Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club

As much as ive tried to leave R8 ownership behind it just keeps coming back to me After a 12 hour 45 minute rod trip i now own a genuine factory built 216 GTI Dunlop Challenge car Looks like the MG Cup race series is back on after all The car is in very good condition with just a few battle scars and has all the correct parts fitted apart from the steering wheel even down to the full Dunlop Slicks (2 wont hold air tho hence the strights on the rear) Plan is to go through it for safety reasons, paint the wheels, mirrors, grill and hockey sticks orange, take it to POL, rolling road test ( ive noticed it has a D16 Z Engine code and seems faster than my A9 engined car, ive been told the cars where tweaked to be around 140bhp) then to Snetterton on 15th May for a trackday with MG's on track and all being well a race in the MG Cup towards end of the session

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Nice find, body looks to be in great condition. (My first post in here)

Thanks

A slight aside:

Tell me about the bumper on your new acquisition. I have the same one on my 416 SLi.

Is this what I've heard called a Roversport bumper.....or summat else?

redandwhitE wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 12:19 pm A slight aside:

Tell me about the bumper on your new acquisition. I have the same one on my 416 SLi.

Is this what I've heard called a Roversport bumper.....or summat else?

No there not Rover sports ones the facelift SLI had those bumpers fitted as standard, I would guess the car had the bumper changed at some point in its life due to damage

Thanks for info.

By the way, it looks great in white.

Thanks

That’s cheating, you’ve got another one to finish first

Glad to see you’re sticking with the Rovers.

James3990 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:34 pm That’s cheating, you’ve got another one to finish first

Glad to see you’re sticking with the Rovers.

Definitely won't be finishing that one mate just going to try and off load it on eBay once it's all in primer and rolling

JOHNDQ wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:27 am

James3990 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:34 pm That’s cheating, you’ve got another one to finish first

Glad to see you’re sticking with the Rovers.

Definitely won't be finishing that one mate just going to try and off load it on eBay once it's all in primer and rolling

It would be good to know the spec of these cars, I’m guessing similar modifications as the tomcat racers?