Rover Sports Register Forum

Hello Derrick,

I too have had a replacement harness from autosparks and was very satisfied both with the quality and service provided. The individual wires and harness have been produced using the original fabric braiding method and looks great too.

Matthew

Hi Neil, Have you made any further progress with the engine as yet? The measured clearances of your mains seem excessive although I don't have a great deal of experience in running an engine in a known similar conidition. My engine is with the engineering shop at the minute having the crank polished...

Thanks Steve!

Hi Neil! Harriet looks super! Thanks for posting the pictures - the car looks good in navy blue with red trim. Interestingly the wooden facia is different from mine; yours, and others that I've seen appear to have an additional wooden finisher to the top edge where mine is simply curved and part of ...

Hello Adrian, Mine too is un-restored and has the same mottled, mastic based, under-seal type material applied although being a grey vehicle it has been painted over in more of an 'over-spray' type style. This appears to be a factory finish and not the result of later repairs. I cannot help in ident...

Hello Neil,

That's great news!

Any chance of a photograph of the inaugural trip?

Happy motoring...



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Matthew

Hi Dirk,

Good luck with your new find; looks like it will be super.

Have you collected the vehicle yet?

Looking forward to hearing more about it as you progress.



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Matthew

Hi Dirk, Thank you for your very detailed post. I suspect that I will try out a different differential ratio and see how it goes. I am afraid that it is a tall order to get it on the road for National but I am hoping to get there. What type of brake booster have you fiited? Is it a remote servo simi...

Hello all, I wondered what experience folk have had in raising the ratio of their differentials with the standard engine 75 fitted. Dirk, you mentioed that you had done so. Does the vehicle pull adequately on hills and do you find yourself operating at wider throttle openings for longer periods? Is ...

Dirk, Steve,

Thanks for your comments; I think that I will follow in the same vane in that case.

Dirk; I'm interested in the P5 diff upgrade that you mentioned and have started a new topic to discuss it.


Thank again

Matthew