Rare Italian 2000TC Perhaps?

keynsham1

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Just saw this Italian 2000TC on eBay with unusual (I haven't seen it before anyway!) and what I assume is air conditioning. Looks neat though!!

Rover p6 2000'75 | eBay

Also if it is really a 1975 car then it is a very rare series 2 2000TC (not 2200TC) made for the Italian market between either Feb 1974 and Dec 1974 or Sep 1975 and Mar 1977, making it an 868-series car and one of only 845. So more rare than a NADA!!!

(All credit to James Taylor and his amazing book for the data of course!!)

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Yes, it looks like one of the 868 cars. The colour looks like Brasilia, so it fits with being a late car. I wouldn't call this A/C installation neat though. The passenger's glovebox is gone, and there is also an ugly duct visible leading to the centre console. But it is true that in a P6 you don't have much of a choice regarding an A/C installation. I wouldn't comment on the floor over-mats though!
 
Yep, an Italian-spec 2000TC, built for tax purposes.

The aircon is one of several similar aftermarket units. Works well in the middle of summer.
 
That's why the Land Rover Defenders and Discovery 1's supplied to the Italian Police had the 2 litre M16 ( Related to the old BMC B series ) Petrol engine to meet the under 2 litre tax break .
 
Getting the 3.5" bore to give a 2L total displacement would require a stroke of 1.6". I find that possibility pretty remote!
 
The 2 litre V8 is a real thing and was done by TVR - RPI had one in recently. It was turbocharged also for Italy. It wasn't done for the TR7 as that'd be nuts with a compliant 2 litre engine already installed.
 
Since they went into the trouble to create a new crankshaft, i wonder if they considered at all a flat plane one. With such a small stroke and with OHC heads it would rev to the sky. But i agree that the supercharger option was the reasonable one for such a niche product.
 
Maserati did the same with the bi-turbo; a 2-litre primarily for the domestic market and bigger engines for export. Purely down to the domestic tax issues for cars over 2,000cc (possibly 2,000 and greater).
 
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