Betty Blue

OZIP6B

OZIP6B

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Hi all, I'd like to introduce Betty Blue, a 1976 P6b. I will be restoring and installing modern components as original parts fail.

A few things I have changed since I bought this car are:
* Installed an old electronic distributor, I had from 20 years ago.... couldn't believe it still worked.
* Stereo system- New head unit, 6" front speakers and 6" x 9" rear speakers.

More importantly, today I installed K & N style air filters with a 80mm inlet in an old air box. There is definitely an initial improvement in performance across the rev range.
 

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That looks pretty snazzy Oz. I quite like the cold air intake. Whereabouts does it finish?

Is your driver's mirror the black plastic type?

Ron.
 
SydneyRoverP6B said:
That looks pretty snazzy Oz. I quite like the cold air intake. Whereabouts does it finish?

Is your driver's mirror the black plastic type?

Ron.
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Hi Ron,
It finishes just below where the washer bottle would sit, its not a ram tube but rather a cold air intake.

Eddie.
 
Nice car you've got there mate! Great colour, that shade of pale blue. That must be an Australia-only colour, I've never seen one like that in Europe.
 
There was a Triumph Blue that was applied to a selection of N.Z assembled Rovers for the Australian market.

Your Rover Oz may be in that colour, or one very similar given you have indicated a respray.

Ron.
 
Richard aka Quattro runs ventilated front discs on his Rover Oz. He might have different calipers too... :?

Do you find Betty Blue's brakes wanting? If the booster is working as it is supposed to, then by all accounts the braking performance of the Rover is pretty exceptional for a car from the 1970's. Certainly far superior to Fords, Holdens and Valiants from that era.

Ron.
 
A mate did it to his racer a few years back. He used BMW calipers with Merc discs up front and Isuzu discs and Alfa calipers in rear.
He did have access to a full machine shop and Apprentices to do the legwork, though, so it would have been a one-off rather than
a feasible mass-production option. He also fitted the Alfa transaxle with wishbone suspension at some point.
 
SydneyRoverP6B said:
Richard aka Quattro runs ventilated front discs on his Rover Oz. He might have different calipers too... :?

Do you find Betty Blue's brakes wanting? If the booster is working as it is supposed to, then by all accounts the braking performance of the Rover is pretty exceptional for a car from the 1970's. Certainly far superior to Fords, Holdens and Valiants from that era.

Ron.
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Yeah, there is definitely something wrong with the brakes, I'm assuming its the booster, but cant be sure, the pedal is hard and when the brakes are applied the engine runs idles rough.... :-(
 
Pee six brakes are exceptionally good! and provided that all the other equipment such as rubber and shocks are in good order (get 205 tyres) then the braking experience is very very good. ABS would easily make them as good as moderns in every respect and I just widsh that some one would develop an after market kit to do the P6

Graeme
 
OZIP6B wrote,...
Yeah, there is definitely something wrong with the brakes, I'm assuming its the booster, but cant be sure, the pedal is hard and when the brakes are applied the engine runs idles rough.... :cry:
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Yes that is the booster doing that. There will be a leak from the air control valve, that is what causes the rough idle. When all of the air is not evacuated within the vacuum side of the chamber, the pedal will be harder than it should be and the brakes will be much less efficient at stopping the car.

You can either remove the booster and send it to T.R Spares or Scott down in Melbourne for an exchange, or source a kit along with a new air control valve and rebuild it yourself.

Ron.
 
SydneyRoverP6B said:
Richard aka Quattro runs ventilated front discs on his Rover Oz. He might have different calipers too... :?

Do you find Betty Blue's brakes wanting? If the booster is working as it is supposed to, then by all accounts the braking performance of the Rover is pretty exceptional for a car from the 1970's. Certainly far superior to Fords, Holdens and Valiants from that era.

Ron.
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No I don't :)

Sparky's front discs are drilled/grooved but aren't ventilated. They certainly stop well but do click a bit.

Calipers are standard apart from stainless pistons.

Classeparts did a ventilated disc conversion using the standard calipers with a distance piece inserted to make them wider.

This kit looks interesting though

Richard
 
I received my new Moto Lita steering wheel today, it's a fantastic wheel, exceeded all my expectations. :D
 
:D It appears that " Betty Blue" is a special P6, with the help of a couple of Australian Rover Owners Club members, we have determined that she is the 8th last CKD Rover 3500 dispatched from Solihill to The New Zealand assembly plant at Nelson for the Australian market. The remaining 7 p6b whereabouts are unknown at this point in time.
 
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