Other Cars (British & British-Inspired)

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Oldbloke
Jim Legg
Napa, California
(94 posts)

Registered:
01/24/2013 03:24PM

Main British Car:
1970 Rover P6 3500S Rover 3.5L V8

My Ongoing Affair With The Rover
Posted by: Oldbloke
Date: March 17, 2016 04:50PM

1970 3500S NADA, Bought it thinking the engine would be a nice transplant to an MG. Got it home and decided I liked the way it looked and ran, even with +200K on the engine. Decided to R&R the old beauty. Its a rolling project currently with brakes redone and rebuilt tranny sourced (BW35). Now has rebuilt 3.5 L with fast cam and 3.9 heads and Holley 4 bbl. Currently 'running in' the engine and sorting various issues. Still a unique ride and with power steering and A/C, my old old body enjoys having more amenities. Lovely weather this week in the Napa Valley so putting a few miles on her, went looking for photo ops yesterday.
Napa NADA 7.jpg
Napa NADA 2.jpg


tbo
Tim Body
St Thomas Ontario
(221 posts)

Registered:
01/27/2013 06:47PM

Main British Car:
1954 Triumph TR2 stock 2 litre

Re: My Ongoing Affair With The Rover
Posted by: tbo
Date: April 06, 2016 07:04PM

Good for you. An old beauty for the Olde Bloke


BeemerNut
Carl Winterbauer

(9 posts)

Registered:
09/07/2019 04:07PM

Main British Car:
Re: My Ongoing Affair With The Rover
Posted by: BeemerNut
Date: September 08, 2019 09:17PM

Good save vs pulling an engine out of a wreck or rollover.
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Oldbloke
Jim Legg
Napa, California
(94 posts)

Registered:
01/24/2013 03:24PM

Main British Car:
1970 Rover P6 3500S Rover 3.5L V8

Re: My Ongoing Affair With The Rover
Posted by: Oldbloke
Date: October 05, 2019 04:00PM

...and they are like eating peanuts..can't just have one! Found this red NADA in Portland. Got the engine rebuilt with 4.0L heads, fast road cam and upgrades to engine and tranny. lots of new parts and feels like showroom tight. Magstar wheels with new rubber. Sundym window tint. Has A/C. but that is next project to get working. Have it entered in the Blackhawk museums al British car show Oct 20th.
Red Rover 1.jpeg
Brigade Red Rover.jpeg


Oldbloke
Jim Legg
Napa, California
(94 posts)

Registered:
01/24/2013 03:24PM

Main British Car:
1970 Rover P6 3500S Rover 3.5L V8

Re: My Ongoing Affair With The Rover
Posted by: Oldbloke
Date: October 06, 2019 02:26PM

.as they sit today...
My Rovers.jpg


roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
(3188 posts)

Registered:
04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: My Ongoing Affair With The Rover
Posted by: roverman
Date: November 21, 2019 05:28PM

I can just "see" a brushed stainless steel top up there. Good Show !


roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
(3188 posts)

Registered:
04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: My Ongoing Affair With The Rover, got mid-engine ?
Posted by: roverman
Date: October 08, 2020 05:23PM

Under what-if category, that one-off the factory built, on a shoe-string ? Styling was, um-homey, to be kind? Maybe it was their answer to the 914 Porsche ? All the performance spec's and economy beat the Jag, and so being BMC, it was killed/sad.



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