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Here's a website if you are interested:
http://www.scimweb.com/vin/sabre4.html
Shifty
Incidentally, when I was growing up in England I actually remember a memorable day out when 7 of us went out for the day in a Robin. My parents and another family with two kids went in their Robin. The largest kid - 9 or so I guess - sat in the middle of the back seat and the two younger ones - me 7, him 6 sat in the hatchback bit with our feet next to the other person's head.
Thank goodness for progress!!
kdotson
Well, it would only be "worth it" to you, but no, there is little potential for collector car value. Even all fixed up and beautiful, it's maybe a $3,500 car, so you'll have to decide how much you like it and how much you want to invest in it for the fun factor.
I swear I wasn't drinking... I guess I've heard of a Humber Supersnipe before, but I'd always thought of it as a name I'd use in a joke about English cars.
http://www.cotc.com/members/search/links/minismicros.html
That's a fairly valuable car these days if it is complete and running.
It was a Citroen 250 (I think there may also be a letter in the name - Shifty can you clarify?) - think of a 2CV front end with a small panel van rear end.
Nigel would never drive such a humorless, homely little thing. Nigel is into "sport" and open cars.
Course my memory is short when the road is quieter :-)
hardtop, VIN 276579P116313. My understanding it
is one of about 600 manufactured in '69. Do you
have any more details on this vehicle?
Martin LeVan
Certified Auto Appraisal
www.carvalue.net
expert on them. However, I'll venture a few
memories.
The car was built around a rigid passenger
compartment, which was always finished in satin
black. The body panels, fully painted in the
finished color, were then bolted on. From memory,
the roof and doors were steel while the hood and
trunk were aluminum. The interior was always
leather.
The car first appeared as a Rover 2000 around
1965. As well as having a novel body construction
for the time, it was also unusual in that the front
suspension was by means of a bell crank with
horizontal springs and shocks. The rear axle was a
De Dion tube. It actually handled very well. The
TC version became available shortly afterwards, TC
standing for twin carburetor. I think that both
versions had SU's for the home market and
Strombergs for export.
The 3500 V8 come out around 1968, and a version of
that engine is still found in the Range Rover
today. It gave the car exceptional performance for
the time, and was greatly favored by many police
forces of the day.
The overall image of the car was one of stylish
luxury, combined with performance.
Rover had no association with Simca, a French manufacturer, and owned Land Rover at the time. It came under the British Leyland Group (which variously became BL, Leyland, BMC, BLMC, Rover, and probably a few more!), which contained Austin, Morris, Wolsey, Jaguar, Vanden Plas, Daimler, Land Rover, Rover, Riley, etc. etc.
Rover had a good reputation for quality and probably had better engineering than MG. However, like the MGB, the electrics are Lucas. Not complicated to fix though. The most troublesome point of regular maintenance was the inboard rear disc brakes. They were (a): inaccessible, (b): tricky to replace the pads on, as the piston had to be wound back into the caliper with a special tool, and (c): had separate handbrake pads which were mechanically operated and often seized.
Looking at my last post, the final paragraph should read:
"The overall image of the car was one of stylish
luxury, and the 3500 V8 combined this with performance."
The 2000 gave adequate performance, the 2000TC provided a little more, but the 3500 V8 was in a different league altogether.
The big advantage of an MGB over the Rover is that the MGB parts supply is limitless and reasonable priced. Rover parts would be difficult, especially some of the weird small bits, and body parts really tough to track down. For an MGB you can buy any part, any time, any year.
The TC was a rarity in its day...a sporty 4-door sedan, like the BMW 2002...by modern standards it doesn't appear so exceptional anymore.
This is a subjective question, but what would any of you recommend in a two or three-year-old sport sedan between $20-25k that drives like a grown-up B? I've been over in the sedans section and learned quite a bit, but I'm not sure those guys are on the same page I am. I really don't care about cupholders.
By the way, didn't mean to imply that Rover and Simca were related. It just blew my mind that Simca was on the list and Rover wasn't. I think even Vauxhall is listed.
Okay, okay....a BMW 528, or if that's out of your price range (mine too at the moment), then say a 97-98 Audi A4 would be okay, or maybe even a Jetta V-6!
Had the "Euro-based" Mystique and it was pure Sominex. "What BMW would build if it built front-drive cars," according to Automobile. I think not. More like, "What a stodgy Detroit car maker would build if it reluctantly offered a smaller car". Strained through the same filter as the Catera. I'm ready for pure, undiluted Euro.
A lease return should put it nicely in your price range....although the recommended extended warranty might boost the price a bit.
Anyhow.. all these are just stories - I haven't been able to find anything about the car, so I don't know if all this is true or not...
Any of you oldtimers remember them?