Archive for November, 2006
Blogs : November 2006
30 November Has the TR7 finally come of age? By ANTHONY ENDSOR DURING the course of my time off college thanks to illness I have been pondering the last real Triumph and recalled my experiences of this summer. The TR7 has seemingly, finally, become accepted as a classic. Interest in the model has increased, more [...]
November 30, 2006
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Gallery : Longbridge Flightshed, Nov ’06
RDX60 – 3/4 front RDX60 – 3/4 rear RDX60 – five door 3/4 rear RDX60 – five door 3/4 front RDX60 mule interior ZT-Tourer testing? Race fliers? Prototype braking parts CityRover crash test car Flightshed roof Corridor of contrasts Oil depot Side impact damage Flightshed workstation Heritage tool chest Happier times Proto-plumbing Rogues gallery Parts [...]
November 28, 2006
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Gallery : Longbridge Flightshed, Nov ’06
View from the road Industrial backdrop Apostrophe warning More warnings MG TF shell Facelift 75 bumper Stores galore Asbestos warnings Plenty of parts Seat testing Crash test car A closer look Control equipment RDX60 prototype Going nowhere Rear axle Wind tunnel Rover 75 Engine evaluation K-Series and ‘box Dyno control panel The test rig MIRA [...]
November 28, 2006
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News : November 2006
Get exclusive access to the Gaydon workshop THE next www.austin-rover.co.uk meet takes place next weekend (November 26) at the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire – and although we can’t promise that the weather will play ball, there’s a very good chance that all those fans of the website who enjoy an inside look into [...]
November 28, 2006
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First drive : MINI Cooper (R56)
While the rest of the world concentrated on the potent turbocharged MINI Cooper S, we took its normally aspirated brother for a thrash around the Spanish Pyrénées – and learned quite a bit about how the new car handled… Words: Keith Adams Pictures: Phil Weeden Download the wallpaper | 1024×768 | 1280×960 Smoothed and digitized… [...]
November 1, 2006
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Car of the month : November 2006
For a while, commentators have marked the Rover Tomcat out as a future classic. Well, we reckon they’re wrong… as they all ready are. The car already has a cult following, and the best examples are already being cared for in a way that you simply don’t see with many other cars produced during this [...]
November 1, 2006
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