[Rovernet] 1970 3500S NAADA original

phing at videotron.ca phing at videotron.ca
Tue Nov 5 14:54:40 EST 2013


Hi
I hate to tell you  but this car is priced properly ,any P6B is not worth 
more. A  NADA P6B cured me of a life long addiction to Rovers. These cars 
were hopelessly, stupidly,  over engineered  . The engine bay was supposedly 
designed for a gas turbine !! resulting in a complex front suspension , the 
rear end De dion was a heavy  rust prone joke [ Triumph built a proper IRS ] 
The V8 was gutless even after removing the AED and smog stuff , the brakes 
were a pig to overhaul , the rear brakes made an E type Jaguar's 
accessibility  look good , Rover were too cheap to either find a decent 5 
speed ,manual or a modern auto box , instead they persisted with that 
dreadful Borg Warner box. . Build quality was atrocious , the interior used 
plastic seats and wood trim  instead of leather and tree wood  etc . The 
contemporary Triumph 6 cylinder sedan was a better car
The P6B was a gas guzzling disappointment .
I was happy to swap it for another British car with a V8, excellent 
automatic transmission and A/C a Jensen interceptor  which uses similar 
amounts of fuel but is a lot more fun
Cheers Patrick

-----Original Message----- 
From: GeffMcCarthy
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 1:06 PM
To: 'Rovernet'
Subject: Re: [Rovernet] 1970 3500S NAADA original

PPS...!  My car is 433000340A, this one is 1552A, and James Taylor's book
shows that 2043 Federal 3500S were produced. I assume these went to both USA
and Canada.
It is sad that our beloved Rovers do not command higher prices...

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-----Original Message-----
From: Rovernet [mailto:rovernet-bounces at rovernet.org] On Behalf Of Tom Rymes
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 7:10 AM
To: Rovernet
Subject: Re: [Rovernet] 1970 3500S NAADA original

> On Nov 5, 2013, at 9:37 AM, "Ben Saunders" <bsaunders at firstva.com> wrote:
>
> Here is the link to a 1970 Rover 3500S NADA that seems to be very
> original and in fantastic condition.


Here's a better link, Ben's was broken:

http://cgi.ebay.com/141105430488

Tom

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