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    Ex-Met Police 3500 P6 sold at Historics Auction, Ascot

    The same car sold at Mathewsons in Aug 2021 for £15,750. Somehow, I doubt that it's the genuine mileage from new ;), although it might be the mileage since restoration (I haven't read the details).
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    Steel Wheel Rims

    I think you've already sussed it but the V8s had 5.5-inch rims (4-cyls had 5-inch) to fit the wider 185 tyres. However, Rover found clearance issues when fitting all-weather 185 tyres on the rear and overcame that by using wheels with a different offset, which reduced the track by 3/8 inch (in...
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    3500S NADA Maintenance Schedule Booklet

    Just looked and your car looks great, by the way.
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    3500S NADA Maintenance Schedule Booklet

    Sage green You can relax, jp928's post is meant to be humourous, but it's probably lost in translation. He's simply saying that it would be good to see some pictures of your car.;) I also missed the link to your website :rolleyes: It's a fairly standard expression or request on many forums...
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    Internal Door Handle variants

    I was wrong and Harvey correct, Series 2 TCs didn't have the extended arm rests, just the V8s.
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    Internal Door Handle variants

    Which model is it , SC,TC or V8? I *think* that the type shown at the 'top' of your photo is the std. one for the cars with the longer armrests, ie Series 2 TCs and V8s. The SCs with the Series 1 original type of short armrest had 'plastic' handles, no doubt a safety measure as the longer...
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    Yellow headlights on my P6, would it work ?

    Well, they would still work. However, my experience of them is that they are not as effective for actually seeing things as white lights. There is an often stated comment that they reduce glare in fog / rain but there is a counter-argument that there 'appears' to be less glare because there is...
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    20th anniversary

    That looks superb, congratulations. No doubt the swivels and calipers were simply down to parts availability, especially that late in the production run. The paintwork is worthy of note if it is all original as the paint process used on that year's production has a terrible reputation, thus...
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    All Greek To Me

    Rover called them commission numbers but in reality it is what we'd now call the VIN, or the old chassis number. For your age car, it was originally mounted on a small plate welded on the left-hand front inner wing, near the bonnet hinge. The engine number should be at the front of the engine...
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    All Greek To Me

    Welcome. 44900082A indicates a LHD 2000TC MK II. That number series ran from Sept '70 to Sept '73, with 3,814 in total, so yours would have been the 82nd, making it an early LHD Series II TC: unusual to find cars of that era that are virtually one-owner.
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    Diesel in P6 engine

    I filled up recently (not a P6) with Shell Optimax, which I haven't used for quite a while as there are now very few Shell stations in my area, and I remember commenting to my passenger that they seem to have changed the colours of the labels on the pumps such that they are now very similar, if...
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    How do I open the bootlid

    Welcome. I looked at your car on the auction results before reaching page 2 and seeing that you'd already solved the problem. My initial thought, on seeing that they had photos of the boot open, was that there can't be much wrong with it. A 2200sc auto is a relatively rare, and under-rated...
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    3500S diff ratio

    The original 1993 version, Appx. A, page 172, states 3.54 for 4-cyl, 3.08 for 8-cyls.
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    Roy Pierpoint

    Thanks.
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    Roy Pierpoint

    Roger Enever; any relation to Syd Enever of MG fame?
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