"RogerM" <RogerM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"hippo" <johnh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> the spares department and making the Austin 1800, Morris Marina &
Leyland
>> P76 look totally reliable! :-)
>The V8 P76 was not unreliable and way ahead of it's time of the day. i.e.
>aerodynamic shape, and a Rover all alloy V8, one of the most reliable
>engines of the day. The P76 was not given a chance, thanks to BMC's David
>Hill who came out here to squash an all australian invention, just like
>Mitsubi**** and the 380. However, whilst I ahve owned many cars over the
many
>years of driving, I have never owned any of those.
>Roger
Guy over the road from me in Granville about 20 years ago had *14* P76,
mostly V8s. Agre that the 4.4 was a pretty reliable engine and IMO a big
improvement on teh original Buick/Rover 3.5, especially in the
heads/carbs/manifolding dept., *but* many of the 14 had recalcitrant
electrics, dodgy switchgear, self destructing trim and niggly quality
control problems.
OOTH, there is a cream 300+K Km V8 example on LPG doing daily drive duty,
including a lot of towing, around Sydney and much of the rest of the
state, which is pretty well totally reliable and has been for most of its
life; probably due to regular maintenance, a fair bit of fettling and some
strategic mods. It's rescued some much more highly regarded machinery in
its time. Sounds great too.
There used to be a brown (with a cream vinyl roof), top spec V8 manual
with some seriously efficient suspension work around the Central Coast,
which for a few years was probably the fastest point to point car I'd ever
travelled any distance in - here or o/s. Comfy too! Cheers
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