Thread: Early one

It's got the wrong grill & radiator panel for a 49

The engine is interesting , it has a water jacket side plate , I have never seen one on S1 . The Rover P3 had 2 of these side plates . The first of the S1 motors were from a Rover car & I am not sure weather the car engines had these side plates . I will have to go through my Rover books & see what I can find.

This is a copy of a Rover 60 which was used in the first on the S1's . You can see the water jacket side plate NO 27, they were a pressed tin cover plate which were later replaced with welsh plugs. I wonder how long Rover used these engines in the S1's ? Or has this had a engine trans plant during its life?
Does any one know?

Its a great find, early 80" vehicles had "side plate" motors used from the very first till around mid 1949 when they went to the core plugs for the water jacket

Isn't it rather courageous of them to save it, considering the condition of the wreck? The

Originally Posted by harry

Isn't it rather courageous of them to save it, considering the condition of the wreck? The

It may well be that the chassis is a total write-off, but considering the prices that 80" sell for in the UK, someone who does most of their own work, could make a profit I suspect, on the restoration,

Cheers Charlie