Here's a challenge

Something you don't see everyday (in North America.. infact there's only a few left.)

This is a 1949 Rover 75 belonging to a customer of mine. I consider it "Coogly" because it's cool and ugly all at once. It was hauled of a guys property a month ago. It runs, and is solid but needs finishing. I slapped the WWW and red rims on for a joke (and to move it.. it had 4 dead tires)

The Headlight in the middle is functional (like a tucker) but was not legal in Canada at the time. This is a continental Europe car some one brought in. The interior (in a box) is all teak trimmed and in mint shape.

Thought you'd either get a kick out of it.. or need to get surgery afterwards

We call it Sy Clops

 

Weird looking thing. Definitely kool though

 

Lets chop it!

 

Would be a cool rag top. Engine is BEAUTIFUL I'll snap a shot or two of it.

 

Are those semaphores like an old Beetle?

 

looks like and old mercedes back half with a 'custom gone bad' front half

 

That's what I told him Like a Mercedes had a one night stand with a Landrover Ambulance


Engine is aluminium up top. would look great in a hoodless hotrod imho

 

Yes.. semaphores!

 

engine would look good in a teens/twentys speedster

 

If you can make that cool, then tell me what I can do w a 66 TC-2000, the leather interior is awesome, but the exterior.........

 

Rover 2000? I think those are awesome The guy that has the 75 has a 2000, and has also owned a couple 3500s cars.. little rockets!

I know of a 3500 v8 for sale btw...

 

Looks like a miniature badly customized 49-52 Chrysler product, Granny styling at its best.

 

I still say that ANY car be made cool with the right wheel/tire combo, stance, paint, and trim removal. And this car would be the perfect candidate to prove it. Got one of those "a face only a mother could love" things going on.

 

Thats the fastest convertable build i've everseen, would look good.

 

It wasn't lopping off the top that was hard, it was finding another set of doors so I could stretch the doors

 

what the heck kind of motor is that? is that a flathead of some sort?

 

Left-hand drive? Looks like it was made for export.

 

I'd strech the doors and make a coupe out of it.

Blue

 

Hi 49 Ratfink....The engine has a overhead inlet valve and the exhaust in the the block......

 

I've only seen one of them in person. For sale about 10 years ago near here for $800.

They were not a cheap car when new. A car for the English middle class, and professional class. Wood and leather interior like a Rolls in miniature.

Engine is an F head 4 cylinder. Overhead intake and side exhaust valves. They used the same engine in the Land Rover.

 

NOPE! Still ugly.

 

Haha - yeah - not EVERYTHING is Hot Rod / Kustom fodder...

 

Send it to the crusher.....

 

Love the air cleaner, truly from the school of if a little is good a lot is better. What's the production timeline for these engines ? What is the engine compartment gauge monitoring and is it stock ?

 

Very cool car, Cyclops cars were early production, and not too common if memory serves. I love it.

 

That's an "F" head I think.

The rag top looks awesome! but I do like the suicide doors... Just sayin... ive Photoshopping. I'll send it to the owner

 

It's a 6 cyl.. 75 horses. This is a very early model. The owner ran the numbers, only one older one known and registered (in Belgium I think) The vin says it's #300 or something.

The guage is oil pressure and not stock.. though I like it I'd love to paint the air cleaner olive drab and put litt;e crossed out swastikas on it like a bomber. Not sure what we are doing with it yet. I kind of hope we getthe go ahead to make it road worthy.