Thats a good call, a 630R.
That would be great as a tow car also.
10mpg?

Believe it or not because they have so much torque, the chevy-engined cars are actually more economical under normal driving conditions than the RV8 - I drove my Overfinch Disco to Bristol and back - brimmed the tank when we left and mileage zeroed - steady 80 mph on the motorway, and a little bit of traffic driving in Clifton.

We brimmed it when we got back and - hey presto - 22 mpg.

spirited driving can see this fall to 10 mpg but that is no worse than a 4.6 RV8
 
I found a matching black steering wheel as well and that was £750! :eek:
I quote from the film 'Gone in 60 Seconds'

'...you know what that tells me? That there are too many protentious weiners around with too much bloody money....'
 
I wish.......................................biggest regret of my motoring life not coughing up the 16k Walton Motors were asking for the last 630R built - conversion was done in 2003 at the cost of 54000 of Her Majesty's pounds.

52000 miles and absolutely superb to drive.

I was haggling with him about P/X etc - he offered us 6k for my wife's car - so he wanted 10 grand in cash - but the wife wanted to keep the defender so I offered him the derisory sum of 12 grand, which was all I could find spare at the time.

Needless to say he told me to Foxtrot Oscar...................................

However, I was still very keen on it and two weeks later, having been very busy as the only 22-stone rent-boy in Brighton, I had the money.

I phoned him to offer the asking price as it was still on their website - but it had been sold.

I was very sad....................but have since recovered my equilibrium - however if I see another for sale I will buy it - a truly great car.
 
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So is that a 50th Anniversary? I thought they were all green leather & orange wood (which is not really my thing TBH)
 
I often see a 630R around the Hockley, Rayleigh, Rochford area but theres loads of big posh houses around where it could hide.
 
Best would be one that Lexus/Toyota re-engineered. But how would you feel if nothing went wrong with it? All that free time.....:D
 
So is that a 50th Anniversary? I thought they were all green leather & orange wood (which is not really my thing TBH)

As far as I recall they were all to have a special deep blue "micatellic" finish and by all I mean 50th Anniv. Defenders, Discoveries and RRs. I don't remember about the interior trim. The one in this advert is described as being "atlantic blue" which I don't know is the same as micatellic. Point is the little plaque kinds of leaves no room for doubt.
 
As far as I recall they were all to have a special deep blue "micatellic" finish and by all I mean 50th Anniv. Defenders, Discoveries and RRs. I don't remember about the interior trim. The one in this advert is described as being "atlantic blue" which I don't know is the same as micatellic. Point is the little plaque kinds of leaves no room for doubt.
my old vogue 50 carin number 6, if its this one buy it, it was faultless.
 

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