Recent content by nzwoodie

Maybe a Flotilla of Rovers.

This is on the Nullabor Plain between Perth and Adelaide in Australia. The road is 1675 km long so a charging station or two are required. They will be replaced by solar charge points when the right technology for the area becomes available.

Another explanation of the asbestos enforcement at the Australian border. Asbestos Regulations Make Importing Classic Cars Almost Impossible

You wouldn't want to bring a classic car into Australia now. Customs are checking for any traces of asbestos in vehicles when they land in Australia. Australian Border Force detects asbestos in classic cars, owners risk thousands of dollars in fines and fixes

On the late Australian cars fitted with HIF carbs there are two charcoal canisters on on each inner wing the carbs are connected to them. This is part of the Australian Design Riles requirements for the exhaust emission controls along with the 8.5 compression engines.

This car was UK built and taken to Western Australia so it must have been re-trimmed when it was changed from white to red. Only automatics were built at Nelson for the Australasian market.

This is a very common lamp fitted to most BMC vehicles from the late 60's 1100 MKII, 1300, 1800, Maxi.

Hi Ron, Thanks for that information, I will now proceed with more confidence, both cars are NZ assembled ones so I guess it's possible that they put some sealer around them in Nelson. Bruce

Thanks for your replies. I can't see any shims like the ones in your photos Ron, just the stuffed looking washers between the brackets and the body. The same on both the cars I have here. I'm going to replace the top link bushes and feel that when the washers are disturbed they will be useless...

Can anyone supply or have the dimensions of the packing washers that go between the front suspension top bush brackets and the body. Original part number looks like it was 620033 also what are they made from? I have two cars and neither have any camber shims that I can see, but the packing...

I have just purchased another P6B and riveted to the front panel above the headlamps is this plate. Obviously placed there by Faulls who were the state distributors of Rover here in Perth, Western Australia. After all the data in the manuals of the time about only using non Dexron fluid in the...

If your car is a New Zealand assembled unit the radiator was a locally made component to reach the highest possible local content regulations. It will be a National Radiators unit and they used the same plug on all the radiators they made be it for Ford, Rootes, BMC. Triumph Jaguar Vauxhall...

Another month gone by and little progress has been made on the car. I had a good hard look at the ball joint and steering boots and decided they needed replacing while the brakes were off the car. A wise decision as the lower ball joints are well past their use by date, didn't seem to be any...

I stumbled across this item and wonder why it says that wiper motors can only work when they want to on power steering equipped vehicles. Can anyone elaborate and what is the fix. Two guesses why I want to know the answer. ELECTRICS An alternator was fitted to all P6s apart from most pre...

This plastic pipe is the breather from the tank to the charcoal canister on the right hand side of the engine. They are part of the emission controls fitted to the late Australian spec cars with the 8.5:1 comp engines. The one on my car has a strong petrol smell when disconnected from the canister.