[GTiJohn]

With next year being the 30th anniversary of the launch of 'Tomcat', the Rover 200 Coupe, I've been tempted back into Coupe ownership

This Turbo Coupe has been owned by the same person since 1996 but has been off the road since 2008 so there's a fair bit of work to get it back on the road.









Craig at Rover Revivals now has the car and has found 'only' several leaky engine and gearbox seals above what I saw when I went to see it.

A parts list will be appearing shortly

PS. The spoiler is with the car

[Paul_1978_yorks]

Looks good John! Looking forward to hearing how it progresses.

[RoverRevival]

~He has a shopping list to find first...*laughs*

[Topcat Tomcat]

Nice. I'm sure it will be an interesting project.

[GTiJohn]

Craig's had the car up on his ramp already and here are a few of his findings (and pics)...

There's probably as much oil outside the sump as in it



The mechanicals that aren't protected by the oil are a bit crusty





Unsurprisingly the exhaust is not great



But I've managed to pick up a Magnex system for it already

[Mr Teddy Bear]

Hi John,
what's happened to the Triumph Dolly Sprint that you acquired some time ago?

The coupe looks like a nice project too I should add!

[GTiJohn]

Hi John,
what's happened to the Triumph Dolly Sprint that you acquired some time ago?

The coupe looks like a nice project too I should add!

That's still in Hungary and will be into next year, so I needed a 'short-term' project... then I found this

[GTiJohn]

Popped into to see Craig at RoverRevival yesterday and he's certainly making rapid progress





Good news - no rust found, cylinder bores good and turbo not needing refurb



Head should be off from crack testing shortly



and 'box to Elise-Spares for a refurb.

The previous owner brought along the rear spoiler which has starter to lift at one corner. Are these repairable and if so how?

[Smithy]

Looks like a good project.

[henryiett]

Good car good sir