I've been browsing Ebay and other sales sites, (out of curiosity, more than anything else) and I've seen wildy varying wanted prices for Rover Cabby's. From £150 for a basket case, up to £1,750 for a low mileage example in good condition and all sorts of other prices inbetween. I was wondering, what IS a decent price to pay for one of these cars?

I know spec, condition, mileage etc all have a bearing, but is £1,750 too much to pay for one, or is it lowball and worth far more?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-ROVER-21 ... SwQYZWyZk3
Are 216 Cabbys worth more than 214's?
Are electric roofed ones genuinely rarer than manual ones?, as all the ones I've seen so far, seem to be electric

if that £1750 had leather id pay that all day but the body would need to be mint.

I paid £300 for mine

Obviously i put a lot more than £2k into it.

Regardless of faults as long as the body is mint you can make the rest perfect and with it sharing parts with both 3/5dr and coupe r8's parts are fairly easy to get hold of.

As far as the 1.4 aspect, you'll only really notice that on the motorway when you are doing 4k @ 70

But from what i've been told the 1.4 is the better cruiser.

matter of opinion, but flame red is the best colour

Mine would be closer to £3k

1234dist wrote:As far as the 1.4 aspect, you'll only really notice that on the motorway when you are doing 4k @ 70

Use 5th then! 3.5k at standard R65 gearing.

Paid £350 for mine, few niggles, suspension is made of marshmallows, paint is rough on the bootlid, roof stopped
working off the pump etc, but it was well worth it, engine bay and underside are mint.

ROVER-25X wrote:

That fuel filler pipe looks a bit worse for wear, like the tinworms are about to vent your fuel all over the floor! I hope it's not as bad as it looks

ROVER-25X wrote: