while we're talking LAC...

Jim Haseltine jim_haseltine at ntlworld.com
Sat Jun 3 03:05:57 EDT 2006


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tessie McMillan <tessmc at drizzle.com>
> Does  anyone know anything about these cars? I did a little searching on 
> the  net and think I might have been looking at a Rover SD1, but that
> doesn't tell me anything.

If it was a SD1 (and being the only 4-door V8 hatch that Rover built it 
sounds like it) then I think that they were fuel injected for the US market 
long before they were offered that way in the UK - we had to put up with SU 
carbs on the series 1 & 1a and then Solex carbs on the series 2 (unless you 
could find a Vitesse or Vanden Plas EFi). There was a turbo diesel 2.4 litre 
model, a 2 litre 4 cyl and 2.3 & 2.6 litre 6 pots too.

I owned a sequence of the V8 models - none (thank God) in the awful shade 
you saw (Tumeric Yellow I think). For me, the biggest let-down was the 
paint - whoever chose the colours and supplier should have been shot - the 
colours were crap, and the quality of the finish was worse, you'd have to be 
very lucky to find one with a good shine as the paint went flat within 
months no matter how much polish you used. This then led to body shell 
corrosion - front of the bonnet, rear of the tailgate and most especially 
the small section between the rear wheel arch and the rear door.

The only electrical problem I ever suffered was a burned out light switch 
(no relays in the light circuit on series 1 & 1a cars) - other than that I 
found the cars really reliable even with minimal maintenance. It was with 
deep regret that running costs and lack of cash forced me to sell my Series 
2 3500SE when I got married and drive a number of less pleasant and less 
reliable vehicles until I was able to afford my quattro.

Regards,

Jim Haseltine

 




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