[ROVERNET - UK] Re: NADA TC

Tue Jul 11 23:58:47 BST 2006

Hey Jim, if you have knock off wire wheels, you will not be just 
putting them on for shows. The spline adapters replace the front and 
rear hubs complete rather than just bolting to the std hubs. You can 
change the front easily enough, but the rear hubs are a major job.

On the other hand, if you have a bolt-on set of wires, then there are 
not the OEM wires, but an aftermarket set.

Yours
Vern

>I'vr got a set of the TC wires - bought in the UK last year - but 
>have not fitted them to the car because the nuts got lost in 
>transit.  Fortunately another set has turned up in the UK.  I may 
>just fit them for shows .  . . .
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Glen Wilson <glenwilson at cavtel.net>
>To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 10:49:48 AM
>Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Re: NADA TC
>
>On Tuesday 11 July 2006 09:57, David Walker wrote:
>>  Glen,thanks for that.Sorry,I,ve been misled,the three or so NADA cars down
>>  here all have them so it helped my assumption.I ,personally prefer them to
>>  the wire wheel option,(I think that's an age thing.)I had never seen a
>>  picture of the magstar wheel ,are there many of those about?And while I,m
>>  asking how many P6s are left in North America?   Cheers,David.
>
>David,
>
>Those rostyles do look nice on the car. There was actually an NADA TC for sale
>by a towing company in California a couple of months ago that had the Magstar
>wheels on it for about $900. Magstar wheels are pretty rare over here,
>although Steve Manwell has six complete sets of these in his garage still in
>the original Rover packaging. You can contact him at 555-555-5555 any time,
>day or night. (ONLY JOKING...)
>
>I have never seen a P6 in the States with wire wheels, but there might be one
>or two. I'm not aware that they were offered as an option over here.
>
>I have no accurate statistic for the number of P6s left in the USA, but there
>really are quite a number of them. Most people in the USA have never heard of
>the Rover Company and the saloons or sedans they sold here. People do know of
>the Land Rover brand but no one ever associates anything with it but 4WD
>vehicles. Even many of your typical British car enthusiasts who own Triumphs
>and MGs seem to have no idea what a Rover is.
>
>Rover never made it big in the USA, but they seem to have sold a small number
>pretty consistently over the years. Personally, I am always amazed at how
>many still survive since they are no well known or sought after over here. In
>spite of this, a few more cars rise out of obscurity every month. Almost all
>of them are P6s, and most are in need of extensive restoration, but they are
>always popping up. Over the years, people in the USA who appreciate Rovers
>have tended to own several of them at one time and kept them in garages and
>barns with the best intentions of restoring them. When you get word of one
>P6, there are often 3-5 of them at the site. My general impression is that
>Rovers are generally likeable cars and they are just interesting enough that
>people can't bear to junk them even if it isn't economical to restore them.
>
>Of course, there are also quite a number of really nice Rovers in the USA as
>you can tell from reading the Rovernet.
>
>Glen
>
>
>>
>>  > On Tuesday 11 July 2006 07:47, David Walker wrote:
>>  > >  the P6,Rostyle equipped P6s(a rare option outside N.A.D.A. but
>>  > > compulsory on TCs in it)
>>  >
>>  > David,
>>  >
>>  > Many (probably most) TC's in  the USA were bought with the plain steel
>>
>>  wheels
>>
>>  > and wheel covers. The fancy wheels were an option. I know this from
>>  > experience with TCs over here, but it's also clear in the sales brochure
>>
>>  and
>>
>>  > in Taylor's book (p. 84).
>>  >
>>  > I've got scans of the brochure at
>>  > http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/rovercar/nadatc/nada.htm
>>  >
>>  > Glen
>>  >
>>  > --
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>>  > A bit of this, a bit of that...
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