Rover 213 - less than 60 left on road in england,

[james1989]

yes, it even has orrginal dealer sticker on it.

[keithyboy]

My dad had one in a sort of chewed chewing gum colour and I learned to drive in a silver one. He also had a Civic with the same motor. A little gem in both cars.

[james1989]

if I'm right its not the civic with the same engines, I think they the same parts underneith though. Isnt it the crx that has the same engine? I know for only about 76bhp its quite nippy, runs sweet and revs to about 7500rpm. I'm lucky some bits have been replaced, like distribution cap and ht leads, clutch cables (one thing i think il need is a clutch soon, which fortunatly can be got brand new for £20 on ebay) suspension components and ball joints ect seem fairly recent. There are some bits of paint i know i need to tidy up before it just disintigrates into a pile of rust, but its an amazing car, engine goes great and it started great all winter no problems even in the freezin cold mornings covered in forst at 4am after been stood all weekend - i don't know why people don't know just how good these cars was!

[MK2VR6]

Clean or what?! Seriously, cover all the cavities and underside with Waxoil - 213's love to rust. Yours has clearly been saved by living indoors for years.
Here's some inspiration:


It belonged to 'Slater' from this forum, from a few years back. Couple more pics on this thread:
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Here's another bloke from here who spent ages saving his from a rusty death. Scaryamount of rot - the owner is clearly a legend. Just goes to show how badly they can rot if left...

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Interesting owner thread here:
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Looks like it's torsion bar suspension up front, so reasonably easy to wind down if you're mechanically minded, I would have thought.
Good luck with it!

[james1989]

Ive seen the others in the photo's you posted, Esspecially BTO, i waNT it to look like that. I cant find anything at the front that looks like it could lower the car.. and i don't want to cut springs on the back.

I think in 2002 the first owner sold it (with a little under 16000 on the clock), from there its had 6 different owners and some variable levels of abuse. It looks like someone has done some work on the rear arches, which will need doing again soon

And a few spots of rust on the doors. Ive seen a fair few new spots pop up, ive just had a small hole welded underneith (first time its been welded, and its all solid under there now)

I planned on repairing the roof lining, General bodywork tidy up and making it more flush/lower it and get some good alloys

[james1989]

Ive just looked on the website and now there are only 53 left, They are going off the road at a very scarey rate! 10 years ago there was 14000 of these on the road. in 1994 there was 54k according to "howmanyleft.com" its like they are been hunted, When i got this rover there was 70 on the road, Now only 53! it wont be long before there are none left, and in the whole rover 213 range there are less than 100 left! Lots more rover 216's left though..

Really feel like i have a duty to preserve the race here. I would so extremly gutted to let the last one in existance wither away(rot) and die.

[loudandproud205]

Where abouts are you? If you are in the Yorkshire area I'd recommend Ricky P. He has lowered just about everything, I even got him to lower my brand new Auris ( I could have done it myself but it would have cause a void on my 5 year warranty he is about the only other person I trust to look at them things on my car.

[james1989]

Ive heard of Ricky P i used to live oposit a little pug that had his decals all over it. I may try to make contact lol.

[120y]

I'm surprised there are so many 216 left as in that car the engine was prone to oil leaks and head gaskets, made by BL I think and the later rover
had a good 1.6 engine but the 1.4 was horrible.
I always liked the 213 I think it sticks in my mind because of "keeping up appearances" the episode where the Rover is chased by the Tina absolute class.

[markgenesis]

Apr 13, 2014 13:22:30 GMT james1989 said:

Ive just looked on the website and now there are only 53 left, They are going off the road at a very scarey rate! 10 years ago there was 14000 of these on the road. in 1994 there was 54k according to "howmanyleft.com" its like they are been hunted, When i got this rover there was 70 on the road, Now only 53! it wont be long before there are none left, and in the whole rover 213 range there are less than 100 left! Lots more rover 216's left though..

Really feel like i have a duty to preserve the race here. I would so extremly gutted to let the last one in existance wither away(rot) and die.

I think the scrappage scheme probably culled thousands

[james1989]

ive just sent ricky p a text, I feel good about this he does some brill work.. he seems the good option for lowerin a car

[120y]

Its actually quite scary for a lot of cars looking at "how many left" my Micra K11 LS has only 695 listed as being on road and 90 on Sorn, I know compared to the Rover its a lot but for the whole of the UK its not a lot, quite sobering to read.

[welshpug]

Do the DVLA distinguish between england scotland and wales on that howmanyleft thing now?

[james1989]

Lots of good cars are dieing out. Lots of people don't share the enthusiasm i have with my rover, Quite litterly when i bought this i could have got anything but i chose the little old rover because something appealed to me. I think its safe to say i have a really unique car. I saw a car a few week back, old black VW Karrman or something like this, I was shocked to find there are more of these on the road than my little rover, i too heard that the 216 was a worse engine..
When i bought this the guy said it had the J engine and that it was a really reliable engine. He had it on his yard for about 3 months and no one wanted it, I offered him 280 quid as i thought it was a risky deal buying an oldie. But, 7 month later ive done about 15.000 miles in it, Only work ive "had" to do was brake pads and £40 worth of welding. It did need new tyres.. So i decided to just get some alloys a couple week ago and the exhuast i just wanted more umph but discreetly.. now when i put the hammer down (if its right to say that in a slow car) it roars like mad, but strangely only upto 3000rpm, Is this because i kept the standard backbox and just took out the middle silencer, will it sound better with a different box? its like when exceletating hard, 2-3000 rpm sounds nice, then builds up to a really loud tinny noise then gets quite upto 3-7000 rpm.. but take the foot off the accelerator and let it slow down it rasps and pops more than daffy duck, it is really amazung what a small change in the exhuast did, (me hides now incase people want to throw rocks at me)

[james1989]

Apr 13, 2014 14:16:09 GMT welshpug said:

Do the DVLA distinguish between england scotland and wales on that howmanyleft thing now?

I'm not sure, Be good to find out.

[james1989]

Apr 13, 2014 14:14:46 GMT 120y said:

Its actually quite scary for a lot of cars looking at "how many left" my Micra K11 LS has only 695 listed as being on road and 90 on Sorn, I know compared to the Rover its a lot but for the whole of the UK its not a lot, quite sobering to read.

I think Micras have the same image as my rover.. Typically a popular car that looks awful has no real style but runs forever, But there seem to be so many of them that they are cheap and annoying, Wait a few years and you may find yourself with one of the last ones on the road like me,

[mk14dr]

Did I see this in Wakefield just the other day? I was waiting to cross the road outside QEGS and I gave you a knowing nod as you passed.

[stealthstylz]

I could also do the work required to lower it, drop me a PM.

[james1989]

Apr 13, 2014 15:35:30 GMT mk14dr said:

Did I see this in Wakefield just the other day? I was waiting to cross the road outside QEGS and I gave you a knowing nod as you passed.

i drive thru there every day around 4. You did see me. Lol

[markgenesis]

Apr 13, 2014 14:36:22 GMT james1989 said:

Apr 13, 2014 14:16:09 GMT welshpug said:

Do the DVLA distinguish between england scotland and wales on that howmanyleft thing now?

I'm not sure, Be good to find out.

Was going to mention that myself WelshPug (i'm Scottish)

I think you will find it's the whole of the UK and not just England O/P