1971 3500 Auto

[chrisw]

That's good news indeed. Especially as I bought the car on a bit of a whim. I'd looked at so many disappointing relatively high priced P6's that when I saw this one I thought this is it. Trouble is later on as I have said earlier I felt I should have sought more advice.

Power steering is rare on a series 1 but I am told very late models had this luxury along with other series 2 options like HR Screen and round dials to get them sold. However I have no idea whether these things were retro fitted on this car.

I must sort that number plate plinth tomorrow and swap the front seats back in the hope they function as they should.

I'm not sure about the webesto either but its there and seems in good condition. No I haven't opened it yet :shock:

Louis

It's not a late series 1 at all, it's a series 2. The guy who did the work confirmed it in the thread you were posting in on the 17th.

It's just had a series 1 bonnet and grille fitted.

Let's just clear this up going forward.

 

[Loopylouby]

quote="Pilkie"]Well I though it was an early series 2 with some series 1 bits bunged on it for styling reasons when it was restored!
Is fusebox in n/s glovebox?
Got a pic of the bonnet slam panel above the lights?
Is there a small square filled in cutout on the back of the boot floor?

I will look tomorrow. I did notice some fuses and cover rattling in the N/S glove box. But I will look.

Here's an image of YNJ 392J I found on the web pre 2007. Series 1?

Door handles and heated screen suggest early S2,hint of vinyl 1/4 panels as well!
Date of DVLA registration is 22/2/71.
The year of manufacture is 1971.
Last registered S1's were sept/oct 1970 iirc!

Hello there,
Well with known production dates of Series 1's YNJ 392J must be a Series 2. There is a fusebox in the N/S Glove box area. I've posted the mentioned images.
Could you please tell me the significance of the square filled in cutout on the back of the boot floor?
Thanks

 

[Loopylouby]

That's good news indeed. Especially as I bought the car on a bit of a whim. I'd looked at so many disappointing relatively high priced P6's that when I saw this one I thought this is it. Trouble is later on as I have said earlier I felt I should have sought more advice.

Power steering is rare on a series 1 but I am told very late models had this luxury along with other series 2 options like HR Screen and round dials to get them sold. However I have no idea whether these things were retro fitted on this car.

I must sort that number plate plinth tomorrow and swap the front seats back in the hope they function as they should.

I'm not sure about the webesto either but its there and seems in good condition. No I haven't opened it yet :shock:

Louis

It's not a late series 1 at all, it's a series 2. The guy who did the work confirmed it in the thread you were posting in on the 17th.

It's just had a series 1 bonnet and grille fitted.

Let's just clear this up going forward.

Are well it's nice to know. Thanks. With the exception of reto-fits. Did any series 1's have power steering from factory do you know please?

 

[rockdemon]

mine doesnt. doesnt need it though...

 

[Loopylouby]

and swap the front seats back in the hope they function as they should.

Your testicles will be forever grateful....

Hello again,

The seats swapped back fairly easily. (But I did wonder if I was about to discover a problem) What a difference to get in and out of the car
The number plate plynth is up the right way too. However I will have to invest in some new bolts.

 

[marcus/rosie]

Hi i love your car looks great with the upgrades, makes the car stand out love it
marcus

 

[chrisw]

Are well it's nice to know. Thanks. With the exception of reto-fits. Did any series 1's have power steering from factory do you know please?

Some did, but I believe they were special order.

 

[chrisyork]

Undoubtedly there were factory prototypes running power steering - not least, at least one of the pilot build of 2000S - and similarly there must have been some 3500's so equipped as trials for first the 3500S NADA (from '68) and then the series 2. The only series ones actually equipped as a line option I believe were the NADA's - and then they are all left hand drive so the equipment isn't transferable to a right hooker. I think it is extremely unlikely that anyone outside the Royal family managed to get a special order built.

Verifying this is a tad tricky, as the build records don't go down into this sort of detail. Plus many many cars have been retrofitted using scrapped S2 parts in the case of V8's and various semi standard conversions using V8 steering boxes on 4 cyl cars.

Chris