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Roverarchives Uitgave 5 - 2019 Dutch RoverArchives Uitgave 5 - 2019 In deze editie: Rover P5 Apollo Rover 200 BRM Rover SD1 Historie 1 Dutch RoverArchives is een idee van René Winters en is een gratis magazine. René is groot Rover liefhebber en is al vanaf 1979 bezig met het verzamelen van allerlei informatie met betrekking tot het auto merk Rover. In de loop der jaren is de verzameling uitgegroeid tot een enorm archief met de meest uiteenlopende informatie en spullen. Door een eigen digitaal magazine te maken wil René deze informatie graag delen met mede Rover MG liefhebbers en daarmee ook zorgen dat de jonge generatie dit prachtige merk, dat inmiddels vanaf 2005 niet meer bestaat, niet vergeet. Magazines maken is niet nieuw, René maakte van 1990 tot 1994 al clubbladen voor de Stichting Dutch Rover SD1. Ook heeft hij een aantal clubbladen gemaakt voor de Rover Owners’ Club Holland. Deze bladen werden zeer goed ontvangen door de leden. Het bestuur dacht er anders over en zette René op een zijspoor. Samen met diverse Rover en MG liefhebbers maken we dit nieuwe magazine. De mensen die meewerken aan dit magazine hebben passie voor de twee merken. Er komen allerlei onderwerpen aan bod, van de eerste Rover fiets tot aan de Rover 75 V8, ook komen de MG Zed modellen, ZR – ZS – ZT – ZTT, aan bod. Wij zijn open, eerlijk en transpirant en respecteren de Rover en MG rijders. Wij vragen geen lidmaatschap of contributie, en hebben passie voor onze auto’s en geven gratis informatie aan andere Rover en MG liefhebbers. Als je de volgende magazines ook van ons wilt ontvangen hoef je alleen maar een e-mail te sturen naar [email protected] , vermeld in je bericht graag de volgende gegevens: naam, woonplaats, telefoonnummer en type auto en kenteken van de auto. Wil je op de hoogte blijven van de Dutch RoverArchives, sluit je dan aan bij onze facebookgroep, hier wordt veel unieke informatie uitgewisseld, www.facebook.com/groups/dutchroverarchives Eindredactie en Vormgeving René Winters Adverteerders Email: [email protected] Pag. Websites: Rimmer Bros 04 The world of the Rover SD1 Viking Engineering 06 www.roversd1.nl Meteor Spares Service Ltd 06 Dutchroverarchives Rovee-Veenis 12 www.roversd1.nl/dutchroverarchives/index.html Ad Akkermans 12 Nijendijk 12 Facebook: Damen & Kroes 12 Dutch RoverArchives Garage Hilberts 18 www.facebook.com/groups/dutchroverarchives Hilberts Autoschade 18 Dutch RoverArchives Sale and Wanted KNAC 18 www.facebook.com/groups/ Autobedrijf Henk Terpstra 24 DutchRoverarchivesSaleandwanted EPS uitlaten 24 Netzo Druk 26 MG-Roverclub Nederland Diagnose Service Haaglanden 30 www.facebook.com/groups/MGRoverClubNederland Johan Autogas 30 Minor Motorcars 30 SOK Productions 40 FR59 vertaalburo 40 Voorzijde foto: Rover P4 Achterzijde foto: Red Bull-Ring Middenplaat foto: Int Treffen Oostenrijk De in het magazine weergegeven meningen behoeven niet noodzakelijk die van de redactie te zijn. Ingezonden artikelen worden niet gecontroleerd op inhoudelijke juistheid en inhoudelijke volledigheid. De redactie kan op geen enkele wijze verantwoordelijk worden gesteld voor de inhoud. Niets uit dit magazine mag worden vermenigvuldigd en/of openbaar gemaakt door middel van druk, fotografie of internet of welke andere wijze dan ook zonder toestemming van de redactie. 2 Dutch RoverArchives Inhoud Redactioneel 5 Rover 200 BRM 19 Rover Pinup girl 39 Stamtische Duitsland 7 Scrapyard 25 Rover SD1 historie deel I 41 Ellie schrijft 27 Uit de oude schoenendoos 10 Pre-war Rovers De middenplaat 28 Rover 75 V6 2.5 full opies te koop 54 International Rover Treffen Rover P5 Apollo 1969 31 Oostenrijk 2019 12 Dutch RoverArchives 3 Humor 4 Dutch RoverArchives Redactioneel Beste MG en Roverliefhebbers het vijfde magazine gemaakt door ondergetekende. H Een enorme wolk van liefde en warmte kreeg ik nadat het vorige Dutch RoverArchives magazine uit kwam. Reacties uit: Nederland, Duitsland, Oosterrijk, Zweden, Zwitzerland Schotland Engeland Belgie zelfs uit Austra- lie en New Zeeland. Vele mensen hebben mij gebeld of gemaild, bedankt allemaal. Deze overvloed van be- zorgdheid en steun heeft mij goed gedaan en ik besef mij dat het Dutch RoverArchives magazine over de gehele wereld wordt gelezen, ook al is het in het Ne- derlands. Vele mensen die uit het buitenland komen en de Nederlandse taal niet machtig zijn, gebruiken We zijn altijd op zoek naar mooie of zeldzame Rovers google translate. Ik zie het aantal downloads van ons om een fotoshoot te maken. magazine dan ook snel stijgen magazine 05-2019 is al Heb jij een mooie of bijzondere Rover laat het ons meer dan 9.750 keer gedownload. Ongeloofelijk. Zo weten en we maken een afspraak. zie je dat ons magazine toch leeft onder de Rover/MG We zijn nog steeds op zoek naar mensen die Engels liefhebbers. naar Nederlands, of Duits naar Nederlands kunnen Langzamerhand krijg ik weer de energie terug, die ik vertalen. of voor ons nieuwe project Nederlands naar eerder had. Zie hier het resultaat. Alweer een Dutch Engels. Denk jij iets te kunnen betekenen voor ons, RoverArchives magazine. stuur dan even een bericht naar onderstaand email- In dit nummer het eerste deel van de Nederlandse adres. Rover SD1 historie. In 1989 had ik al mijn eerste Ro- Wil jij iets weten over een bepaald type Rover, laat ver SD1 en heb er 69 in bezit gehad. Nu heb ik nog het mij dan weten en ik kan kijken of ik er iets over enkele exemplaren, Dus verhaal hierover schrijven is kan vinden in mijn Rover Archief. voor mij gesneden koek en weet ik veel van dit type Rover af. Omdat het verhaal redelijk groot is verdeel ik Zonder de medewerking van de volgende mensen was het verhaal over vier magazine‘s. dit magazine niet tot stand gekomen. Daarom mijn speciale dank aan: We lopen met copy nog iets achter maar deze ver- Harry Hilgerdenaar † Dievie v/d Scheer halen willen we jullie niet onthouden. Vandaar nog Ellie v/d Scheer Anthony Brooks enkele verhalen die vorig jaar hebben plaats gevon- Reinhard Stadhaus Roy Aalpoel den. Craig Pusey Mark Kwiatkowski Samen met mijn vriendin zijn wij naar het Internatio- Tobias Lambertz Aart van der Haagen nale Rover treffen in Oostenrijk geweest. Een geweldi- Voor de mensen die onze eerste vijf magazine‘s niet ge ervaring, Het evenement was een dikke 10+. Het gelezen hebben, staat hieronder de link om deze te evenement was tot in de puntjes georganiseerd. downloaden. Mooi weer, leuke mensen, mooie auto‘s, lekker eten http://www.roversd1.nl/dutchroverarchives/index.html en mooie bezienswaardigheden. Vijf dagen lang Ro- vers. Reacties naar: [email protected] Er was ook een Rover SD1 evenement in Rotterdam. Hierover in het volgende magazine een verslag. We hebben een advertentiestop in moeten voeren. Er zijn momenteel 3 bedrijven die graag willen adverte- ren in ons magazine, maar omdat we geen ruimte meer hebben in ons blad, zullen deze adverteeerders eerst moeten wachten. HELAAS. Hieruit blijkt ook dat we op de goede weg zijn. We willen geen adverten- tieblad worden met weinig inhoud. Ik ben alweer druk bezig met het volgende magazine, deze wordt weer 60 pagina‘s anders kunnen we alle informatie niet kwijt die we ontvangen hebben. Ik hoop dat we jullie niet teleurstellen. Dutch RoverArchives 5 6 Dutch RoverArchives Meeting Duitsland RoverFreunde Stamtische Roverfreunde Hamburg ondag 9 september was het „Auswander Museum“ in Hamburg. "René Winters ??? toch niet de man zover. Het was voor mij de Maar omdat het huisnummer niet achter de website Roversd1.nl". Z eerste keer dat ik eens ging werd gevonden door mijn oude Tom- "Yep" zei ik. Toen werden de techni- kijken bij onze ooster buren. Tom-XL was het even zoeken. sche vragen op mij afgevuurd. Na Omdat ik geregeld op hun facebook- Ik arriveerde als tweede auto. De bijna een uur technische vragen te groep keek, was ik wel benieuwd organisator Mark was net aangeko- hebben beantwoord was het tijd om hoe de meetingen waren in Duits- men. te gaan eten. De entourage en de land, en hoeveel MG en Rover er Nadat we even kennis met elkaar mensen waren erg "gemuttlich". Ik zouden komen. Het was mooi weer gemaakt hadden ging Mark de club- heb nog even een kleine photoshoot en ik had zaterdagavond mijn Rover vlag ophangen. van de twee Rover SD1 gemaakt. 827 saloon al schoon gemaakt. Na een groepsfoto te hebben ge- De Stamtische zoals de Duitsers hun Al snel stond de pakeerplaats vol maakt gingen we nog een rondrit meetings noemen begon om tien met verschillende Rovers en MG‘s. door Hamburg maken. Het was in- uur. Er waren ook twee Rover SD1 Vites- middels al 16.00 uur. Ik vond het Ik was al vroeg op pad gegaan want se. Deze Rovers trokken mijn aan- wel tijd om weer naar huis te gaan het was een rit van 3 uur. dacht. Na mij voorgesteld te hebben want de terugreis duurde nog zeker We zouden elkaar ontmoeten bij zei één van de eigenaren: drie uur. Dutch RoverArchives 7 Meeting Duitsland RoverFreunde Na afscheid te hebben genomen weer tevreden naar huis. De bedankte Mark voor de goed geor- van iedereen en speciaal de organi- Duitsers koesteren hun auto‘s ook ganiseerde meeting. En de volgen- sator Mark Kwiatkowski ging ik net als wij. de keer ben ik er weer bij.● Ik Stamtische Roverfreunde Hattingen en week later werd ik uitge- Rovers of MG’s haastte mij naar de Lidl parkeer- nodigd om in Hattingen Er bleek een communiecatiestoring plaats. Aangekomen stonden er al 8 E langs te komen bij een tussen mij en de organisator. Mijn Rover 75 en MG ZT auto‘s. Ik viel stamtische. fout. Iedereen ontmoete elkaar bij dus met mijn 827 buiten de boot. een Lidl parkeerplaats, om vervol- Had ik dit maar geweten dan was ik We zouden elkaar ontmoet in Hat- gens via een mooie route naar het met mijn MG ZTT gekomen.
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