Hi all,

I’m lloyd from Cardiff, I don’t know if it’s ok or not but I don’t actually own any rovers any more, I’ve always had a soft spot for them since I was a teenager & my old man got a nightfire red 620gsi, I still remember it sat in the forcourt & it just stood out a mile from everything else, granted it wasn’t parked next to any ferraris but from what we’d always had as kids it felt as good as for us, when I was about 19 I bought a 420gsi executive, I got it from an old fella by me for £400, it was a blue/green colour with grey leather & it was mint, think I was getting pulled every week in it though, the cops just kept saying it looked wrong a group of teenagers rammed in a old mans rover haha but I loved it, eventually the clutch was going & a few other things.

So I sold it to a scrap yard for parts which I really regret now. when I was about 21 I found a Tahiti blue coupe turbo, in the first couple of weeks I took it to a car meet & blew the gearbox up tearing around a car park, I ended up being towed out by corsa with the worst body kit I’ve ever seen, I don’t know what hurt more, I paid £1500 for the car & probably spent double that on it in the first few weeks but I didn’t care at the time I loved it, I ended up selling it to buy a van for work & apparently the engine was taken out & put in an mg zs.

I’m now 37, definitely older & slightly wiser I’m really regretting selling them, I’m thinking about getting another gsi 220/420 or coupe turbo so if anybody is thinking of selling please let me know.

Cheers.
Lloyd

Glad to have you on board and there is no need to own a Rover to join up her. You just need lots of enthusiasm!

I am sure the right car will come along for you sooner or later; are you looking for a project, or something that's all good and ready to go?

Thanks, Yep Fingers crossed, it would be nice if one of my old cars was still about, I’ll try dig out the reg’s, but from what I last heard they are long gone, so I don’t think getting one of those back is a possibility now sadly, to be honest the choice on offer seems to be getting smaller & smaller these days so I’m looking at all sorts really, would be nice to get one back on the road though & have something to fix up, I’ll just have to look at everyone’s cars on here for now & dream

there are enough cars for sale, I'm sure we can find one that fits you eventually.

Hi, and welcome to the Club. Good luck with your search.

Cheers guys, I looked through some old pictures today & I found a couple of my old turbo & gsi, I’ll try put them up, the regs are on the pics, the coupe was on a plate though, but if anyone saved them & they are still about I’ll give my right arm for one of them back

Hope we can help you find a suitable car

Cheers mate fingers crossed something will pop up

A 420 GSi Executive is a very rare car indeed. I’ve only ever seen three. One has been for sale recently but isn’t the best, another is owned by a club member, and the other I saw online but has since been scrapped.

Yeah looking back i wish I kept it now don’t think I’ll find another one now, it’s crazy how so many cars that used to be a regular sight seem to be gone in a blink of an eye. I been trying to see if any are still out there, I found my coupe turbo was put back on its original plate L252wmr, it’s had no mot or tax for a long time but apparently not scrapped so could just be sat in a field somewhere .