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rover 3500 engine wanted
« on: October 29, 2003, 05:36:37 pm »
Has anybody out there got a rover 3500 engine,with good oil pressure for sale!!

A friend of mine is looking for one for his p6 rover

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Re:rover 3500 engine wanted
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2003, 07:22:05 pm »
What a waste of post # 500 this is going to be....


Suggest he advertises in the Classifieds, or posts to Discussion, on http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/index.htm. There's a lot of people there who might just have such a thing tucked away in their shed...

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Re:rover 3500 engine wanted
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2003, 08:30:58 pm »
Try the kit car magazines ( paper things ) They are always selling engines.

If not a large gagrgae my way sells good stuff . They are called Silverlake gargages/ salvage merchants . Maybe worth a call .

ASk yell.com for salvage experts in Portsmouth. They deliver .


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Re:rover 3500 engine wanted
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2003, 09:57:51 pm »
So it is.....  ;D

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Re:rover 3500 engine wanted
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2003, 11:15:04 pm »
Oh come on, i was expecting fanfares.
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Re:rover 3500 engine wanted
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2003, 11:42:28 pm »
I'm just grateful someone noticed... :)

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Re:rover 3500 engine wanted
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2003, 11:57:36 pm »
Sent you a private message Wishy
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Re:rover 3500 engine wanted
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2003, 06:35:44 pm »
Oh come on, i was expecting fanfares.

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Re:rover 3500 engine wanted
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2003, 06:39:04 pm »
Sorry Smokie.....................my posting was mediocre,but......

After all it has made you a yabb god!!!!! ;D

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Re:rover 3500 engine wanted
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2003, 11:11:48 pm »
What are you doing with this lump?  Gonna make the shed's lap times into the realms of the Beast of G.D.?  ;D
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Re:rover 3500 engine wanted
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2003, 05:32:21 pm »
Sorry to dissapiont you DR!!!!

This is a genuine request for a mates p6.

However if you find a Viper engine goin spare I might just be interested ;D

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Re:rover 3500 engine wanted
« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2003, 07:10:33 pm »
Maybe if we take some spanners and a large rucksack with us to Haynes next time, we could "borrow" one from their Viper?
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Re:rover 3500 engine wanted
« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2003, 12:10:58 pm »
Maybe if we take some spanners and a large rucksack with us to Haynes next time, we could "borrow" one from their Viper?

Does this "Haynes" have alink with the Haynes guides and handbooks, very useful for any serious driver ?
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Re:rover 3500 engine wanted
« Reply #13 on: November 03, 2003, 02:46:30 pm »
Wishy, if your mates REALLY desparate, I've got a P6 block with crankshaft and pistons in my garage (no heads or anything else) he can have for nothing.
I can't remember if the mains and big ends are any good.  My mate gave it to me for a (long abandoned) project when he swapped the 3.5 P6 in his cobra for a 4.8 Rover / TVR engine.  (I'm near Colchester).

Alternatively, theres RPI Engineering in Norwich http://www.v8engines.com/
or http://www.p6spares.co.uk/ or anything else Google can throw at you.

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Re:rover 3500 engine wanted
« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2003, 01:37:11 pm »
Does this "Haynes" have alink with the Haynes guides and handbooks, very useful for any serious driver ?

Yes, the very same.  They are the biggest motoring publisher in the world bar-none.  There is the Haynes Motor Museum (great site, one of mine ;) ) the museum has a test track for the exhibits (there are over 400 of them).
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