tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post8339462331594477129..comments2024-03-27T18:21:45.182+00:00Comments on Unmitigated England: Down RoverPeter Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-37717354745803193622014-08-03T19:15:15.026+01:002014-08-03T19:15:15.026+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18349011727942441150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-17216929495818712212011-04-28T23:59:20.486+01:002011-04-28T23:59:20.486+01:00I had one of these; a 3500 in Mustard Yellow with ...I had one of these; a 3500 in Mustard Yellow with a brown vinyl roof. First proper car and fabulous; gorgeous even. I bought it from a dealer in Loughborough and if I close my eyes I can still smell the revolting lacquer he sprayed all over the dashboard to give it that 'new car' smell. It went like stink. If I booted it hard enough and I hadn't pushed the cassette all the way into the tape player(!) it would shoot out and end up in the rear footwell. Ron C saw this at least once.Fred Fibonaccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07174020204048825147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-29084545125712976812011-04-26T17:15:25.496+01:002011-04-26T17:15:25.496+01:00Oh I so want the Dinky Toy Austin van in the Shell...Oh I so want the Dinky Toy Austin van in the Shell BP livery. The combination of apple green with red and gold is irrestible. Corgi copied it in their classics series, but on a Morris Minor. Not the same thing at all.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-57719173853709543312011-04-25T08:58:55.963+01:002011-04-25T08:58:55.963+01:00Cool picture! I "think" a brother-in-la...Cool picture! I "think" a brother-in-law had one of those Rovers in mustard yellow? Is that likely? The only time I ever went in it was for a family day out to Skegness when I was about seven years old. I was in heaven, driving there in the Rover and driving back in Uncle Barry's Cortina.Rate My Sausagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447070967547801383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-56926557252288443732011-04-24T22:30:21.945+01:002011-04-24T22:30:21.945+01:00I remember seeing a prototype 2000 on The Fosse sw...I remember seeing a prototype 2000 on The Fosse sweeping through those bends at Stretton on Dunsmore. It looked for all the World like a Space Ship as we gazed out of the oval window in the back of Dad's Morris 1000.Toby Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982935561221527990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-26543722129787472952011-04-24T17:38:01.053+01:002011-04-24T17:38:01.053+01:00What a splendid photograph, Peter! It could be fro...What a splendid photograph, Peter! It could be from the cover of a 1967 Rover brochure.<br /><br />A sighting of an Austin Devon estate is very exciting. There aren't many of those left! They were based on the A40 Commercial delivery van, so beautifully modelled by Dinky Toys in the 1950s (complete with Raleigh, Nestle or Shell BP signwriting).Martin H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07512706126615895296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-66173992891114131802011-04-23T20:34:14.562+01:002011-04-23T20:34:14.562+01:00Those Rovers were like driving tanks and they alwa...Those Rovers were like driving tanks and they always smelled faintly of petrol or plastic or something.Wartime Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337425530017564079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-72367982715253373602011-04-22T22:11:58.125+01:002011-04-22T22:11:58.125+01:00A bloke up the road's got one of those. Brown,...A bloke up the road's got one of those. Brown, immaculate and never moves. Nice boot-mounted spare wheel.TIWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723235843548373098noreply@blogger.com