Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club - RetroRacer's 1994 216 SLi 'Vincent' (pic heavy)

RetroRacer · Post by **RetroRacer** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 6:54 pm

Here he is. Needs a bit of TLC.
New cambelt and water pump done last week. 38500 on the clock.

Paul_1978_yorks · Post by **Paul_1978_yorks** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:39 pm

Very nice. A Sheffield registered car I think?

961tat · Post by **961tat** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:42 pm

Good colour and auto too

bit of body work but otherwise very clean

RetroRacer · Post by **RetroRacer** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:13 am

Paul_1978_yorks wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:39 pm Very nice. A Sheffield registered car I think?

Not sure, I have the original V5 and paperwork so will check it out, you sparked my curiosity on that one as the last owner was from Somerset!

961tat wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:42 pm Good colour and auto too bit of body work but otherwise very clean

I'm 50/50 on the colour tbh...
Sometimes I like it sometimes I hate it. I suppose time will tell!
Yes I am looking forward to tidying him up

Paul_1978_yorks · Post by **Paul_1978_yorks** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 7:50 am

It is indeed Sheffield, thought it was. Just checked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_r ... prov=sfti1 under the “pre-2001 codes” heading.

RetroRacer · Post by **RetroRacer** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 8:01 pm

Paul_1978_yorks wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:39 pm Very nice. A Sheffield registered car I think?

Just checked and Chesterfield yes Sheffield area, know it did you?
The owner who had it from new only had it 6 months then it came down south. I wonder how that came about?

RetroRacer · Post by **RetroRacer** » Sun Nov 08, 2020 10:30 pm

Here is a link to a short video of him running
https://youtu.be/Jgu5nK59YmQ

Please do read the description on the video any replies posted either on YouTube or here on the forum are greatly appreciated

RetroRacer · Post by **RetroRacer** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:23 pm

Gave him his first outside wash yesterday.
Warm water and 2 bucket system with autoglym car shampoo.
Got rid of all the moss at the bottom of the windows and around the chrome strips.

Not that it will last too long in the British winter weather but hey will make the next wash easier

Couldnt do the interior or the bumper care as the weather took a turn for the worse.
Fingers crossed for some dry weather this weekend!

rbosworth2016 · Post by **rbosworth2016** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:12 pm

Your car looks really good.
Our 216 Cabriolet is the same colour, and nearly the same registration (ours is L200 OMG). This gold colour was obviously popular back then.

Richard Bosworth

RetroRacer · Post by **RetroRacer** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 7:05 pm

rbosworth2016 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:12 pm Your car looks really good.
Our 216 Cabriolet is the same colour, and nearly the same registration (ours is L200 OMG). This gold colour was obviously popular back then.

Richard Bosworth

Thank you Richard, your registration is amazing! Perfect for a golden 216 cabriolet

There is still some way to go to get him how I want him to be but I am a bit of a perfectionist!

RetroRacer's 1994 216 SLi 'Vincent' (pic heavy)

RetroRacer's 1994 216 SLi 'Vincent' (pic heavy)

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