while we're talking LAC...

[Kent McLean]

Tessie McMillan wrote:
> The car was an 80s looking 4 door with hatchback, along the lines of an 
> Alfa GTV-6, in a dated dirty mustard color. While thoroughly grimy 
> and perhaps not styled 100% to my taste, the engine had a very aggressive 
> note to it and I felt compelled to follow the car for a while. I got 
> close enough to see the badge "Rover" and "V-8" before the guy really put 
> the hammer down and I just didn't want to follow any further. (Thank 
> goodness I see an endodontist tomorrow; I can't take much more of this.)
> 
> Does anyone know anything about these cars? I did a little searching on 
> the net and think I might have been looking at a Rover SD1, but that 
> doesn't tell me anything.

That would have been my guess.  The lines are more rounded than a GTV-6.
The V8 is the old Buick aluminum V8 that also appeared in the MGB V8 and
Triumph TR8.  And that dirty mustard color (I think it was called Baby Sh!t
Yellow) was common on BLMC (British Leyland) cars of the era. 

See:
http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?engineroverv8f.htm
http://www.roversd1club.net/history/history.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_SD1

-- 
Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke