Recent content by Loth

Alan, Im in the San Francisco bay area. Thank you for the offer of sharing your finds, one day Im sure you'll regret it ;). I've also been working with Ian for stuff I cant find locally, he's also been helpful for me too. Certainly SoCal is much closer for shipping costs etc than Canada is...

Things have been really slow and more than a little frustrating. Angie is at the shop waiting to have her rear calipers rebuilt. The local "specialists" around here took a couple of weeks to discover that they couldnt order the seals. I then ordered them and delivered them, only for them to...

Chris, Thanks for the information. I'm glad, in a way, that the absolute lack of options is not down to me being incompetent, though that mught be an easier fix :). As far as I know so far the only issue is that it leaks water prodigously so the rebuild option might be the best one. I'll see...

Hi guys, Im running into a great deal of difficulty finding a replacement water valve for my NADA 3500s. Does anyone know of a manufacturer that makes a suitable replacement or does anyone have one in good condition sitting around? EDIT: I should probably have mentioned that this is the...

Thanks for the comments all. Angie is making progress for sure. The front brakes were seized so they have been removed and rebuilt. New hoses, new pads, rebuilt servo and master cylinder. Now that the brakes are at least mostly functional (still quite heavy) I was able to get her to the...

Just my 2 cents. I actually did get an early e type master cylinder for mine. The inlet and outlet are indeed slightly different, so I just took the correct ones off the old one and put them smoothly into place on the brand new e type master cylinder. So far so good. My only remaining...

Awesome guys, thanks for the info and the tips. Derek

Hi Guys, Does anyone know if a NADA 3500s uses the same brake hoses as a "vanilla" 3500s from the UK or Aus or elsewhere? I am having trouble locating replacements here in the USA but I have located hoses on rimmer brothers in the UK which look right but I want to make sure that they are the...

I'd probably be interested in this idea too. Since it looks like the manufacturer is here in CA if they need an actual physical example (old and faded but not broken) I might be able to help the process. My chrome is OK but I have no idea how to remove the old one (except maybe with a hammer)...

Yeah that comment gave me a chuckle too, until I realized that mine is nowhere near as "done" as this one and I therefore have so much further to go. Still I hope it finds a good home, though the Mrs. would kill me on the spot if I bought another, so it wont be at my house. Derek

Just saw this listed. Looks like a nice one, with much TLC and money spent on it. Hopefully it goes to someone who will look after her. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/1908184244.html Derek

Thanks for the advice and the interest all. I certainly intent to check into the Rover car club of Canada when the time comes. So far I have learned that Angie really is almost as sound as she seemed at first glance. There seems to be no rust hidden anywhere that a good wire brushing and a...

Today my new toy arrived. Shes a bit rough but mostly functional. Her name is Angie because the person who sold it to me said it looked like the "Ford Angelina" to her daughter. She is a 1970 3500s around 95k on the clock and according to the logs I am the third owner from new. She does...

That looks awesome. Congratulations on the purchase. I'll be very interested in watching the progress.

Hi Christian, From a fellow noob welcome, for what its worth. Nice to hear from soneone in the same country as I am. I hope your 2000 works out. If you do purchase it then remember that pictures are highly prized around here :) Loth