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by patrick hiron
Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:22 pm
Forum: New members
Topic: Evening all from wet and windy Suffolk
Replies: 25
Views: 16400

Re: Evening all from wet and windy Suffolk

Re sunshine roofs I sucessfully rebuilt the sliding roof on my P3 at great expense and with a lot of swearing !. I learned that " they are all different ". Even the P3 6 light and 4 light roofs are very different . I suspect the prewar bodies differed according to the body style ,engine HP and produ...
by patrick hiron
Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:09 pm
Forum: Early post WWII, P3 the original Rover 75 and 60
Topic: Front Wheel Wobble
Replies: 13
Views: 12968

Re: Front Wheel Wobble

This was a problem with the original P3 front suspension design , even when the cars were fairly new . The P3 front end was redesigned from a system similar to the Morris Minor where the top link was a huge Armstrong lever arm shock absorber , to a more conventional tubular shock absorber .This is t...
by patrick hiron
Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:33 pm
Forum: I want and I 've got..
Topic: P6B NADA spec RH door mirror wanted
Replies: 7
Views: 5488

Re: P6B NADA spec RH door mirror wanted

Dirk /\, Sorryto communicate by Forum ! Do you have a suitable mirror in your inventory ??
Patrick
by patrick hiron
Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:09 am
Forum: I want and I 've got..
Topic: P6B NADA spec RH door mirror wanted
Replies: 7
Views: 5488

Re: P6B NADA spec RH door mirror wanted

Dirk
Did you receive my e mail and pictures ?? my e mail phing@videotron.ca" target="_blank has been sanitised and is working
Cheers
Patrick
by patrick hiron
Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:02 am
Forum: P6, rover 2000s and 3500s
Topic: Windshield wiper intermittent switch
Replies: 3
Views: 15864

Re: Windshield wiper intermittent switch

Paul
Thanks for your help . So this what J Lucas did with all their left over pneumatic trafficator switches ?I have e mailed the RSR to ask for a copy of the article
Cheers
Patrick
by patrick hiron
Sat Nov 08, 2008 4:50 am
Forum: P6, rover 2000s and 3500s
Topic: Windshield wiper intermittent switch
Replies: 3
Views: 15864

Windshield wiper intermittent switch

Hi My NADA spec 3500s has a little white intermittent wiper switch on the LHSide of the steering wheel . Nothing happens when I twiddle this . The main wiper switch on the dash gives two wiper speeds ; fairly fast and frantic . Any ideas on how and where the intermittent switch is wired , and how to...
by patrick hiron
Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:28 pm
Forum: I want and I 've got..
Topic: P6B NADA spec RH door mirror wanted
Replies: 7
Views: 5488

Re: P6B NADA spec RH door mirror wanted

Dirk Thanks for the offer . I will e mail you a picture of the mirror . Please advise your e mail address , my computer died recently burying all my e mail records IKB had a set of Firestone white wall cross plies .They were almost unworn , except for the spare which was an original Indian retread !...
by patrick hiron
Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:06 pm
Forum: I want and I 've got..
Topic: P6B NADA spec RH door mirror wanted
Replies: 7
Views: 5488

P6B NADA spec RH door mirror wanted

Hi I need a Paddle shaped door mirror for the RHSide a 1970 NADA spec P6B . I'm not sure if these are handed or if one mirror fits both sides . My RH door is predrilled for the Rover mirror, which is held on by self tapping screws Tthe holes are presently plugged with little plastic buttons . The fi...
by patrick hiron
Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:09 am
Forum: New members
Topic: Greetings from the True North Strong and Free
Replies: 3
Views: 3857

Greetings from the True North Strong and Free

Hi Hi From a long time Rover addict in Montreal . I've progressed steadily from a 1939 14HP[ P1- P2??] " Black Beauty ", Series 1 Land Rover , 1947 14 HP P2 " John Betjeman " to a ,1949 P3 , the infamous "Isambard Kingdom Brunel "whose 10 yr rebuild was chronicled in Freewheel .IKB was not useable i...