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JUNE 2009 OUR FREE CATALOGUES FOR SD1, TRIUMPH, MG ROVER & LAND ROVER ARE YOUR Including:- PASSPORT TO THE FINEST PARTS SERVICE INDIA Parts Consignment Offer Surplus Buy-in Stock New Products & Special Offers SD1 CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENT This supplement should be used in conjunction It includes SURPLUS* buy in stock we have BROWSE ALL OUR CATALOGUES AND with our SD1 Catalogue (edition 2.2) as it features purchased from several Rover Specialists over the LATEST PRICE GUIDE ON ONE CD ROM! many new products and stock now available since last couple of years. We now have 1000’s of Part No: Cat CD FREE. our catalogue was printed. previously unavailable parts in stock (including Rimmer Bros. Triumph House, Sleaford Road, Specifically, it updates our SD1 INDIA parts some Mk1 bonnets and original rear Nivomat’s) - Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln LN4 2NA England. consignment brochure to reflect the stock that so give us a try if you can’t find the part you are has now been sold and also consolidated into new looking for in here! SALES: 01522 568000. warehousing and storage facilities. We still have We have also included some NEW PRODUCTS* & (OUTSIDE UK +44 1522 568000). All prices include VAT at tons of parts available - at very affordable prices! SPECIAL OFFERS* which will help to keep your 15%* where shown. Fax: 01522 567600. (OUTSIDE UK +44 1522 567600). classic on the road. *May be subject to change E-MAIL: [email protected] * These offers are identified by a NEW panel in this supplement. December 2009. ORDERON-LINE PRODUCT www.rimmerbros.co.uk www.rimmerbros.co.uk LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER . DEFENDER DISCOVERY . FREELANDER AUTHORISED PARTS DISTRIBUTOR AUTHORISED PARTS DISTRIBUTOR Original Parts & Accessories Original Parts & Accessories A BRITISH COMPANY SUPPORTING BRITISH CARS Trade & Wholesale enquiries welcome. 01522 567111. E-mail: [email protected] SOURCE CODE SDS9 ROVER SD1 Parts Consignment from India PART OF THE BONNETS AND TAILGATES In 2006, Rimmer Bros purchased a massive consignment of FACTORY SITE REMOVED FROM A CRATE brand new, factory original Rover SD1 parts originating from Standard Motor Products in Madras (now Chennal), India. In total there were twenty two, 40ft containers full to the brim! SD1 India - The Story DOORS GET A HELPING HAND The History It is a well known fact that the Rover SD1 was sold in India as the ‘Standard 2000’ in the mid 80’s by Standard Motor Products of Madras (now called Chennai), India. Towards the end of production in the UK, CKD (Completely Knocked Down) kits were sold by Austin Rover to the Indian company for assembly overseas using their own variant of 4 cylinder (2 litre) petrol engine (part The Rimmer Bros Deal Vanguard/TR4/P6 Rover 2000) and gearbox (4 speed, based on Triumph). There were approximately 600 unused kits at the SMPI site where they had although the prices we have set for these items make full allowance for this possibility. Bodyshells were built using partially made up sub assemblys such as rear remained since then, stored in 5 warehouses. Such is the protracted legal Please do not purchase these panels if you expect 100% perfection at these prices. quarter panels, front inner flitches, rear floors (which included chassis legs), process in India, the site and stock were not disposed of until 2005. Rimmer Due to the fact SMPI used their own engine and gearbox, there are no such components in main floors and bulkheads which made final assembly relatively Bros got to hear about the stock during the summer of 2005 although at first the consignment (apart from some mountings, 2 litre carbs, PAS components and other straightforward. These sub assemblys and all other bodywork (including front there was disbelief that all this stock existed after all this time. It wasn’t until ancillaries). Additionally, seats, door panels, carpets, headlining etc were all supplied locally late 2005 that some photo’s arrived of some of the stock - still in its original as were bumpers (which we have now remanufactured). We do not foresee this as a problem CONTAINER BEING wings, doors, bonnets, tailgates, sills, roof panels and A/B/C/D pillars were LOADED IN INDIA carefully packed in huge wooden crates (designed to fit snugly width and packaging - and the enormity of what there was became real. to an SD1 owner, due to the plentiful supply of secondhand parts generally being available height wise into containers) with greased paper to preserve them. The stock was originally offered for sale at a price that would not have been in the market. Mechanical components such as brakes, suspension and body fittings were commercially viable for anyone to take on - let alone support an enthusiastic It should be noted that all the stock is for 1982 onwards model year (RHD) vehicles packed in large steel bins, each individual carton being carefully numbered following for SD1’s both in the UK and overseas. however, many parts are non-year specific and are therefore suitable for any model. Please and logged and ready to build the Standard 2000. A visit to India in February 2006 to view the stock and negotiate price resulted ask if unsure. in a deal being struck to repatriate almost all the stock back to the UK. Tough decisions had to be made about what to leave behind and scrap. The Prices Obviously some stock had suffered due to damp, high heat and humidity (the We have incurred significant costs in not only shipping the parts back to the UK, but also annual monsoon seasons didn’t help either). Other stock was worthless or additional warehousing and storage, handling and sorting. Since the initial arrival of the didn’t warrant the container and shipping costs. stock, we have consolidated and re-warehoused the majority of the bulk stocks, offering We had to estimate what would be in demand for the foreseeable future - and long-term availability and affordability. leave some of it behind. Of the vast amount of stock returned to the UK, some However, such is the volume of product, we are still in a position to offer remarkable value of it has sold very quickly. for money. PARTS NOW STORED IN OUR The Stock LINCOLN WAREHOUSE MASSIVE BODYWORK CRATES When we visited India, we saw crates SURPLUS BUY-IN STOCK & NEW PRODUCTS and crates full of brand new perfectly It is unclear as to exactly how many cars were built between 1985 & 1988 in preserved genuine parts just as they had India, but they struggled to sell. This was a factor that eventually sealed the left Austin Rover all those years ago. fate of SMPI who also made other cars and mini buses from their large 50 There were even original packing slips acre factory site on the outskirts of Madras. The whole site had been closed REAR FOG LIGHT REAR FOG LIGHT inside the boxes! OR NEW and under guard for over 15 years with no-one allowed in or anything SWITCH SWITCH allowed out - a unique ‘time warp’ situation. Remarkably, the stock is preserved PRODUCT extremely well and has not suffered in The plan was for Austin Rover to eventually ship over all the SD1 tooling so NEW storage at all. Notable exceptions are that SMPI could manufacture the car from scratch - but this never happened To help identify the surplus stock and new products that PRODUCT strut leg bump stops (crumbled to dust!) - it got as far as the docks in the UK - as SMPI went bust and the whole and door weather strips (hard & brittle) - we now have on offer in this supplement, we have project stopped. These facts were backed up by David Bishop (ex MD of these parts, we have since remanufactured. British Motor Heritage) who at the time was involved with product created a different look to the product information Some other parts are simply dusty and a procurement for the CKD SD1. quick clean will reveal a brand new part panels from those of the India stock - see examples. (eg door seals, plastic underbelly panels We have featured here nearly 200 new products that we and bonnet sound insulation pads). believe will be of interest to SD1 enthusiasts. Such is the Body panels, doors, bonnets, tailgates etc are supplied in a ‘body in white’ scale of these buy-ins, there is simply not enough space ONLY ONLY production wax coating which can easily to show them all here, so if you are looking for that removed before priming. We should also £10.93 £5.69 obscure, previously NLA part, give us a try - we may well £9.50 ex vat warn customers to expect handling £4.95 ex vat Part No. PRICE £ Ex VAT Inc VAT** marks, small dings/dents on body Part No. PRICE £ Ex VAT Inc VAT** have it! Alternatively, if you have the original Rover part Rear Fog Light Switch panels - they have travelled a long way - Rear Fog Light Switch 2600/3500 Early Models DRC3162 4.95 5.69 number, key it in our website and check for availability. DRC18 9.50 10.93 STEEL BINS FULL OF PARTS 1 The kits below include a full set of India parts by section as noted. INDIA KITS They do not include parts listed in our Surplus Stock, New Stock, Regular Stock Special Offers or Body Shell Kits. SAVE AND BUY A KIT SECTION KIT PART NO. STANDARD PRICE KIT PRICE EX VAT INC VAT* EX VAT INC VAT** ENGINE & ENGINE MOUNTINGS, TRANSMISSION & WHEELS SECTION KIT RO1166 £111.45 £128.17 £69.95 £80.44 DRC2479A OIL PRESS.TRANS. 0-60 PSI, CRC2044 ENGINE MOUNTING RUBBER x 2, INDIA KITS DRC8175 T/DUCER GM180AUTO TTL.