Latest addition in 2009 - a rare Rover 820Ti





Good looks from most angles

 

I always wanted an 820Ti with its lovey turboengine and it had to be in red! But I could not afford one before, however now being 16 years old it was not very expansive. So presently I am the proud owner of this 1995 820Ti in original "Flame Red". It is quite a rarity in Sweden, since there are only 17 cars of this model originally sold - all of 1995 year model. In later years there has been a couple of more cars imported to Sweden but in total there are less then twenty 820 Ti:s on the swedish roads. The body, paint and interior is in quite good condition but even if it is running (and pretty fast too)  there are a lot of things to look after and improve. The original 17" wheels looks quite good, but the low profile tyres (215/45) are not very comfortable! I might try 16" rims with a higher profile tire for better comfort. Hopefully I can tell more about that another time.

"Rulle Rover" - our best car ever!

We bought our "new look" Rover 75 in the summer of 2002 and it has been our best car ever (at least so far). It had only done 20000 km from new and had lived a cherished life by its first owner. Date of first registration is December 31 1999 but year of registration is year 2000.

It was immediately nicknamed "Rulle" by Anna and me since it is a diesel (Rulle is a swedish nickname for Rudolph - Diesel that is). It has been both comfortable and economic in most respects. To date it has done 140000 kms mainly commuting to our jobs in Stockholm, but has now "retired" to be used for holiday trips only during summer. The paint is Moonstone Green and interior is unfortunately not leather, but still very nice.

Old Wheels - why?

Some of our old and some not so very old cars
- most of british origin and the majority are Rovers!

Welcome to "OldWheels" blog where you will find some of our familys vehicles - some with four wheels and some with only two!
  
We (Anna and Bengt) live in Sweden 80 km west of Stockholm on an old converted farm. Since all horses and cows are gone long before we moved here some of the old buildings are "inhabited" with old british cars instead.