
Rover SD1
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Search complete. 3 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Rover SD1".
Sep 25, 2026
37: Classic Cars For The Price of A New SUV!

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5:39Phil WhedonHOST
Yeah, yeah.
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5:40Phil WhedonHOST
Rover SD1, Triumph TR7, Alfa Sud, Toyota Celica, Citroen GS, Citroen CX, Citroen fan here, Renault 5, Fiat X19.
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5:53Jeff RugglesHOST
Some fantastic choices, safe to say.
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5:54Jeff RugglesHOST
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.
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40:25Sam SheehanHOST
It is, I think this is the, my Sweeney car.
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40:29Sam SheehanHOST
This is the Rover SD1.
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40:32Sam SheehanHOST
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.
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40:40CamHOST
So yeah, it's like a bluey teal with a,
In Charge of the TVR 350i With 3 On The Column Classic Car Podcast
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10:07Tim AylenGUEST
And we ended up taking out the engine because obviously we didn't need that.
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10:11Tim AylenGUEST
And the fuel tanks and the exhaust ended up repurposing the engine and gearbox, sold it to a Rover SD1 owner.
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10:20Tim AylenGUEST
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.
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10:32Tim AylenGUEST
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.