[ROVERNET - UK] Rover rescued

[John Windwood]

Early NADA export TC's did have Dunlop brakes for a while-I suspect the car
is a 1966 which sat around before being sold. No TCs were sold in any other
market with Dunlop brakes. It is because the US got the TC before the rest
of us!!
Kind Regards
John
John Windwood
rover-2000
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Smith" <Paul.Smith at auroraenergy.com.au>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 4:29 AM
Subject: RE: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover rescued


> 1.  The cast steel are the original mounts (assuming you are talking about
> the ones that 3 point mount on the block).
> 2.  So far as I know TCs didn't have Dunlop brakes.  Earliest TCs were
1966.
> Mine is early 1968, has Girling brakes and HD8 carbs.  HS8 were fitted
> shortly after.
>
> PVS
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent Kinard [mailto:kkinard at swbell.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 October 2004 2:16 pm
> To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover rescued
>
>
> Dear Netters,
> Richard Elliott and I rescued an interesting vehicle yesterday.  I have
> posted information previously (I think) about Dr. Karl Birdsong and his
> 2000TC's.  I bought one from him over the summer and was planning to go
> back for at least one more in January.  However, Dr. Birdsong very
> suddenly decided to move to assisted living (he is 92) and disposed of
> his driveable car before we could get there.  The one car we rescued and
> some of the parts we found have raised some questions for me.
>
> Although I have been collecting pieces for a 2200TC for some time, I am
> relatively unfamiliar with the 2000/2200 cars.  The vehicle rescued is a
> very early "blue label" 1967 2000TC VIN# 41800306A and has 62K miles on
> the clock (condition bears this out, decent black leather, no rust.  The
> engine block is missing, but we managed to gather parts of two engines
> from the upstairs portion of the good doctor's barn along with a couple
> of transmissions and several radiators, including a very new looking TC
> radiator.  Among the pieces were three sets of engine mounts...one set
> of cast steel or iron, one set of welded-up/fabricated steel, and one
> set of alloy.  Which mounts would have been original to the car?  The
> front calipers on the car say "Dunlop" and there is at least one rear
> end assembly with Dunlop brakes in the assortment we gathered.  Would
> this car have been equipped with Dunlop brakes?
>
> Roveresoterically,
> Kent K.
>
>
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