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I drove some of these jam sandwiches round the test track super comfy front seats ! i will try and remembers the police specs. High boiling point brake fluid, much fatter front and rear dampers, these had a blond colored rubbers top and bottom (some sort of neoprene i suspect) also fitted to...

airo package under body downforce wing :roll:

But would the AC switch gear work in 'P AND N , I wonder ? Just got back from Melbourne had a great time .

the biggest issue I've had is with electrical gremlins throughout. The aftermarket Air Con that was fitted, was wired through the Inhibitor Switch of the Gearbox and also through the Dash Lights. Why? Maybe its so the compressor clutch would not engage on start up, only after "D" was engaged...

He must have had a shock when he saw so many cars gutted , first i have heard about worker saving 40 cars as it started in between shifts so no workers were there .when i got there we drove about 5 out the rest went up in flames on stage 4 . still did not say the year it happand

Found this on facebook A fierce fire at the £10m. Rover car factory in Solihull, Warwickshire, last night, was tackled by more than 50 firemen in the trim shop area where new vehicles are assembled. After early reports put the damage as up to £200,000, Lord Stokes, chairman and managing...

Hi Tony , Heres a funny but could have been dangerous story, The Rover company had a policy of employing a percentage of disabled persons one of which was a nice young lad called Gilbert he had a metal hand and worked near the end of stage two his job was put 2 gallons of fuel in the car (it...

Hi Tony, yes , after ten years there are lots , its just a matter of picking the informative and funny ones, i will have a think and put up one soon, any questions people have just put them up .

No worries Steve, perhaps if we had the vin number still someone on here could check to see if it matched to what colour

Hi Sdibbers, Cant see how this happend , and if it was not for the trim plate i would have said the dealer just needed to sell that Zircon one , as it has the right trim (black) not sure if black was ever in Arden green? anyway this is how it all worked, the paint shop would do a color run...

Welcome/page 2/ Ex Rover P6/P6B employee

Started on the assemble line (stage 2 thats from were the base unit drops on to the track to were its roller tested ,no panels fitted) then became a factory floater ,a stand in for anyone absent ,ended up learning most jobs, final ending up in the Rover test track shop. Rover were so far ahead...

Thank you so much for putting the rover film on , as i worked with some of those guys , the two foremen in dark blue coats the first one Bill Macloud became daytime superintendent over the whole p6 production ,the second Dennis Grant became the nights superintendent , the guy with the bald head...

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Lost Rovers found! I was on days at the time, and had progressed from a factory floater to a "snagger" on the end of stage two , basicly just had to get the car started if there were any problems ,change the odd speedo ,leaks,reroute a few wires etc. About 10 o'clock the P6 supervisor Bill Mc...

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OK thanks Mikep , all a bit to hard.

Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached. ............................................................................................... not to sure what this means , is it for all subjects?, tried all ways to post for my computer, resized pics to small etc.

:roll: I could never get that BBQ smell out of my car !! Sorry GRTV8 I told them the smell would stay for ever when they gave that Almond P6B a quick blow over the charred body and sent it out!!LOL

Demetris , It would be 71 or 72 wish i could be more specific ,tried googling it but got nothing ! The time and study dept. We were told that the road testers were going to be timed on their job ,so they would have a target to get each day, silly idea as each car could need 1 or many laps...

The fire was on the last night for the week , it was a weekend and a day before we returned on Mon night by then all was running smooth, at the end of stage 3 (panel line) the ferry girls drove them to another part of the factory were the final line and valet line was set up, the trim shop...

Think if I was you back then I would have done what Johnny Cash did. Hi Happy days, I should have also added that longer jobs were every 2nd or 4th car, IE 2 speedo guys did every other car ,roller test 4 guys every 4th car etc. The night of the fire, I had left home for work at 7.30 PM...

Distributor weights seized ??

I can only tell you the way we set them at the factory ,probably the same as the workshop manual . Slacken off the two bolts on the front stabilizer , slacken off one exhaust joint close to g/box , then adjust the spring so snubber bar sits in the center . retighten stabilizer exhaust etc.

Thanks guys, just let me know when you have had enough. Hi JVY, Things were good between worker and foreman, reason being you had 5 mins to complete your job , most guys could after a while complete it in 3 mins ,you can also move off your station maybe 4 cars up the track, so you have made a...