senator30e
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Hi all,
I just spotted this 2200TC engine with what appears to be an overdrive 4sp gearbox on eBay........
Rover P6 2200 Engine, Gearbox And Overdrive Unit Plus Spares
Now before anyone starts shouting 'they never built one...', I must just mention that I have seen a 2200TC so equipped many years ago. It was an L' registered car with an XC area mark, and I came across it in a Lincolnshire scrapyard in 1988. I actually bought the engine out of it to go into a Land Rover, and it turned out to be a 2200TC development engine. It had a very short (five digit from memory) engine number, and when I came to order the parts to rebuild it from my local dealer, they could only reference the engine number via a factory enquiry - which confirmed it as a development unit. It only differed from a production unit slightly, the biggest difference was that the carburettors were re-jetted HS8's rather than the production HIF6's.
Anyway, that car definitely had an overdrive fitted, it was a GKN unit mounted to the back of the standard four speed gearbox, and was electrically operated by a small rocker switch in the top of the gear knob. I'm not saying this one on eBay is a genuine factory test set up (I can't see the photos clearly enough for a start on this iPhone), but it's history could be interesting.
I just spotted this 2200TC engine with what appears to be an overdrive 4sp gearbox on eBay........
Rover P6 2200 Engine, Gearbox And Overdrive Unit Plus Spares
Now before anyone starts shouting 'they never built one...', I must just mention that I have seen a 2200TC so equipped many years ago. It was an L' registered car with an XC area mark, and I came across it in a Lincolnshire scrapyard in 1988. I actually bought the engine out of it to go into a Land Rover, and it turned out to be a 2200TC development engine. It had a very short (five digit from memory) engine number, and when I came to order the parts to rebuild it from my local dealer, they could only reference the engine number via a factory enquiry - which confirmed it as a development unit. It only differed from a production unit slightly, the biggest difference was that the carburettors were re-jetted HS8's rather than the production HIF6's.
Anyway, that car definitely had an overdrive fitted, it was a GKN unit mounted to the back of the standard four speed gearbox, and was electrically operated by a small rocker switch in the top of the gear knob. I'm not saying this one on eBay is a genuine factory test set up (I can't see the photos clearly enough for a start on this iPhone), but it's history could be interesting.