Re: alfa-digest V6 #5

[Chris Light <Chris@macsolve.demon.co.uk>]

>3)  I found a '67 Rover TC 2000 for sale.  It's neat, in a goofy kind of way,
>but I know nothing about them.  Any words of wisdom?
>Thanks all...
>Bryan Carter

Gods it must be dry out there... Another car I havn't seen on the road 
for about ten years!
OK, obviously they rust - except the boot and bonnet (or whatever you lot 
call 'em, the bits that cover the engine and the luggage...) which are 
made of aluminum and are buggers to repair and tend to loose their paint 
(comes from not using an acid etch primer).
If there's anything wrong with the front suspension, make sure you can 
get parts as it's possibly the most complex front suspension on earth - 
because it was designed, believe it or not, to allow for fitting a gas 
turbine engine...
The rear suspension and brakes *look* nasty (inboard disks and De-Dion 
axle) but are fairly trouble free, though the rear pads are a sod to 
change. If you have never seen a De-Dion setup before, take a look, then 
reflect on the fact that it *is* independent.
Watch out for power steering rack (if fitted) tearing loose from 
mountings and don't expect the engine to go more than 70-80k without a 
rebuild. You can shoehorn one of those little Buick aliminum V8's in and 
make it into a home-brew 3500s if the engines shot, after all, Rover did!
Good Luck!