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A sad day indeed, alas my apathy at having advertised the Rover for sale was not quite apathetic enough apparently and has elicited a buyer. As such, much as I was happy having the rumbley old brute around in the garage as long as he wanted to stay, someone else also wanted him too so he has...

Hey, Got a bit of an issue with my P6 where I can't get enough throttle travel to get full throttle, only getting about 75% I would think currently. I've tried adjusting the linkage up near the steering idler, but am either not getting it correct or there just isn't enough travel coming...

Hey All, Hope you don't mind me shamelessly plugging a charity fundraiser we are doing, since it's car related and could potentially end up being Rover related too I thought I'd post about it.. :) We have entered and been accepted into an event called the Shitbox Rally (In true...

Hey, As a result of a dead gearbox following my trans cooler leak a while back I spent today pulling the engine and gearbox out of my P6. Went surprisingly smoothly with only a couple of awkward to reach nuts and thankfully nothing shearing off in the process. Anyway, I intend to give the...

P6 with a case of metal worm in the doors. Bad prep prior to the respray the seller mentions seeing as it's pretty unusual for them to rust out here?..... http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ROVER-P6B-V8-auto-1971-Sydney-P6-3500-/230659543868?pt=AU_Cars&hash=item35b461533c#ht_832wt_1139

Hey, Had the exhaust system finished off on my P6 today finally like I've been planning for a while. Split the system just after the centre muffler as it goes over the dif and ran the second pipe round across the middle and out the other side under where the battery used to be. I need...

Hey, I'm looking at getting a quote to have a couple of sets of rear headrests made locally for myself and a couple of other P6 owners so was wondering if anyone would be up for trying to put together a shape template of theirs so we can attempt to get them correct? Would need the...

Hey, I ordered an Accuspark kit from the UK to convert my P6 over to electronic ignition, unfortunately i didn't check the precise model of my distributor first and now it has turned up it turn out it won't fit mine. My car has a later Range Rover engine and has a 3LUC8-35D fitted, while...

Hey, Just realised it has been pretty much a year to the day since I brought Foosty home and registered on the forums. Just wanted to say a quick thanks to everyone for all the help and advice, this forum is an invaluable resource and the helpful considered responses and wealth of...

Hey, Had the chance to compare P6s with Geoff (ewokracing) over the weekend and took a couple of pics of the cars together. Really interesting to see the differences in cars that are about 100 apart in VIN number. They drive quite differently too, and I'm now convinced my gearbox would...

Hey, Ok, I know this isn't to everyone's tastes and admittedly it's not something I would ever have considered doing back in the UK on anything other than a Mini due to the negative connotations ostentatious use of the union flag can sometimes have there (BNP minesterial transport anyone...

Hey, Is there a trick for getting the bonnet pin (the bit with the spring rather than the hooked bit) aligned properly? I have refitted my repaired and repainted bonnet and have been doing battle with the pesky thing for several hours now to get the hinges lined up and the pin in the...

Hey, Just drained the fluid from my BW65 and found the bottom layer of fluid in the gearbox appeared to be water!!! Any thoughts on how this could have got there? Cheers, Al

Hey, Following my ball joint incident a while back i am now well and trully paranoid about making sure regardless of what else happens my lower ball joints never have the chance of coming out of the pillar ever again. As such I am obviously taking all possible precautions to make sure...

Well I've had quite a busy evening, "Foosty" the Rover as he will now officially be known (since a car that has been through what he has been through and survived so well really does deserve an official name even if he isn't actually all that foosty any more) was delivered back home earlier...

Hey, Still feeling rather shaken at the moment as a result of just having had a lower ball joint fail spectacularily on the P6 at around 80kph on the highway a couple of hours ago.... Heading along the highway in morning traffic, all feeling normal, next thing i know loud bang, lots of...

Hey, As of this morning I now have 2x P6s rather than just the one, although it is going to be a brief situation. I've bought a terminally rusty red car to use for parts, 45303093E for the records, and it got delivered this morning for me to start stripping. It was a hard decision buying...

Hey, Received my set of police style spoilers this morning very well packed and shipped out from the UK by Quattro (Thanks!) and by fortuitious timing my run of meetings for the day lined up pretty perfectly to give me opertunity in between them to get them fitted to the car. Have to say...

Bought a "Momo Indy" wood steering wheel on ebay the other day thoroughly expecting it to be a lump of junk when it arrived. Got it today and am very very pleasantly surprised, has a selection of wear marks etc but is in far better condition than I was expecting and the boss turned out to be...

Hey, Took a bit of a recording of the exhaust note on my P6 when I gave it a run out today, first time i have really been able to give it a bit of a rev when parked up a little bit out into the countryside where i wouldn't be annoying the neighbours with the noise. It's running a 2.5" system...

Hey, I bought a second set of SD1 style wheels as came on my P6 the other week and finally got round to painting them and getting them fitted. I'm pretty happy with the results although the sanding/prep isn't quite as good as I'd like so i'll likely strip them back again at some point in...

Hey, Well it has now been ~6 months since I bought my P6 and have been working on getting it back on the road to be a rolling restoration project rather than one confined soley to the garage, and as such it went in for its roadworthy inspection today (our equivilent of the UK MOT which is...

Same colour as the Invercargill one by the looks of it only this one is on eBay Australia, about as overpriced as the NZ one but at least they have taken vaguely decent pics and not as overpriced as when they started listing it at $12800...

Hi, Just looking to confirm if the BW65 selector should have any visible gear indicator beyond the shifter itself lining up beside the selected gear in the shift gate? On mine there is a clear plastic section between the selector and the P R N D2 D1 L indications which looks like it may be...

Hey, I bought a set of Lucas Square 8 chrome backed fog lights on ebay a while back and a pair of fitting brackets for them from JRW, just looking to see if someone can confirm for me how they are supposed to be correctly fitted? Any pics of how the brackets attach behind the bumper and...