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Rover SD1

Rover SD1

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Search complete. 3 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Rover SD1".

Sep 25, 2026

Phil WhedonHOST
5:39
Yeah, yeah.
Phil WhedonHOST
5:40
Rover SD1, Triumph TR7, Alfa Sud, Toyota Celica, Citroen GS, Citroen CX, Citroen fan here, Renault 5, Fiat X19.
Jeff RugglesHOST
5:53
Some fantastic choices, safe to say.
Jeff RugglesHOST
5:54
They're amazing choices, aren't they? And I think sometimes, I think when I was choosing, I'd get a bit too bogged down and thinking, well, actually, that was designed in the 60s, even though it probably came out at the cusp of the decade.
Sam SheehanHOST
40:25
It is, I think this is the, my Sweeney car.
Sam SheehanHOST
40:29
This is the Rover SD1.
Sam SheehanHOST
40:32
It's a 3.5 manual, one family owned car from 1980 with possibly the most interesting spec I've seen on one of these.
CamHOST
40:40
So yeah, it's like a bluey teal with a,
Tim AylenGUEST
10:07
And we ended up taking out the engine because obviously we didn't need that.
Tim AylenGUEST
10:11
And the fuel tanks and the exhaust ended up repurposing the engine and gearbox, sold it to a Rover SD1 owner.
Tim AylenGUEST
10:20
So nothing was to waste, you know? And, um, and yeah, I went on this journey of, I visited a few EV conversion shops and I partnered up with someone.
Tim AylenGUEST
10:32
Um, I won't mention any names here because I had rather a bad experience of about three and a half years of someone taking a lot of my money.

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