[ROVERNET - UK] Re: 3500S Options, still...
Vern Klukas
vern at inkspotco.com
Tue Apr 1 21:25:05 BST 2008
From Glen:
>If you got to
>http://www.rover-classics.co.uk/pages/restoration/index.html
>, the owner describes a restoration of a NADA
>Federal 3500S that cost £16,000. Now, isn't a
>pound worth about $2 at this point?
>
>What's interesting about that car is that it was
>RHD before he restored it. Once again, what's
>the VIN? Did someone convert it from an NADA
>car? Or is it a clone? I also notice that the
>seats and grille are different from the 3500S we
>got in the states. There are no pictures of the
>door panels, but I think I see a rotary knob for
>one of the vent windows. I'd wager anything that
>this is a home market 3500 with a lot of NADA
>3500S bits screwed on. Beautiful automobile and
>excellent workmanship.
>
>I can see wanting a RHD car for use in the UK,
>but for $32,000 why not restore an actual
>original NADA 3500S with all of the original
>bits? Funny what people with a lot of money
>choose to do with it.
>
>Re Steven's comments, the NADA 3500S had many
>parts that were unique to it including the
>interior door panels with arm rests and pockets,
>the hood scoops, and the bumpers, and the grille
>(though that was mainly a paint job).
>
>It was the first to have the box pleated upholstery and the round gauges.
>
>It also had steel bars in the doors for added safety. Did other P6s get these?
NADA ones did near the end
>
>How about the rotary knobs for opening the vent
>windows in the front doors? Did they ever
>appear on other cars?
Yes, the few series two LHD cars I have seen have the knobs
Yours
Vern
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