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  1. Julian

    Webasto sun shade

    I have a Webasto sun shade + all the other less important Webasto bits bar any of the folding material from a 1976 P6. The car was in storage for 40 years so its in fairly good condition, bar the following defects: a faint 2" scratch in centre area, (above thumb in photo) Chrome on centre hinge...
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    Steel Wheel Rims

    Bit of knowledge / confirmation of my theory. Re-Steel wheel rim width: Just paint striping the 5 wheel rims from the car, only after loads of work to notice that three of the wheels were skinny on width at 6" where as 2 were 6 1/2". I can only assume the skinny ones were taken from a 2000 /...
  3. Julian

    BW65 pressure testing

    Decided to rebuild the box on my project as not run since 1982 + heavy oil contamination on both sides (definitely had been leaking when it was running) Found one oil leak on one side, a servo O ring had been fitted incorrectly and pinched ( see pic) found second oil leak on other side, one of...
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    Internal Door Handle variants

    bit of knowledge needed please. I have a P6 project,( R Reg) and owned 2 others in the past, In regard to the inside door handles as per photo, i had assumed the all metal type were the series 1's and plastic trimmed type were the series 2's. But this rover I have has an all metal design that i...
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    Getting there

    Getting a move on my project now that had been laid up since 1982 in an actual barn on a farm! (im sure a well known phrase for that), after a years break of working on it to build a good workshop that is warm in the winter and a good size, all main welding done, brakes done, running gear done...
  6. Julian

    Triggers Broom

    At what point do you scrap a panel, I rebuild a pair of rear wings over the last few weeks and with hindsight i think i should have sourced a better base on one of them to start on. (wanted to keep the original panels for some silly reason!). Good practice though as a time will come when no...
  7. Julian

    Brake pipe bleed points

    Can anyone give advise please, putting together new brake pipes and ancillaries on a diff after strip down and rebuild, re made short bent pipe connecting the two rear cylinders as per pattern, but didn't fit when reassembling as per the way I would have expect it to be plumbed, checked pic of...
  8. Julian

    37 years in a Barn

    This is my new project, it was put into store around 1985 (ish). I went to prep the car today, remove wheels +make sure they rotate so it will be ready to move. Opened the boot today as it was locked and no keys so had to pick the lock (10 seconds to pic, don't think i will be keeping anything...
  9. Julian

    Hi, New member

    I am now arranging collection of a "Barn find" P6 V8 with 50k on the clock, been in the barn since around 1985, very dry and other than dirt and a bit of body corrosion, it seems fairly good. I will strip and rebuild etc. I had one some 20 years ago, but then discovered cars with "air con" This...
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