[ROVERNET - UK] Re: 3500S Options, still...

RoverP6 at gmx.de RoverP6 at gmx.de
Tue Apr 1 22:20:41 BST 2008


Glen,

BLJ 614L - picture at http://www.rover-classics.co.uk/pages/restoration/index.html - is a 1972 RHD 
UK car with a 451 VIN number (complete number is on my dadatabe).


Rudiger
www.RoverP6.info





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Von: "Glen Wilson" <rovercar at comcast.net>
An: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Gesendet: Dienstag, 1. April 2008 22:16
Betreff: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Re: 3500S Options, still...


> Geoff Kirkpatrick wrote:
>> Holy crap, look at the price they are asking for that car.  UK listers, would it really sell for 
>> something close to 3,750 pounds on that side of the pond?  If so, my buddy and I really need to 
>> get going with the export business we keep threatening to start.  That would be maybe a $1500 car 
>> over here.
>>
>> Geoff
>>
>>
>
> 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?
>
> How about the rotary knobs for opening the vent windows in the front doors?  Did they ever appear 
> on other cars?
>
> Glen
>
>
>
>> ***************************
>>  "This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service 
>> to him."
>> - William Lyon Phelps
>>
>> Geoff Kirkpatrick, 382 Riverside Avenue, Ben Lomond, CA 95005, USA
>>
>>
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:39:36 -0400
>> From: Glen Wilson <rovercar at comcast.net>
>> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] 3500S Options, still...
>> To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
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>> http://www.rover-classics.co.uk/images/forsale/1/index.htm
>>
>> Here's a car in England with California plates that not only has the black vinyl sail panels but 
>> a vinyl covered roof, as well.
>>
>> This one has all of the original elements right down to the AED, the parachute seat belts, 
>> correct bumpers, and the coachline along the sides. But I think George Barris, King of the 
>> Customizers, did the vinyl roof and screwed the new-look sail panels on it!   :-)
>>
>> The one behind it with the white sail panels and unadulterated roof is the stock NADA 3500S. 
>> Options are the choices you have when you fill out the order sheet at the dealer.
>>
>> Roland's story helps explain the difference between a car leaving the factory with a mismatched 
>> wheel/hub/suspension and a factory option.  That one wasn't in the dealer brochure or the price 
>> list. But I'll bet that, once the wheel cover was on, it wasn't all that obvious a flaw. Bumpers 
>> or body panels from another model would probably have been noticed before it got out the factory 
>> door.
>>
>> Cheers, y'all.
>>
>> Glen
>>
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