Archive for August, 2006

Blogs : August 2006

29 August Brilliant… By KEITH ADAMS BEING lucky to have what I reckon is one of the best jobs in the worlds has its perks – yeah, you could say that when I’m not busy driving classic Aston Martins or brand new Jaguars, I’m off jetting to some far flung corner of the world attending [...]

News : August 2006

They’re here! RICHARD GUNN A container load of new SD1 parts arrives at Rimmer Bros after languishing in India for years… AS reported previously, Rimmer Bros – the UK’s largest supplier of classic Triumph and Rover parts – recently struck a deal to buy a huge amount of genuine Rover SD1 parts from India. Well, [...]

Events : BMC/BL Rally 2006

Celebrating the fifth anniversary of the austin-rover.co.uk website, a collection of the cars owned by the fans of this site made the annual pilgrimage to Peterborough to show off their stunning collection of cars belonging to the BMC>Rover back catalogue. This year’s stand – just like previous events – had a wide variety of cars, [...]

Car of the month : August 2006

MG Rover wanted to build a showcase flagship for the MG range – and when it managed to pick up the Qvale operation in 2001 for a mere £10m, its principal product, the Mangusta, was the perfect building block to achieving this plan. Jerry Flint is well known in MG circles, and has run plenty [...]