An unlikely Rover 45

[bugsymike]

They were not that popular or reliable when new from what I recall.
A friend of mine made a good living buying the 400s with blown head gaskets and rebuilding them, I had a customer with the 416 convertable and the chassis used to flex badly.

 

[The Panda Nut]

They were not that popular or reliable when new from what I recall.
A friend of mine made a good living buying the 400s with blown head gaskets and rebuilding them, I had a customer with the 416 convertable and the chassis used to flex badly.

Comfort flexing Sir. Not all cars do this you know.

 

[bugsymike]

Comfort flexing Sir. Not all cars do this you know.

At least the doors didn't fly open on the bends like some Triumph Heralds and Morris 1100s.
Mind you a good reason for seatbelts.

 

[The Panda Nut]

At least the doors didn't fly open on the bends like some Triumph Heralds and Morris 1100s.
Mind you a good reason for seatbelts.

My A40 Farina dorrs used to open. Amusing to see the cab driver on Hyde PArk COrner when my drivers door flew open as I exited. I dont know why he gpt so excited, I caught it.... just. I fitted a front door safety chain after that.

 

[bugsymike]

I fitted a front door safety chain after that.

And you pulled the chain and were "flushed with success".

 

[Greasytrucker]

I went from a Rover 25 to a 45 and wished I hadn’t, didn’t do enough research. I thought it’d be same as the 25 albeit a bit bigger, never realized it’d be a rebadged Honda! Mine was a 2.0 diesel and i bought it with a blown turbo, unfortunately i wasn’t told the head gasket had also gone Needless to say it didn’t stay on the fleet long