.1d)
Advisory notice item(s)
Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Nearside Rear brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Offside Rear brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Offside Front suspension has slight play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
What are failures and advisories?
Date tested
5 September 2012
PASS
Mileage
76,425 miles
MOT test number
3082 5954 2284
Test location
View test location
Expiry date
4 September 2013
Advisory notice item(s)
Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Rear brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Nearside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Offside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has slight play (2.2.B.1f)
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has slight play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)
Offside Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.5.C.1a)
Fuel pipe/s corroded
Coolant leak
What are advisories?
Date tested
31 August 2012
FAIL
Mileage
76,424 miles
MOT test number
9868 9434 2238
Test location
View test location
Reason(s) for failure
Nearside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam (1.7.5a)
Nearside Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
Advisory notice item(s)
Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Rear brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Nearside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Offside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has slight play (2.2.B.1f)
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has slight play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)
Offside Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.5.C.1a)
Fuel pipe/s corroded
Coolant leak
What are failures and advisories?
Date tested
5 November 2010
PASS
Mileage
64,833 miles
MOT test number
4402 0900 0346
Test location
View test location
Expiry date
26 November 2011
Advisory notice item(s)
Nearside Front suspension has slight play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
Offside Front suspension has slight play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
rear brake discs pitted
What are advisories?
Date tested
27 November 2009
PASS
Mileage
62,809 miles
MOT test number
6506 3143 9335
Test location
View test location
Expiry date
26 November 2010
Advisory notice item(s)
Nearside Rear Direction indicators slightly discoloured (1.4.A.2f)
Offside Rear Direction indicators slightly discoloured (1.4.A.2f)
What are advisories?
Date tested
27 November 2009
FAIL
Mileage
62,805 miles
MOT test number
4339 5133 9383
Test location
View test location
Reason(s) for failure
Offside Front Front position lamp(s) incorrect colour (1.1.A.3e)
Nearside Front Front position lamp(s) incorrect colour (1.1.A.3e)
Advisory notice item(s)
Nearside Rear Direction indicators slightly discoloured (1.4.A.2f)
Offside Rear Direction indicators slightly discoloured (1.4.A.2f)
What are failures and advisories?
Date tested
6 September 2008
PASS
Mileage
59,686 miles
MOT test number
4038 5045 8223
Test location
View test location
Expiry date
5 September 2009
Date tested
26 August 2006
PASS
Mileage
58,629 miles
MOT test number
3806 5873 6415
Test location
View test location
Expiry date
25 August 2007
Advisory notice item(s)
offside front tyre worn on inner edge
What are advisories?
800 Saloon, Fastback and Turbo Coupe!

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Re: Rover Job Lot inc 800s

Post by scoobyh123 » Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:27 pm

If that silver coupe is a Vitesse then it is a turbo Scott. The only non-turbo Vitesses were the Mk1s which all had the 2.7 Honda V6, the Mk2 came along and the 2.0 turbo Vitesse came along. As im sure you know, the early ones were 180bhp, the later ones 200bhp, if memory serves correctly the easy way to tell is dizzy = 180bhp, no dizzy = 200bhp but i can't remember the changeover year. That said, if it was sat in a dealer showroom for a while before being registered, it could easily be an N or even M reg in reality.
It's certainly been lowered, even against normal Vitesse ride height and looks to have been parked on grass so expect both sills to be rotten, inside and out, possibly the doors too.
I have a pair of doors in good nick if you want them, you'd just have to spray the rest of the car to match! (BRG :P )

Dollysprint Dave could almost certainly tell you more about the exact age of the car as he has (or had) something that will look up the VIN from the reg number and work out when it was actually made and the exact spec.

I notice there's also a Vitesse Sport fastback in the listing, that is the 200bhp version but from the "changeover years" when they made the standard Vitesse (180) and Vitesse Sport (200bhp) before they dropped the basic 180 and just had the 200bhp Vitesse.
Cheers,
Dave

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Re: Rover Job Lot inc 800s

Post by scotty2 » Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:33 pm

From GOV.uk
Date of first registration June 1997
Year of manufacture 1997
Look like the 200 hp one after all.
Pity he is selling as a job lot or I'd bid for the silver Coupe and the Green Vitesse Sport!
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Re: Rover Job Lot inc 800s

Post by scoobyh123 » Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:40 pm

scotty2 wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:33 pm
From GOV.uk
Date of first registration June 1997
Year of manufacture 1997
Look like the 200 hp one after all.
Pity he is selling as a job lot or I'd bid for the silver Coupe and the Green Vitesse Sport!
That might well be Scott but if it sat in a dealers compound for two years as was commonplace back then, it could be a 1995 model. See if Dave appears and offers any info on the reg/VIN number thing he's got.

What i'd suggest you do is make contact with the seller and ask your details be passed to the winning bidder as you're interested in buying two of the vehicles but have nowhere to store more. That could be a good way of doing it, the winning bidder would save on tranposrt costs for two cars and make a profit almost immediately.
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Re: Rover Job Lot inc 800s

Post by scotty2 » Tue Feb 04, 2020 4:01 pm

I have just left a message with the seller!
Actually I do have room for them all, but transport may be an issue for 21! Let's see what the seller says...
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Re: Rover Job Lot inc 800s

Post by scoobyh123 » Tue Feb 04, 2020 5:52 pm

scotty2 wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2020 4:01 pm

Actually I do have room for them all,
I won't tell him if you dont! :P :wink: :D

Good luck with it, hopefully you'll be able to get those two and make one good one out of the two with plenty of spares to go round! :wink: :D
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Re: Rover Job Lot inc 800s

Post by scotty2 » Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:01 am

Sold (not to me) for £5100. Lets see what happens....
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Re: Rover Job Lot inc 800s

Post by scoobyh123 » Thu Feb 13, 2020 11:48 am

Keep an eye on fleabay Scott, i suspect the buyer will have bought them simply to sell on. :wink: :D
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Re: Rover Job Lot inc 800s

Post by scotty2 » Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:39 am

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Re: Rover Job Lot inc 800s

Post by scoobyh123 » Tue Feb 25, 2020 12:13 pm

Might be worth contacting the seller again Scott with a view to just buying the two you're intersted in, would make the rest of the job lot easier to sell and get you the ones you want.
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Re: Rover Job Lot inc 800s

Post by Stewart » Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:38 pm

scoobyh123 wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:27 pm
As im sure you know, the early ones were 180bhp, the later ones 200bhp, if memory serves correctly the easy way to tell is dizzy = 180bhp, no dizzy = 200bhp
Incorrect. dizzy is pre 1996 and no dizzy is post 1996. The 180 was the first, the 200 BHP Vitesse sport appeared later but in around 1994 IIRC. But till 1996 all T-Sereis engine had a distributor. in 1996 the 180 was dropped and the sport name was also dropped but all Vitesses become 197 BHP

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Re: Rover Job Lot inc 800s

Post by scoobyh123 » Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:14 pm

Stewart wrote:
Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:38 pm
scoobyh123 wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:27 pm
As im sure you know, the early ones were 180bhp, the later ones 200bhp, if memory serves correctly the easy way to tell is dizzy = 180bhp, no dizzy = 200bhp
Incorrect. dizzy is pre 1996 and no dizzy is post 1996. The 180 was the first, the 200 BHP Vitesse sport appeared later but in around 1994 IIRC. But till 1996 all T-Sereis engine had a distributor. in 1996 the 180 was dropped and the sport name was also dropped but all Vitesses become 197 BHP

Stewart
Just to clarify then, from 1996 onwards, the "Sport" suffix was dropped and all Vitesses were 200bhp (197PS - pferd-starke - fewer German horses to our bhp apparently) and had no distributor?
Prior to that, with a distributor, unless specified with the "Sport" suffix, they were 180bhp?

In other words, no distributor, 200bhp, with distributor 180bhp?

Or as i put it originally - if memory serves correctly the easy way to tell is dizzy = 180bhp, no dizzy = 200bhp

Yes there were the changeover/transition years where the 200bhp version was allegedly available with a distributor - never come across one myself but then the 2.0 turbo isn't my thing particularly.

In the context of how i originally used it, the phrase i used would have been a good indicator, there were 21 cars in the job lot being discussed but apparently only one 200bhp version and that was (if memory serves) post 96 registered so shouldn't have had a distributor.

Surprised you waited 18 months to comment on this though! :?
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