I've been lucky enough to be able to buy a rare R3 200 Vi. I picked it up today and it's even better than expected

I knew it was good but I had my first long'ish drive in it to bring it home and it almost felt new, not 23 years old!





It's been in one family - father and son - since new, has covered 51k miles (only 20k on this Rover-supplied replacement engine, following a timing pully disintegration in 2005) and comes with all the original parts to convert it back to its original condition, which I plan to do over the spring.



As well as the 17" MG 'straights' it has a BRM grille and MG ZR half-leather and Alcantara seats, all of which will be sold following removal.





Howmanyleft shows that there are only 30 Vis still on UK roads

Other than the straights I'd say it's spot on

That car was for sale some years ago having been off the road for a while, seeing these pictures reminds me. I went to look at it when it was up for sale, but it wasn’t for me.

Great to see it’s still around!

JOHNDQ wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 5:04 pm Other than the straights I'd say it's spot on

I have options for the wheels once the bigger MG front brakes come off. They spoil the brake pedal feel too

GTiJohn wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 5:08 pm

JOHNDQ wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 5:04 pm Other than the straights I'd say it's spot on

I have options for the wheels once the bigger MG front brakes come off. They spoil the brake pedal feel too

Definitely-Vi wheels look great on the R3!

I found the pedal travel with the larger ZR160 brakes is longer when I installed them on the Streetwise VVC conversion I did some years back. Ideally the servo matched to the 282’s needs fitting too, I think.

Very nice John not many in white , as for the brakes I run ZR 160 set up on my 25 GTI and I think they are 100% improvement on the original .

Just use a 160 master cylinder

Well, John, that is impressive!

If you need a large workshop space in the Birmingham area at the end of March, I think I may know of one

JOHNDQ wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 9:27 pm Just use a 160 master cylinder

That's an option...

I know that the standard 15" 'Linford' alloys won't fit over the ZR calipers without wheel spacers so I'm considering putting them back on.

220 GSi turbo wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:33 pm Well, John, that is impressive!

If you need a large workshop space in the Birmingham area at the end of March, I think I may know of one

I'll take you up on that offer!