Dad's First Look At The Rover 75 - What Will His Reaction Be To Our Latest Project? 

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your dad is a legend, we deffo need more from him. Reminds me of my dad i have recently got a 75 and it is slowly growing on me, 22k miles but bodywork lets it down badly

I used to be a Rover Technical Instructor based in Scotland. When Rover went down, they had just given me the latest T4 lite diagnostic suite and all the discs for all the models. I am still looking after the complete set including the hand held tester and all the Rave technical discs. Your Dad will remember those fondly 😂 The Autocourse course notes are still in my possession for some strange reason. Your Dad will remember those too. I used to enjoy taking technicians on factory tours to Longbridge. Happy days sadly missed.

Thanks for this video, really enjoyed it. Reminded me of the car conversations I used to have with my late Dad. Savour these moments.

He seems a tad grumpy tbh but inside he’s probably loving every minute he spends with you.

I could listen to your dad all day😊 The original Kia Carnival /Sedona used the KV6. Kia Australia replaced or repaired quite a few early engines, the later ones were apparently a lot better.

Its great to see another old dog(rover) being spared the vets needle. Cant wait to see you guys getting stuck in to this one.👍😎👍

Great looking car, zt 190 daily owner here. Been one end of country to the other in mine, Love it.

😂Retired businessman's car - the nicest thing your dad has ever said to me! 😂

Hi Jon..sounds as though it just needs a coolant change...new o rings on the expansion tank cap and bleed the system with the heater set to maximum..Best to change the cambelt and water pump too...Finally check the electric cooling fan works...they do fail...and bodywise make sure the rear suspension arms dont rust...the salt gets hold of them if u go out in winter....lovely video...thank you... ...Bob...Paignton......

🤣😂 should have your Dad miked up more often, legend 🤣🤣

The grey coolant cap was only fitted to petrol cars for the first year or so of production. They were later changed to the black cap (higher pressure rating) that the diesel uses. This suggests that your car still has its original cap. The seals on the cap are known to flatten with age and cause coolant to leak past. You'll see a build up of coolant residue on top of the expansion tank if this is happening. Another common source of coolant leaks on the 1.8 is the inlet manifold gasket. These can cause an external leak down the outside of the engine, or in internal one resulting in rough running and white smoke out the exhaust.

Great video Jon. All the best you, Mrs C, Dad and all the family and friends. Mark. / Wow you have really done a good job with the inside .

When working at BT in the 80s, we didn't have problems, we had opportunities! I currently own (since April 2022) a Cowley built Rover 75 Classic SE, 1.8 k-Series, 80K miles (9K in my ownership), in Moonstone Green. Born 2 December 1999, registered April 2000 in Bury. I've fitted the Matt Dickins "dealer plates" like in your other video. Lagetha (the car) runs great, never overheats (touch wood). I'll be following your series on this car - it's a very close relative of mine.

Happy New Year. Its a lovely car. Your dad will sort it out. My dad is 93

That 75 was probably registered in Preston. I had a Triumph Acclaim (also built in Cowley) with BCK on the plate (BCK 142Y) and was affectionately named Becky II becuase a previous Acclaim with BEC on the plate was also called Becky. It may well have been sold by the same dealer (Dutton-Forshaw of Preston). The 75 continued to be built in China as the Roewe 750 until 2016. BMW put a lot of money into developing the 75 which caused them to make a loss. I would love to have a 75 on my own channel and a 1.8 saloon in Wedgewood Blue would be the 75 of choice for me.

Nice one Jon, really enjoyed this video with your dad.

Chris from Salvage rebuilds in 10 years. that's your dad, and that's said in a good way.

Loving the videos!

Great video your dad is the man

It’s good you’ve miked up dad. He sounds like he’s whistling a lot

The old boy likes shaking hands with the filler cap

Think your dad was cosy indoors watching zulu, ztt estate good taste, more of your dad please 😀

Dad has a 955 Tiger (Girlie) in his garage and aspires to having a ZT-T, a gentleman of taste (and practicality) 😎

Glorified BMW lol! Only a Rover engineer could call it that! Love this video!

LOVE THE UNION FLAG CHAPS. WE SHOULD ALL FLY AT LEAST ONE

Found your channel recently. I have to say I love your channel & videos. Especially the Rover 75 videos. And I have to say what a fantastic guy you and your dad are very knowledgeable and professional. And what a legend your dad is for working at Rover. I've recently started a channel on my 2001 Rover 25, and watching your videos has given me ideas and confidence to keep up with it. SO Thank you & 😊 you've gained yourself a subscriber and a fan 🙌 Keep up the great content.

You can’t put washing out on New Year’s Day!😂

Stop freezing your Dad to death - only buy new cars from Easter to Bonfire Night lol

I had a connoisseur, v6 auto, great old car, yours is a pre cost cutting model

Also you'd have thought Rover would have sorted the K-Series by the 00s !!! My late dad had a Rover 214 from 1992 good fast car but K-series and the head gasket went but once its done they are good cars , its just annoying why Rover used such a cheap Gasket in the engine desing , the weird thing is the Lotus Elise had a 1.8 K-series and they never seemed to get HG failure?

I've got a 45, I bought from new, it's done 38,000, from new, I've only heard this project drive on forums, never heard it when they were made, it's been made up by someone, the car looks ok, mine is still the original head gasket from new, there is a lot of myths about them going, if you change the coolant, should be no problem

Basically your Father is 100% correct Rover 75=BMW good cars though my uncle had the 2.5 V6 version brand new in the early 00s before they put the ugly facelift on it and it could cruise for 200 miles on motorways with no problem , also another thing why do modern cars chip so easy ? ive got a 2012 Hyundai i10 i know its a cheap small car but bye heck they used like the thinnest gauge sheet metal ever , an acorn fell off the tree where i was parked and now its got a dented bonnet LOL crazy stuff. £150 to repair the dent i was quoted madness.

Kia Sedona petrol used to run the KV6.

Better engine in the 2.5 if looked after. Only problem 3 cam belts expensive ECU problem getting wet what a place to put them drain vents blocked filling with water ruin the ECU. Sunroof drain hoses runs down under the dash soaking carpets seats out and try and lift the carpet out completely soaked weighs a ton. Poorly fitted hoses stuck with tape Best rover 1.8 turbo slightly quicker than V6 2.5 and better on fuel only the V6 sounds lovely.

RI on the VIN means Republic of ireland.

I've got two rover 75 both are none runner engine problem will not start when cold

These Rover 75s were not received well in Australia l remember seeing one a lot it didn't move probably it was broken down typical for a British car l don't know what year but l do see plenty of Toyota Camerys around from the same years of the Rover 75 and the one l saw hadn't driven for a long time because the tyres were flat and it had spider webs on it and they sell at auction which is the only place they sell as with many classic cars do because private sellers are asking far to much for them although l have seen MGBs sell for around aud $15000 and couple other classic British cars sell for under aud $5000 getting back to the Rover 75 at auction between aud $1000 and $2000 and actually saw a Rover P4B sell at auction for aud $40000 l think the last decent Rover ever made as for my 27 year old Toyota Hilux ute bought it 5 years ago and the Hilux had 410000 it paid aud $1500 for it now worth $5000 and by the condition of the engine under the valve cover it had been well looked after regularly seviced and l have worked on it a lot and the only things l done to the 22R engine is replace the plugs and the valve cover gasket l have changed lots of parts under the bonnet and the rest of the ute a lot 27 year parts some that are not 27 years old and its a keeper also l live in a col de sac and l have had people knocking on my front door asking it was for sale which sometimes they do at dealers and private sales the sell quickly getting back to the Rover 75 l heard one of most hated car brands Kia wnd Hyundai that they used a Rover 75 engine that tells me a lot about a certain Rover 75 engine it wasn't very good after Kia and Hyundai's engines are rubbish none will last 400000 kilometres or 900000 kilometres l have seen two Toyota's sell with 980000 kilometres sell privately and one was a 2002 Toyota Corolla that took a bit of time to sell and the Corolla sold for aud $4600 and tbe other one was a 1997 Toyota Hilux and that sold quickly and it sold for aud $500 also in Australia there are Toyota's everywhere vut very few British cars ir European cars

He’s definitely your Dad. Bet not many ZTT estates left. If he liked the 800 weren’t they mostly Honda engines?!

Can you tell us what you paid for the car? I’m looking at buying a Tourer.

Formerly owned by Mr Cowley? Is that George Cowley of CI5?

Nice 75… OK for ULEZ as far as I know.

What did you pay for the car Jon?

@JonCoupland hiw can i reach you?