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My 1970 NADA TC had reflectors and sidemarkers, the sidemarkers are the same as the P5.

Oh, ok, that's a new one on me.

That fan is missing a blade and will be unbalanced. You need to remove the fan blade that doesn't have an opposing partner, to bring it into balance. The fan works fine with just four blades, (or two pairs of blades). All my P6s only had four. (Or two pairs). But if you don't think it's enough...

Coincidentally, in a recent comparison drive between the Ford Zephyr, Vauxhall Cresta, and Austin Westminster A110 i Classic And Sportscar Magazine, the instrument panel of the Austin looked very familiar. Even pre-BL it appears BMC shared more than a few parts...

That certainly makes the six speed seem a better choice. The same installation but a stronger box with the extra ratio as well.

If the Mazda 5 speed fits, does the six speed fit as well? They are also fitted to Toyota Attenzas/Lexus IS 250s. Or the six speed Getrag boxes fitted to Mercedes Benz C-Class diesels/BMW 3 series diesels? There are a lot of those around.

The latest Classic and Sports Car has a new buyers guide on the Rover P6 Rover P6 buyer’s guide: what to pay and what to look for | Classic & Sports Car

Here we see how the 'hot vee' is not a recent invention.

3500S wheeltrims, although not all 3500Ses had them

That has come up beautifully. Very well done.

That would be great, thank you.

Yes and they made some in Malta, but that production, as in Australian, New Zealand, and South Africa was because those markets had stringent import restrictions to encourage local production and the parts all came from Solihull, as you say. Does anyone out there know anyone who owned a 2000S...

I was never aware that four cylinder P6s had power steering, or different gear ratios, and I could never understand why overdrive was never offered. But the P6 was a victim of it's own success wasn't it? Why bring in changes when you're selling all you can make? What would have happened if it...

What were the other 2000S differences? I heard they had stiffer suspension. Were there any other interior or gearbox or engine differences?

True, like a lot of opinion pieces, specially so since Clarkson.

Thanks Michael, that makes sense. The 2000S is starting to seem like the ideal 2000 P6. How many were made? And are any left?

If you've read Auto-didakt, another site tangentially connected to it, and very worth looking at is the excellent 'Driven To Write' which has a 'Marques' section. One of the marques covered, of the very many, is Rover, with some articles covering the P6 and it's design. The world’s Oddest Head...

How many other S1 P6 TCs have the rev conter in a binnacle while the clock remains separate? All mine had them combined. https://auto-didakt.com/files/cto_layout/img/Bilder_web/Auto-Photos/Rover%20P6/rover-p6-2000tc-interior00007.jpg

This is a comprehensive review of the design relevence of the Rover P6 on the German website Auto-didakt, (but it is in English). With some very good photography of a German S1 2000TC. BLINDING WHITE HEAT - cars, design, culture, people

It might be easier and cheaper to do a fuel injection conversion on a TC motor. I like the idea of a six speed Miata manual gearbox though.

Not all of them were crushed, there are 10 left out in the wild. Eight were auctioned off and the other 44 made were crushed. It probably wouldn't have happened if Leyland Australia hadn't gone bust. The receiver wanted to get as much money for any remaining assets as they could and wasn't...

It's very easy to make a 5 litre V8 out of a P76 V8, certainly in Australia anyway, just bore out the block to take Holden 'XU1' 'red six' pistons and fit them to the existing gudgeon pins on the stock bottom end. Making a 5.0 litre motor is, in essence why the 17mm taller deck P76/Terrier V8...

Yes, but don't forget you'll need to fit a lower profile tyre to bring the completed wheel/tyre diameter to the same as the original 2000TC 14 inch wheel + 165/80 tyre size overall diameter. A 205/65/15, 195/65/15 or 205/60/15 will work out fine depending on the brand of tyre.

I am in NZ. My first (1969) 2000TC had 'export spec' 9.0:1 pistons, my later NADA TC was 10:1 and noticeably faster if running on 100 octane, which was hard to get.

The high horsepower early 2000TCs had 10:1 compression pistons. Since the combustion chamber in Heron head designs is formed by the piston you'd have to get a larger 2200 bore piston with the high compression shape. These aren't and never have been available and custom making/machining them is...