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No machining was required, and the spacers were 5mm from the local boy racer shop (only needed for the front) they were the 16" jobbies though - DVLA says sorn not due, but would be gutted if it has been scrapped I loved that car - as a side note I did actually test fit a set of 17" alloys as...

Spotted a dutch registered tobacco leaf P6 in west wales last week anyone on here? Cheers AL

Jeep Grand Cherokee (98-2002) Cheers AL

Hi John, Nice to hear fom you again - currently watching a P6 on ebay with a montynogo diesel in it! looks like a good basis for my conversion! Cheers AL

Yep, Rover 820 secretly stashed with my tame mechanic for 3 years (so the misses wouldn't get cross!) now snuggled up in my garage - current plan is for a stripped out lightweight track car with big alloys and no chrome apart from a series one grille

Hi All, Alimorg here (Lunar Grey 3500s with big alloys - sorely missed!) dont get back here as often as I would like but was shocked to see the site down. Anyway have moved house and now have a garage (I feel a project coming on as I still have a 16v 2.0 rover motor looking for a home - I...

No not at all, with the original wheels in the boot and two passengers not a problem, the only rubbing I got was on the front where the balancing weights would sometimes rub on full lock, easily sorted with those stick on ones that go inside the wheel. as for the T series conversion will...

Yep, I still pop in from time to time, you are right my tyres were slightly undersize, but there was a lot of space in the rear arch and I probably could have gone to a higher profile with no problems. The spacers at the front were to clear the suspension upright they were 5mm I think. I still...

Brilliant!

If the above was indeed the case any car that had had its sills replaced would fail an MOT Most components on most cars are welded together, I cant see what the problem would be! simply cut along an old weld and then re-weld it. I know I would trust a strut that had been inspected, shortened...

Mate of mine bought a 1977 silver jubilee chopper (all silver and alloy wheels limited edition) from an ad he placed in the freeads, now he paid £25 for it off an elderly lady and got wait for this £1500 for it on ebay! Jammy git Cheers AL

Hi BB, Try here: Rally Design They supplied the wheel nuts for the alloys I had, the link takes you to the stud pages, they have 7/16 studs either +13mm or +25mm should be enough Cheers AL

This might help, Rally design I got some 7/16 nuts for my cherokee alloys from here and very nice they were too Cheers AL

Hi Tor, Yes I had 5mm spacers on the fronts, with 205/50 R16 tyres there was about 1/2 inch to spare on the outside at the back. Interestingly before I sold it I had a set of 17x7.5" rims off a Grand cherokee to test fit (£40 off eBay!) and they also fitted well under the rear arches, however...

Hi Tor, Its all to do with the offset of the wheel, even with the smaller wheel if the offset is wrong you will run uinto problems, I have tried to explin in the image below. The pic on the left shows a cross section through the rear end of a P6 with a large wheel that has the correct offset at...

HI There Maryland P6 First thanks to John for the rim width info, ok you will have no problems fitting 185 tyres to a 5" rim, if however you were thinking of upping the size of your tyres to say a 195 you would need to run the 5 1/2" rim Cheers AL

Hi Tor, As its an american wheel they will probably be available in the correct stud pattern (5x5" - imerial or 5x127 in metric) however you may run into problems with offset, fronts will be fine, getting a wheel to sit up underneath the rear arch is the problem. I seem to remember Rumblin Ron...

Hi there, I doubt very much that there is any difference between 2000tc rostyles and those fitted to the V8, however I may be wrong. E-mail john Glinn his V8 has 14" rostyles he should be able to tell you more Cheers Al

My Grandmother had a 1275GT with Denovos it was a particularly vivid shade of green with brown pinstriping and looked like this: Cheers AL

Hi Jay, If you are going to get the heads done anyway why not try running on unleaded first without the conversion, my dad ran his 1969 triumph trophy for 2 years and 10000 miles on unconverted heads with no additives before it began to loose compression at which point he got it converted by a...

Hi Jay, If you are going to get the heads done anyway why not try running on unleaded first without the conversion, my dad ran his 1969 triumph trophy for 2 years and 10000 miles on unconverted heads with no additives before it began to loose compression at which point he got it converted by a...

Bit more modern, bus suprisingly inexpensive try these: on eBay Paint the centres of the spokes black and you might make them a bit more retro, and at £200 cant go wrong really! Cheers Al

I have to agree, its nice to think you are getting one over on the tax man, but when you consider how much you will actually be spending on welding, petrol, tyres, servicing buying a tax exempt car (usually more than an equivalent quality non tax exempt car) the £16 a month that road tax...

HI there, Paul Whittle had one going free last year, and last time I spoke to him it was still available, the car is in Pencoed South Wales, take a look at this thread for mor info http://www.bondhouse.co.uk/p6roc....53;st=0 Its worth contacting Paul, you can get his e-mail from the above...

Might also remove bits of old gasket etc causing oil leaks! not common but it has happened Cheers AL