its up for sale, I want a 500 now

@@gimble447 it's usually the fuel 🤣

@@easydriver31 He needs to get that looked at then, it’s only running SU’s, not side draughts! they say that the familiar smell of cars from late 50s up to the 70s comes from the horse hair pads that the seats are filled with ageing ( it’s only a name they aren’t made of actual horse hair) prior to that most cars did actually have leather (and not brown BL vinyl like we have here) that also gave a similar smell with age. I know both my own cars from the early 70s certainly have that familiar smell I remember as a child when they were current 👍

Completely agree, that loophole was closed up sharpish after it was mistakenly opened in the 2018 changes, unfortunately it opened up the legality from the original 1972 cut off rule to include up to 1980, as you say just looks completely wrong and not in proper keeping at all, ( just because it mistakenly became legal doesn’t make it right) it really is a pet peeve of mine too and even the amount of cars I see that are AFTER 1980 with them fitted has raised sharply in the last few years and people are just flaunting the rules and really it should be far better policed tbh. The irony is that back in the day when yellow and white plates came out is that many changed their plates to them from black and white/silver, because they wanted to look more modern!!! 😂

Yh we spoke about it but he decided the older style suited the car better

@@easydriver31 yup his car, his choice obviously

It suits the black and silver around the rest of the car so not an unpleasant effect….

@@kevdavies3445 they are fantastic cars, did look st a resto project of one but being British Leyland, it would need more welding than the car was worth 🤣

@lewis72 thank you, yes we spoke for a while about the plates

They should have done a “Dolomite Sport” model with the 8v TR7 engine, would have been an easy upgrade from the 1850 HL..

@@johnmoruzzi7236 Yes, seemed a bit odd that only the TR7 got the 2-litre 8v Triumph engine and only the Dolly Sprint got the 2-litre 16v engine (I know there were a handful of TR7 Sprints though). I wonder if that engine would have been better in the Rover 2000 SD1 !

@@lewis72 Triumph was on the way out in the late 70s, the Stag / Dolomite / TR7 V8 and slant 4 was a dead end. BL had developed the O Series engine for RWD (Marina) and FWD (Princess) in 1.7 and 2.0 form, so that was the obvious choice for the Rover.

@@johnmoruzzi7236 The slant 4 wouldn't have been at a dead end if the'd used it in the SD1 though, which was my point.

@ZHmotors8 thank you should have an update soon

@@johnanz don't worrie not long !!!

@stringer-ik1pc still better than British skips 🤣🤣🤣

@@easydriver31 That's why they sold so many over here 😀😀😀

@@eggman969 its still Metallica,

@@johnanz thank you, one of my favs

@@easydriver31 When you buying me one?

@@justinmoorenyc yes new poesche decals fitted to the calipers

@clivewilliams3661 yh don't think it was looked after very well before it came to the UK 3 years ago, the guy I bought it from had spent alot of money on it to get it going again but missed doing the chain

@@easydriver31 Looking at the engine and the bay I doubt that any money was spent on the mechanicals, to have stripped the engine for inspection would have meant that the timing cover ought to have been removed. Also, the sludge in the timing cover would have manifested itself in the sump, which would have been obvious at an oil change.

@@rcclassicgarage fantastic enjoy 🤗

@PhillRobinson yes they are, have spoken to the police about it on 3 occasions at shows, they arnt interested, there AnPR does pick the plates up and have been tested, so they no right to pull u over unless u are driving like a prat 🤣

@@freddythomas2112 that's the engine size 750cc

@@michaelgaskell7408 🤣

im in the forest but we do meet up in glos every now and then

@ashxhhh2245 it came with the abarth boot, I bought the Bumpers and boot of a accident damage abarth

@@hilcro1 that's not a bad idea 🤔🤔🤔

i know the prices in the uk are not great at the moment

@@easydriver31 yes low compression ratio (after ‘70)low power high gas consumption -2 71 rear gear didn’t help

@@johnandersonjjr still worth the looks u get especially here in the uk, people almost panic when they see me coming dead on with them 🤣

@@easydriver31 My father used to be seconded to USAF in UK back in 1970's and at one time they tried to insist that he use one of the USAF pool cars for travelling around the country visiting bases. He had no problem with LHD but the size of the barges on UK country lanes was inappropriate (he worked at Molesworth, Cambs) to say the least, notwithstanding the dreadful suspension that simply couldn't cope with UK lanes. On the one time he used a pool car he found that despite the size and all the other disadvantages he managed a credible 18mpg (his Zodiac 2.5ltr managed 24mpg). After his one and only attempt to use a pool car he flatly refused to drive another USAF car.

With delivery £950

Really good price. Good luck

@@zaethebarber9250 it was visibly dead in the car park 🤣 also we had an assigned area for our cruise

@sirsouping we love the shape of them, the owner struggled to start it all day on our cruise but it was a laugh and we all helped

@@easydriver31 yeah same even the newer models look quite nice

@@johnanz should be I never left

@@KZbinAccount-y8j better than Disney Land 🤣

yh they are definately iconic, we have the new parts so hopefully i will have a new video soon

@@jase9702 yes thse were a better fit

@@easydriver31 OK, thanks. Thats a really great looking car, tastefully done mods. I am looking to get some aero parts for my 996. Any issues the clubauto sport ducktail fitment ? Where did you get the side skirts from as I have seen something similar on ebay and design911 ?

thank you very much, more soon

@@Blurredman only 55k

@@easydriver31 Interesting, thank you.