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Post by glennr on Dec 21, 2009 9:51:33 GMT
Great idea. It is nice to see the overseas being more invoved. It is lso very interesting to see where they live.etc
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Post by Warwick on Dec 21, 2009 22:34:12 GMT
Rather than try and rename all ten pages on this thread, may I suggest that if we have future post titled with the country of origin Spain e.g.' SPAIN - I love my P5' then over time other locals could add to the thread? Thoughts anyone? Yes, that's a better idea.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2009 8:42:18 GMT
Hi Warwick, South Africa I have a Mk 1a that I am attempting to revitalise. I know of a fellow South African who runs a Mk 2 and has two almost scrap Mk1s that I was fortunate enough to get some spares from. During the late '80s I owned a P5B but had to sell it when I married a non-Rover lover. I believe P5bs were never sold here and this one originated in Rhodesia. It is still around but spends most of its life in mothballs.
My car was stripped for re-spray by the previous owner but one. Unfortunately many of the trim parts were not put back on the car after the re-spray. The leather seats were also reupholstered in velour which is not a bad idea in this country where the weather tends to be hot and dry.
I also own a P4 (105) an SD1 (van den Plas) and a Rover 75.
Regards, Almanac
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Dec 28, 2009 9:49:50 GMT
Welcome to the Forum - nice Rover collection. any pictures?
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Post by glennr on Dec 28, 2009 10:42:54 GMT
Hi Warwick, South Africa I have a Mk 1a that I am attempting to revitalise. I know of a fellow South African who runs a Mk 2 and has two almost scrap Mk1s that I was fortunate enough to get some spares from. During the late '80s I owned a P5B but had to sell it when I married a non-Rover lover. I believe P5bs were never sold here and this one originated in Rhodesia. It is still around but spends most of its life in mothballs. My car was stripped for re-spray by the previous owner but one. Unfortunately many of the trim parts were not put back on the car after the re-spray. The leather seats were also reupholstered in velour which is not a bad idea in this country where the weather tends to be hot and dry. I also own a P4 (105) an SD1 (van den Plas) and a Rover 75. Regards, Almanac Hi Almanac, I have sent you a personal message
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Post by Warwick on Jan 5, 2010 23:35:41 GMT
Hi Warwick, South Africa I have a Mk 1a that I am attempting to revitalise. I know of a fellow South African who runs a Mk 2 and has two almost scrap Mk1s that I was fortunate enough to get some spares from. During the late '80s I owned a P5B but had to sell it when I married a non-Rover lover. I believe P5bs were never sold here and this one originated in Rhodesia. It is still around but spends most of its life in mothballs. My car was stripped for re-spray by the previous owner but one. Unfortunately many of the trim parts were not put back on the car after the re-spray. The leather seats were also reupholstered in velour which is not a bad idea in this country where the weather tends to be hot and dry. I also own a P4 (105) an SD1 (van den Plas) and a Rover 75. Regards, Almanac Whoops! How did I miss this one? Thanks Almanac. I've added South Africa to the list. Why not add a South Africa thread to the new Overseas section - Even if you just cut and paste what you wrote here and perhaps add a photo or two.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2010 19:44:26 GMT
Hi Warwick,
You can add my running P5B to the Dutch list.
Kind regards, Bart.
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Post by Warwick on May 31, 2010 23:25:49 GMT
One P5B added Bart.
Should I change it to The Netherlands?
The names Holland and The Netherlands tend to be used interchangeably by my generation in Australia, although I realize that technically they should not.
Regards, Warwick
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2010 9:34:28 GMT
The names Holland and The Netherlands tend to be used interchangeably by my generation in Australia, So I've noticed ... I've spend 3 yrs in Melbourne. :-) To be fair, I can imagine it's quite confusing. - We live in " Nederland ", without 'The' and no plural form used. - In the English language our country is named The Netherlands which translates into " De Nederlanden ", a name last used when The Netherlands and Belgium were one. - In Italian and Spanish it's named Ollanda or a variation on it referring to " Holland " - In French we are named "Pays-Bas", the low lands meaning "De lage Landen" an historical term to indicate an area north of what we now know as France where they didn't speak French and your feet got wet - We are in English referred to as "The Dutch", something historical again. - Holland is short for either south (zuid) or north (noord) Holland, both provinces in The Netherlands. The term Holland is often used for Dutch teams and abbreviations on score boards @ sport events. So yes ;D your suggestion to use The Netherlands is a correct one.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2010 16:34:48 GMT
I'm retraining the Germans who try correcting me. They should say Niederlande as I do but everyone here says Holland. I've heard of a Dutch lady not too far away who they have been trying to convert to Holland for 30 years. At least now there are two of us.
Maar ja...Hup Holland Hup leg dat maar uit!
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Jun 1, 2010 21:47:17 GMT
Well we interchange UK, United Kingdom, Britain, GB, Great Britain and even just England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland which may include Eire as well as Northern Ireland
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Post by Warwick on Jun 2, 2010 1:02:32 GMT
Thanks Bart,
I was aware of the Holland, Belgium, Netherlands geographical implications from High School geography, but could no longer remember when, where, why, etc., or what was correct now.
So what do you call yourselves? Nederlanders, or something that means that. Is using the wrong name as hazardous as calling a Canadian American, a Scot English, or a New Zealander Australian?
When and where were you in Melbourne, the world's most livable city. (Well it used to be - not so sure now).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2010 19:27:34 GMT
We call ourselves Dutch and we live in the Netherlands. In general there won't be an issue if you address a Dutchmen as Hollander.
I used to live in Wheelershill in the late nineties. Have been back to Melbourne for work on a regular basis over the last years, mainly got stuck in the CBD with not much time to eg rent a car and touring. What area are you in? I'm still having a MelWay around here :-)
Melbourne was indeed the most livable city for a while together with Vancouver. That's a place still on my list.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2010 19:36:35 GMT
@ Warwick, I ask stupid questions, it's in your profile :-) Not a bad direction, we would have been moving out further east if we had stayed in Aus.
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Post by Warwick on Jun 4, 2010 0:27:59 GMT
Sorry - that probably seemed like a silly question too. What I meant was ... Dutch is English for Dutch, but what is Dutch for Dutch? Is it also Dutch? I trust that clarifies my question.
I used to know Wheelers Hill quite well. Friends lived there in the late '90s. We lived in North Croydon before moving to the country in 1998 to escape the urban sprawl - but it is rapidly catching up with us again. There is an average of 1,000 people a week moving to greater Melbourne and the projections are that the city will pass Sydney in population within the next 20 years. I hope they are wrong. When I was still at school, the national population was about 10 million. Now it's about 22 and they are forecasting 35 million by 2050. It's just ridiculous. We barely have enough water for 22 million.
If you look at Melway 512 U6, we are right where the green Route C426 marker is.
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Post by denis23 on Jun 6, 2010 21:46:59 GMT
heh, when I reading our folks blogs, who moved to australia, it seems like there are one big resort there - at least if compare with ours.
imagine what chinese and other staff feels...
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Post by Warwick on Jun 8, 2010 0:36:28 GMT
People tend to look at the size of Australia but not realize that the most of the population lives along the southern half of the east coast and in the southeast corner. There are of course urban areas and cities scattered around the continent. I'm not ignoring, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin and the cities of northern Queensland, or Tasmania. I'm just pointing out where the majority of the population is concentrated. Most of the continent is unusable for urban living or agriculture. It's too dry and the soil is poor. There are certainly resorts here, but like resorts everywhere in the world, they are artificial.
Lack of water is our big problem.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2010 22:12:42 GMT
You can add my P5B coupe to the German list Berlin and I know there is a P5B Saloon Just around the corner from where I live but I dont think he is a member on here..but she is definatly here..! RHD
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Post by Warwick on Jul 26, 2010 0:42:46 GMT
Done!
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Post by 1971p5bwa on Aug 9, 2010 8:22:19 GMT
As the membership secretary for the Western Australian Rover Owners Club I have just checked my database.
For your information we have listed:
11 P5s 14 P5B coupe 13 P5B Saloons
Regards
Graham Bryder
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Post by eisdielenbiker on Aug 9, 2010 14:58:18 GMT
Is there one around York ? I believe to remember a saloon. They got a nice museum there.
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Post by Warwick on Aug 9, 2010 23:53:59 GMT
That's a lot Graham. I didn't think there would be that many. Per head of population, it's probably more than over here in the eastern states.
The list in this tread is just a tally of those who use the forum and have given details of their model(s). I started it because I was curious to know what forum members where outside the UK and which models they had. Then it sort of turned into a "foreigners" intro thread.
What Rovers do you have?
Regards, Warwick.
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Post by 1971p5bwa on Aug 10, 2010 7:56:03 GMT
I have a 1971 P5B Saloon with factory fitted Webasto sun roof. My car is currently the Invitation Class winner 2010. I have owned the car since 1975.
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Post by vincentacres on Aug 10, 2010 9:58:02 GMT
I am not currently a member of the Western Australian Rover Owners Club (which I must rectify sometime soon). I have a 1963 P5Mk II Coupe that is not currently on the clubs books.
Regards,
Owen Vincent.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2010 20:31:01 GMT
I am a Geordie does that qualify NOT REALLY JOHN... GEORDIES LIVE ON ANOTHER PLANET ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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