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- Austin Rover Ltd. Company Name, Registration Number, Email Address plus Drawings for the Metro 6R4 etc
Austin Rover Ltd. Company Name, Registration Number, Email Address plus Drawings for the Metro 6R4 etc
Lot Number: 513
Austin Rover Ltd. Company Name, Registration Number, Email Address plus Drawings for the Metro 6R4 etc
Offered without reserve, a unique opportunity to own the sole rights to the Austin Rover Ltd. Company Name, Company Registration Number, email address plus a vast amount of original factory drawings for the Metro 6R4.
- ESTIMATE: £5,000 - £10,000
+ buyer's premium of 20% plus VAT (24% incl VAT)
You can choose to bid in the room, by phone, online or via commission.
LIVE AUCTION: This lot will be auctioned on Friday 20th February, 2026 at 11.00am local time at Stoneleigh Park, Stoneleigh Rd, Coventry, CV8 2LG
SUMMARY
Offered without reserve, a unique opportunity to own the sole rights to the Austin Rover Ltd. Company Name, Company Registration Number, email address plus a vast amount of original factory drawings for the Metro 6R4.
DESCRIPTION
This is a rather special Lot comprising the Austin Rover Ltd. Company Name, Company Registration Number, email address plus a vast amount of original factory drawings for the Metro 6R4 and other motorsport related cars. The company name and email address were purchased by our vendor from us in 2024, having purchased it from the long-term owner who purchased it directly from the administrator when MG Rover Group went into administration.
Offered without reserve, this is a unique and fabulous opportunity, and we encourage all interested parties to get in touch to find out more.
Company Name etc.
We can confirm that the registered company Austin Rover Ltd, the Domain Name - 'austinroverltd.co.uk' belong to our vendor and are his property to be disposed of as he sees fit. He will instruct his accountants to deal with the technical side of the transfer of the dormant company Austin Rover Ltd. (8644851) to the company’s new owner and will inform Companies House of the relevant details. The timescale of the transfer should be approximately 28 days from the date of the sale.
Engineering Drawings.
Originally looking like the ‘Drawings Chests’ from several different drawing offices being cleared out, the drawings have been meticulously gone through and noted in a separate book by our vendor, so it is now known exactly which drawings, and which models are included in the Lot. This was no mean feat as there is a substantial number of them, some flat, most rolled, generally unmarked and date from 1967/1986. The list of clients/customers at the top of the drawings include British Leyland, Austin Rover Motorsport, Rover Company Ltd., BL Cars Ltd., Land Rover Ltd., Austin Morris Group, Austin Morris Longbridge (1979), Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd., Leyland Cars, Canley and Leyland Cars, Longbridge.
There are far too many to list here, but they include 1,275cc A-Series components through to Buick/Rover V8 engine component drawings, drawings showing how to strengthen the V8 for Motorsport, how to convert a V8 to V6 for the Metro 6R4, complete gearbox and differential drawings for the Metro 6R4 and much, much more. Anyone interested in buying the company, considering the manufacture of spares for BL products, involved in restoration, or planning to write technical manuals, really ought to spend some time looking closely at this historically important find.
SPECIALIST
Harry Fox-Edwards
- Car Specialist
- 07398 872032
- harryfe@iconicauctioneers.com
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Collection from the auction venue:
Lots can be collected from Hall 1, Stoneleigh Park, CV8 2LG, over the weekend until 12 noon on Monday.
After this time they will be taken to Mailboxes Solihull where you can arrange to collect the item from there or have it shipped to you at your expense.
Delivery:
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