Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

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Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by slippy » Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:39 pm

So as not to hijack another thread, here is Aurora as requested, possibly the only one? (to be confirmed) Definately not many about.
This all sounds like a fairy story but here goes....

After selling my Volcano F a couple of years ago & having a brief fling with an SLK 230k I decided I would have another MG but it had to be a 160. It had to have under 60k miles, It had to be Black or Red with Grenadine interior as theres no way Id find a Shot silk, Bittersweet or Aurora is there?
After months of searching, going on ebay, autotrader, PH etc maybe 10 times a day somedays, I had almost given up but I was told to hang on & the right one would come along eventually.
The seller of this car says it had been listed less than an hour when I phoned at 5pm, by 7pm I was in Rochdale handing over a deposit.
The old lady was retiring from driving due to a bad hip, it had only covered 5k miles in the last 4 years, currently just over 26k. It has Colour coded hardtop, glass rear screen, A/C, unused tonneau cover, unused spare key, fullsize spare that looks like it may have done a couple of hundered miles, rim is like new.
The only negatives is a few stone chips & a bit of laquer damage where something was splashed onto the car & not removed for a few weeks. Its cleaning up quite well!!
Im very happy with it as you can probably guess.

Stu
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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by David Dixon » Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:46 pm

That is flippin' gorgeous...& a 160!

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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by jaydoginvasion » Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:48 pm

That looks like one lovely car!!


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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by Rob Bell » Wed Jul 02, 2014 6:13 pm

Only one word: WOW :thumbsu:

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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by adrianclifford » Wed Jul 02, 2014 6:59 pm

Hi Stu, welcome to the one off Club.

Your car is indeed the only Aurora MGTF Built 09/03/2005 at 12.00:17 dealer delivery code H9376 (do you know where it first went from the V5 ?). Dave will be your newest best friend now. The factory closed just one month after this car was built.

Congratulations, a stunning car and a beautiful colour I hope to see it one day.
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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by Dave J » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:23 pm

2nd best friend .... Gary's still me bestie ;)

Great news that Adrian has confirmed that your Aurora is a 100% genuine "one off" :D
now we gotta try to find the others ??

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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by jaydoginvasion » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:51 pm

That is amazing news for you Stu, as jealous as I am I'm still happy for you mate. I hope to see it in the flesh soon!


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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by jaydoginvasion » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:52 pm

And I hope we don't now see it on eBay at some ridiculous price :-)


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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by slippy » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:54 pm

Well I had hoped it would help me get me some hot chicks but I spose beggars cant be choosers - lol

The lady I bought it from had it from new. She spotted it in the showroom at Horners at Rochdale & fell in love with it. She said she had just retired & bought it herself as a retirement present.

So what about the 54 plate Aurora Ive seen on some French? site? Is that not a real one or could there be n error somewhere?

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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by stuart » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:54 pm

Welcome Stu- lovely looking car mate :thumbsu:
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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by diesel destroyer » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:57 pm

Super nice... And a genuine one of one..

I'm not jealous... Much ;)

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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by jaydoginvasion » Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:05 pm

Probably a replica, judging by the vin and the delivery date a 54 plate couldn't be an Aurora.


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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by slippy » Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:09 pm

Brilliant, so its official then......wooohoooo!!! :lol: :D :lol: :D

Thank you for your help clearing this up & for your kind comments, much appriciated chaps!! :thumbsu:

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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by jaydoginvasion » Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:15 pm

And it is a babe magnet if you consider most guys on this site would trade there other halves in for it ;-)
Hope mine never signs up for this forum :-/


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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by Goodies » Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:25 pm

That IS a gorgeous colour and nice to see the interior looking as good as the exterior! :thumbsu:

Obviously well worth the wait.

You do realise of course that you'll now have to organise a national tour! :lol: You might even be able to recoup some of the cost by charging admission!!! :D
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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by adrianclifford » Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:23 pm

Hi Stu, do you still have the link to the French site ?, I check European sites regularly for data. Could it be a French 54 (region rather than year)instead of British but nevertheless it can't really be Aurora anyway but I'd love to see.

You might like to see this (taken from MGR data of course) ;

H9376 HORNERS ROCHDALE DEMONSTRATOR
Bilstein shocks, Piper 4-2-1 manifold, Daytona, Vader cold-air induction, custom Z and F Stage 2 re-map, Electric boot release, braided hoses, Blue Magnecor leads, Technozen relays, Stage 1 head, BMW Angel Eyes headlights, "MG" puddle lights.

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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by Dave J » Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:38 pm

Adrian ... go to the post .. "anyone know the owner of this car" ... its the one we chatted about my car ... its about 5 pages back ... its there ... first post :-)

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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by Rich in Vancouver » Thu Jul 03, 2014 5:06 am

Very nice Dave!
There aren't many F/TFs I would trade my Volcano VVC for but yours is one of them. Latter day Volcano! :thumbsu:

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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by c13amb » Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:39 am

Thats very nice...lovely car..should i ever want/need a respray id have to consider that colour!!!!
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Re: Aurora TF160 - My new toy!

Post by slippy » Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:03 am

It doesn't show the colour too well on the photos, its like Nightfire Red that flips through a lighter Red to Volcano. :D

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