"FDH" Coupes and the sinking ship story

Post by **IrishRover** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:35 am

Anyone here own this site?
http://www.jull.co.uk/cars/220_turbo/rover_220.html

Sorry to Cableguy and everyone else who hate the mention of the "FDH" coupes at this stage but it cites the story that these cars came back because the ship to Japan flooded.

Tommy from the ramraider pit crew told me that he thought they came back because the Japanese toughened their emissions laws and so the coupes would not have complied with the new regulations and it wouldn't have been worthwhile for Rover to rework the engines to comply, probably seeing as they were going to discontinue the model anyway.

This sounds more credibile a story to me.

Can anyone put this "sinking ship" story to bed once and for all?

peteT16 · Post by **peteT16** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:17 am

Didn't think they ever got to Japan

Post by **IrishRover** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:20 am

Came back before they reached Japan then.

rnash2002 · Post by **rnash2002** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:00 am

I think it sounds about right to what happened to them

simonptomcat · Post by **simonptomcat** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:04 am

Well i thought they didnt even leave the shores of britain??

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:16 pm

Who cares.

That site is owned by Christian of SXOC, he now has a very tasty S15 200 SX

He worked here for a few months a couple years back, had a good long chat with him. He had a T16 Turbo Maestro before the FDH, which fell into ill-fate at the hands of some rogue tuner in Stevenage who subsequently burned their building down and setup elsewhere in the general Watford area

C2K · Post by **C2K** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:43 pm

Si summed it up best on MSN about FDH's.

Si · Post by Si » Sun Feb 12, 2006 3:39 pm

Most cars get written off when flooded so I can see how they can sell a car as brand new despite being filled with sea water

s0ck · Post by **s0ck** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 7:03 pm

The ship was flooded not, necessarily, the cars.

Post by **IrishRover** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 10:39 am

I was talking to H (Monster Hunter) over the weekend and he said he recently met one of the people who worked on this batch of coupes to rehomologate them who told him that the cars definitely left the country and at least got as far as Malaysia, if not Japan and that they were stored in a warehouse there for a period of time before coming back.

The emissions thing sounds more plausible to me than the flooding thing. Surely someone must know definitively?

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:07 am

You would be best asking the person who runs the Austin-Rover website to see if he knows, or knows a contact who used to work for Rover.

sam w · Post by **sam w** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:10 pm

Yawn.

Post by **Cableguy** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:13 pm

C2K wrote:Si summed it up best on MSN about FDH's.

Special cars ?

radddogg · Post by **radddogg** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:30 pm

Tomcats love the water. Mine was an actual japanese import and sailed back from Japan on its own. Look here I am on a day trip down the coast

ross_lewis · Post by **ross_lewis** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:56 pm

lol radders, made me laff after such a shite day at work!

Post by **Cableguy** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:58 pm

ross_lewis wrote:lol radders, made me laff after such a shite day at work!

You call this a day at work ? its not even 3 pm yet.

Pah

ross_lewis · Post by **ross_lewis** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:59 pm

yes, but if you start at 6......

radddogg · Post by **radddogg** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:57 pm

ross_lewis wrote:lol radders, made me laff after such a shite day at work!

Erm, you should read the story behind that photo.

http://www.rt2468abcd.r8technology.co.uk/viewtopi ... =sea+water

rover220 · Post by **rover220** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:03 pm

ive just pissed myself laughing at that radders, have you been as stupid since?

monster hunter · Post by **monster hunter** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:09 pm

Certainly stored somewhere, mine was covered in light brown dust pre delivery 1999 having ordered it 1998....

radddogg · Post by **radddogg** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:46 pm

rover220 wrote:ive just pissed myself laughing at that radders, have you been as stupid since?

Nope, and I don't plan to again.

That was the most uncomfortable experience of my life.

The relief though was amazing when it came out.

rover220 · Post by **rover220** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:04 pm

good, i had hoped stupidity hadnt got the better again.

i cant really imagine the feeling of loosing my car due to my own stupidity