Thanks for uploading this video, I was at the show and it was quite an enjoyable day. You ought to brush up on you Ferrari knowledge though, as BOTH of the ones here are actually Toyota MR2 Based, as a Genuine 288 GTO is worth a couple of £ Million
@@RustNGasoline To the untrained eye they are good representations But the 288 GTO alone is a clue, Only 272 ever made, So you would only be likely to see one of those at Pebble Beach USA or some Posh Concourse do in London or Monaco, and the other one has an H Reg Plate, which wouldn't tie in with the 355 year. Crazy thing for the time and money spent on a conversion you could almost buy a 355
Might be worth throwing a new cambelt kit on it as well just to be on the safe side as it's be sat so long. Definitely not a hard job on these. These 8 valves were far more reliable than the 16v with their woeful head gaskets.
Had 7 Metro GTi-16vs over the years, ranging from single point to multi-point and a couple with a 1.8VVC. Always bought MOT failure 214's for spare engines and gearboxes as I did a bit of hillclimbing and sprints. Out of all those cars I never once had a head gasket failure. The cars were always well serviced and I had uprated radiators in them from the diesel Metro. I drove them like they were stolen too. The K-series is a great engine if looked after.
hello to scotland! thats a point though tbf itd also still be here if the govt actually followed up on the promise to do 'whatever they can' to save the company. ah well. such is life eh. at least theres a lot Rovers still out there and running
They didn't have a choice. BAE wanted to sell their share, and BMW undercut Honda (who had taken a loan) making an offer straight to BAE that they couldn't refuse. Had Honda got there first I do think they still would've been here.
@@Azureecosse Honda had planned to take a larger stake but BMW bought out everything BAE had in Rover making them the controlling shareholder. That effectively forced Honda to sell what they had invested in Rover. They had no choice.
They didn't have a choice. British Aerospace wanted rid. BMW wanted Land Rover's 4x4 technology. Honda didn't want a controlling stake.. It's a shame but that's how it is.
Great video, lovely car, had 1990 414 saloon, one of 5 rovers over the years, still have a 1998 200 from new, still like new 😀 all the best from Ireland
I would whop a cam belt onto that before daring to drive it. I had one of those as a cheapie about 20 years ago. It did what I wanted very well and it went on and on.
I think this livery is a clear example of 'less is more' when it comes to design. not every car needs bright colours and lots of art or sponsors to looks good. (dont get me wrong I like rally cars and stuff too).
Interesting ldea converting these cheap model cars into scalextric cars , lve got a model of a Ford Anglia ,,My dad used to own one back in the day , l also got a Volkswagen Beatle in purple 👍
