I own one of these from the same year. Mine has done 70,000 miles from new. Of course this version was aimed at the American market with the Buick derived engine, but it was a great hit in UK as well. Lovely car to drive and to ride in. The sound of that V8 engine is just hypnotic.
Lovely NADA 3500S. You have a rare survivor in your country, well done. When you pulled over and opened the hood/bonnet, the Rover V8 engine is idling very high than what it should be. Your choke may be stuck on a little when you go to start? 600 to 650 rev/min it should be. If your P6B has air con it will be around 700 to 750 rev/min with the compressor disengaged.
My dad had a Rover 2000 TC when I was 18. I drove too fast in my teens and that car's superb handling saved my bacon a few times. This car was so far ahead of what the Germans were producing at the time, yet failed in the North American marketplace because of British Leyland's incompetent management and the labor unions' shoddy assembly. After WWII, Britain just couldn’t seem to do anything right. Well, except Concorde.
I like it. For a moment I thought this was shot in Australia, with the Eucalyptus trees on the side of the road, however we paint the center lines white, and drive on the left in Australia!
We actually have some eucalyptus trees in England,too! 🤣🤣😍😍 Not native though,been introduced,but we don't have forests of them,like I imagine you do in Australia!?
@@annyer262🤣🤣🤣🤣 it a misconception and totally untrue that sunny days in England are rare,actually! We obviously don't have as much sunshine as most of Australia,but in the spring or summer it actually can be sunny for a few weeks in a row or more,and even for a week or two in a row in Autumn or Winter! ☀️☀️ Especially in Southern & Eastern England. But it is highly variable & highly unpredictable here,that's why people in other countries often think it isn't sunny often here! It's all relative to what you're accustomed to! I grew up in Pennsylvania in North Eastern USA and they have plenty of cloudy days there,as well,albeit hot & humid almost all of the summer,and frigid in the Winter
The European spec cars look So much cleaner without all the north American junk on them. Even today it’s a pretty car with more than enough power from the all alloy Buick engine.
+FMFGUF The Rover 3500S with the manual gearbox didn't exist when this car was built. This is a series 1 Rover P6, the model that would have had the bright metal grille which appears to have been painted black on this car. The 3500S with the manual Moss gearbox was only available in series 2 cars, with the black plastic grille. All NADA (North American Dealer Area) Rovers were series 1 cars and the V8s were badged as the 3500S despite only being available with automatic transmissions, as was the case in the UK, Europe and Australia on series 1 V8s due to Rover not having a manual transmission strong enough to cope with the V8 engine. I believe some later NADA 3500S cars were retro-fitted with the series 2 manual box by dealers trying to get them sold as they really hung around with dealers for a long time, and a sizable number of NADA 3500S were returned to the UK and converted back to right-hand drive to sell here or went to European dealers. They proved rather more popular in the UK and Europe than they ever did in the US due to their high specification which included items that weren't even available as options over here such as the tinted glass, electric windows and air conditioning (hence the extra air scoops on the bonnet) plus the Icelert ambient temperature warning system which is the silver box on the front grille. It appears that the relative success of these NADA 3500S in the markets that they weren't ever intended for drove Rover to increase the standard specifications of the cars and also the creation of the 3500VIP at the end of the production run...
thats a real credit to you pal nice to see you guys over the pond enjoying some old time british motors
I own one of these from the same year. Mine has done 70,000 miles from new. Of course this version was aimed at the American market with the Buick derived engine, but it was a great hit in UK as well. Lovely car to drive and to ride in. The sound of that V8 engine is just hypnotic.
Back in the 70's I used to travel to school in one of these.
Nice Rover!😍😍
Lovely NADA 3500S. You have a rare survivor in your country, well done. When you pulled over and opened the hood/bonnet, the Rover V8 engine is idling very high than what it should be. Your choke may be stuck on a little when you go to start? 600 to 650 rev/min it should be. If your P6B has air con it will be around 700 to 750 rev/min with the compressor disengaged.
My dad had a Rover 2000 TC when I was 18. I drove too fast in my teens and that car's superb handling saved my bacon a few times. This car was so far ahead of what the Germans were producing at the time, yet failed in the North American marketplace because of British Leyland's incompetent management and the labor unions' shoddy assembly. After WWII, Britain just couldn’t seem to do anything right. Well, except Concorde.
Beautiful Design
I like it. For a moment I thought this was shot in Australia, with the Eucalyptus trees on the side of the road, however we paint the center lines white, and drive on the left in Australia!
+James Radcliffe Cali has Eucalyptus trees
We actually have some eucalyptus trees in England,too! 🤣🤣😍😍 Not native though,been introduced,but we don't have forests of them,like I imagine you do in Australia!?
@@markhealey9409 so if you took the photo during one of your three sunny days per year it would look like Australia, since you drive on the left?
@@annyer262🤣🤣🤣🤣 it a misconception and totally untrue that sunny days in England are rare,actually! We obviously don't have as much sunshine as most of Australia,but in the spring or summer it actually can be sunny for a few weeks in a row or more,and even for a week or two in a row in Autumn or Winter! ☀️☀️ Especially in Southern & Eastern England. But it is highly variable & highly unpredictable here,that's why people in other countries often think it isn't sunny often here! It's all relative to what you're accustomed to! I grew up in Pennsylvania in North Eastern USA and they have plenty of cloudy days there,as well,albeit hot & humid almost all of the summer,and frigid in the Winter
@@markhealey9409 I am in Northern NY right now! We joke about 3 days of summer here!
The European spec cars look So much cleaner without all the north American junk on them.
Even today it’s a pretty car with more than enough power from the all alloy Buick engine.
hoods are available second hand in North American market. not cheap to on shipping
I own this car now in Petaluma CA. Check out the new videos starting at th-cam.com/video/azMC06NVtZ8/w-d-xo.html.
Shouldn't the 3500S have the 4-speed manual gearbox?
Its does in overseas market
+FMFGUF The Rover 3500S with the manual gearbox didn't exist when this car was built. This is a series 1 Rover P6, the model that would have had the bright metal grille which appears to have been painted black on this car. The 3500S with the manual Moss gearbox was only available in series 2 cars, with the black plastic grille. All NADA (North American Dealer Area) Rovers were series 1 cars and the V8s were badged as the 3500S despite only being available with automatic transmissions, as was the case in the UK, Europe and Australia on series 1 V8s due to Rover not having a manual transmission strong enough to cope with the V8 engine. I believe some later NADA 3500S cars were retro-fitted with the series 2 manual box by dealers trying to get them sold as they really hung around with dealers for a long time, and a sizable number of NADA 3500S were returned to the UK and converted back to right-hand drive to sell here or went to European dealers. They proved rather more popular in the UK and Europe than they ever did in the US due to their high specification which included items that weren't even available as options over here such as the tinted glass, electric windows and air conditioning (hence the extra air scoops on the bonnet) plus the Icelert ambient temperature warning system which is the silver box on the front grille. It appears that the relative success of these NADA 3500S in the markets that they weren't ever intended for drove Rover to increase the standard specifications of the cars and also the creation of the 3500VIP at the end of the production run...
Yes it should. The manual cars fetch extra high prices in the UK.
I can't remember the v8 size of the Rover P6 had. Care to refresh me? Thanks
215 v8 ,same as the buick
+Mick Carson 3528cc...
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