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£11,505
1985 Rover SD1 Vitesse
COYS • United Kingdom • 10 Jan 2015
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AI Listing Summary
This is a meticulously restored 1976 Rover 3500 SD1, originally a Grampian Police high-speed patrol car. Re-commissioned by experts for Channel 4's 'For the Love of Cars', it features its original police livery and unique equipment, making it a fascinating museum piece or film vehicle.
Condition
7
While the car was in storage for some time, it has been sympathetically re-commissioned. The body was stripped down, new metal welded in where needed, and resprayed. The suspension, brakes, and fuel system were renewed. Unique police features were restored, and the Grampian Police livery was reinstated. The interior trim was in remarkably good condition and was refitted after thorough cleaning.
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Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
SARRRXWZ7CM341757
Odometer:
[Odometer Reading]
Reg Number:
C356 YST
RHD/LHD:
RHD
Now universally known by its development code, SD1 (Specialist Division 1), the Rover saloon launched in June 1976 was actually called simply the Rover 3500.
Stylist David Bache’s elegant hatchback profile owed much to his admiration of Pininfarina’s designs, in particular their Ferrari Daytona, and the SD1 was named European Car of the Year in 1977.
Despite initial quality problems the futuristic, rapid and capacious SD1 soon became a police favourite and remained so into the late 1980s.The significantly faster 190bhp Vitesse, which entered production in October 1982, cemented this.
With oil money coming into Aberdeen it wasn’t unusual to see Ferraris being put through their paces on the new Stonehaven bypass when it opened in 1984.
Grampian Police needed a high-speed patrol car to deal with this problem and they ordered a special Vitesse for the job: C356 YST.
Most police SD1s were automatics but the Grampian force commissioned a police specification manual, stripped of the luxu...
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£6,000
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£16,650
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£64,320
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