Hey guys and gals!
I've always been a sports car/sports sedan person, but I got married in August and my wife decided she wanted a change of pace for her car. After looking at all kinds of things, we checked out a P38 and were pretty hooked. These are definitely great vehicles. Took quite a while looking around at many Rovers and reading up on them here, and finally settled on one. Flew down to Orange County and drove her back.
It's a 96 4.0SE, black on tan, with an aftermarket Alpine nav system. 103k miles, and on an unknown brand coil conversion (boo! :crybaby2: )
Unfortunately, the seller was less than upfront and had used very outdated pictures and didn't accurately describe the condition, so we do have a little work on our hands, but mechanically she seems pretty sound so I'm happy. Being a sports car person, buying the "baby engined" Rover was tough to do on principle, but oh well.
The biggest issue for me is the clear coat on the roof is pretty oxidized, and the clear on the hood is beginning to oxidize as well. Also, there are all kinds of aftermarket AV equipment installed, most of which isn't really hooked up to anything any more. All the install was clearly done shoddily so I'll be working on removing that when I get a chance. The headliner is sagging like crazy so I'll need to redo it. Lastly, it has some cheap eBay wood trim throughout that's now peeling off. Why people buy that crap is beyond me.....
Anyway, without further ado, pics!!! (my apologies for the size, this forum doesn't allow HTML so I can't resize them easily):
I've always been a sports car/sports sedan person, but I got married in August and my wife decided she wanted a change of pace for her car. After looking at all kinds of things, we checked out a P38 and were pretty hooked. These are definitely great vehicles. Took quite a while looking around at many Rovers and reading up on them here, and finally settled on one. Flew down to Orange County and drove her back.
It's a 96 4.0SE, black on tan, with an aftermarket Alpine nav system. 103k miles, and on an unknown brand coil conversion (boo! :crybaby2: )
Unfortunately, the seller was less than upfront and had used very outdated pictures and didn't accurately describe the condition, so we do have a little work on our hands, but mechanically she seems pretty sound so I'm happy. Being a sports car person, buying the "baby engined" Rover was tough to do on principle, but oh well.
The biggest issue for me is the clear coat on the roof is pretty oxidized, and the clear on the hood is beginning to oxidize as well. Also, there are all kinds of aftermarket AV equipment installed, most of which isn't really hooked up to anything any more. All the install was clearly done shoddily so I'll be working on removing that when I get a chance. The headliner is sagging like crazy so I'll need to redo it. Lastly, it has some cheap eBay wood trim throughout that's now peeling off. Why people buy that crap is beyond me.....
Anyway, without further ado, pics!!! (my apologies for the size, this forum doesn't allow HTML so I can't resize them easily):






