1975 Rover P6 2200SC Automatic

In news:1100171869.JBviWAOoBQ04bE5ifQ14Pw@teranews, fishman decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows

I'd say about £750ish.

Could be as much as twice that. Values for classics are difficult; it depends on a lot of factors. It also depends where you sell it. Check the prices similar cars sell for on Ebay. Bear in mind that you can get a lot more than that in a private sale, but it all depends if you can find a buyer at your asking price, and that depends on where you live and how long you can wait.

I've uploaded a bunch of pics of the rover in question. I'm selling it if anybody is interested.

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I'm with Pete M on this - somewhere between 500 and 750 quid.

Reasons:

- It's not quite the least desirable P6 (that's the 2000 SC auto), but close (sorry).

- Something isn't quite right with the interior IMO - it's a series 2 but the dash is series 1.

- Cloth interior and no headrests.

"Timo Geusch" wrote

Hi Thanks for your input

OK

That's weird! I had no idea.

Yeah, I have some ET headrests but hadn't fitted them for the pics (can't for the life of me figure out how to remove them from the original seats!)

In news:1100510058.ftQEy/iyzcgvM1VMWTVIsQ@teranews, fishman decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows

Ah, Timo is actualy mistaken here. It /is/ a S2 dash, it's just a poverty spec S2 dash. All S2 V8s had the vastly superior 6 clock dash, quite a few of the lower power P6s kept the strip speedo for a while.

An S1 dash has different switchgear with toggle switches instead of the rotary switches (with different shaped switches so you can feel the differece at night)

Headrests were an option on all but the V8. Rear headrests were an option on the V8.

Remove the big chrome screw in the middle of the seatback, push headrest forwards and it should slide out.

Hate to seem a bit of a know it all about P6s, but my dad must have owned about 1000 of them between 1970 and 1980. He owned a garage and loved V8 P6s. I can spot a problem with a P6 in my sleep. At the age of 4 I could tell the differece between a 2000, a 2200 and a V8 from about 500 yards. I spent my formative years in the back of the bloody things. I can even shut the boot on one first go, every time....

"Pete M" wrote

ROFL!!!!!!!

They didn't arrive at the same time. Exterior Series two 2200SC cars with the strip dash aren't uncommon. Not sure when the change to the new dash happened.

You always can - provided you don't slam it. Gentle hand pressure is what the handbook says. Same with the bonnet - or just drop it from about 6 inches.

Of course if a car has been subjected to years of slamming, who knows?

Pete M was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

I don't doubt your superior knowledge of P6s, but is that true even for the late models?

fishman was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

TBH you're probably better off sticking the ETs on ebay...

In news: snipped-for-privacy@nermal.unix-consult.com, Timo Geusch decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows

The SC may not have ever got the 6 clock dash.

I don't /think/ I've seen an SC with 6 clocks, TC's and V8s all seem to have them, but I can't remember ever seeing an SC with one. Maybe my memory has short circuited.

My Dad tended to avoid the SC models due to their achingly slow progress.

Certainly not with the external changes. Dunno about ever.

The original 2000 manual wasn't bad in its day - although you had to row it along with the gearlever. The four cylinder autos are real dogs. Luckily, pretty easy to convert to manual. But only viable as a DIY project with a donor car.

Yes, I remember borrowing one - a 2000SC Auto - a fair few years ago.

Progress from a standing start was pedestrian, complete with a limp and a walking stick... Nipping out into a gap in the traffic would be absolutely suicidal, and you got hooted at roundabouts, waiting for a gap big enough to risk. But once it had (eventually) got to about 4000 rpm, it wasn't so bad at all. It actually felt like a 2 litre at the top end of the rev range. A nice ride on the open road, but as you said, a real dog in the rush hour.

Jim