Range Rover Number 40 produced

[eisdielenbiker]

Hi all,
today I have visited a rallye passing nearby my home town. They were driving from Hamburg to Berlin. I spoke to a RR owner who has RR Number 40 ever produced. I was informed about that when I asked him if he would be driving off-road too. Of course he doesn't.



Other interesting passers-by:



Prototype:

Real 300SL(Do not miss my Mercedes 230) :







I did not use the Rover to visit the rallye as there was no other one announced. I just happened to see the P4 but not the owner by chance. Anyhow I am about to replace the fuel pump actually.
Cheers
Mark

[Warwick]

Great photos Mark! Thanks.

[mcgill]

old rangey with plastic seats,how has he managed to keep the rear ones seen from cracking and splitting..
the 1968 bit i think is wrong or i am ,im sure the first ones wasnt buillt till 1969,and all registered on the 1st january 1970...The first 80 built carried either the YVB or NXC registration plate.
i think that orange skoda looks quiet pretty,a word i thought yould never use on a skoda
great photos mark,geat location too

[eisdielenbiker]

It is a NXC registration indeed and was first registered in 1970 according to the dvla. The organizers just claimed it was 1968 maybe because of official introduction of the RR to the public then.
Another pretty example of a Skoda 1100 OHC

[Deleted]

I've always been fond of the original Range Rover, more so these days as I, probably wrongly, can't help feeling that its the closest thing around to give an idea of what a p8 may have been like.

[eisdielenbiker]

Aug 1, 2010 13:02:26 GMT @garethl said:

I've always been fond of the original Range Rover, more so these days as I, probably wrongly, can't help feeling that its the closest thing around to give an idea of what a p8 may have been like.

Do you refer to the P7 as being the real SD1 then ?

[Deleted]

No the p7 is a p6 variant with 6 cylinders, of which I think 2 prototypes survive, believe one is in a museum and one is in private hands somewhere in Wales. The p8 was the 4.4 litre replacement for the p5 scheduled for 1971, but even though it was ready for production it was cut for fears over it's impact on the new Xj6, or at least that's the story.

[eisdielenbiker]

I see, the P7 could have been obsolete in regard to the V8. Or was there such a big gap pricewise from 4 to 8 cylinders ?
But the P8 would have been a rocket.... Interesting.

[Warwick]

Mark, this is what happened to that engine.

roverp5.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general31&thread=2414&page=1

[eisdielenbiker]

Aha, yes I remember reading it then. Just typical aussie type of engine. All well above 4 litres. I like it.
Once I toured with a Ford 4L , nothing comparable of course. But those engines' fuel economy seems absolutely alright for a wide country.
Mark

[Deleted]

Thanks for the photos Mark. Good collection of cars.
The roller also looks good for a summer's day!!

[eisdielenbiker]

Aug 2, 2010 8:17:56 GMT @peternetherlands said:

Thanks for the photos Mark. Good collection of cars.
The roller also looks good for a summer's day!!

It looks fairly MGBish in a greater way but it has the sideline i wished the B had had.
Mark

[mcgill]

mark theres a write up on that rangey,here
austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?cotm201005f.htm
.thought it looked familar..
those two doors door like nice looking back at them now,but they were gits at the time,(wasnt everything though).
a pillars rotted out quick,doors was too heavy they rotted out by hinges too and really quick in uk..
i had 5 of them and 3 of them ended up in austrailia in early 80s...
my next door neighbour is restoring a CSK,i dont like them for some reason,boy do they rot..
was it something to do with late 80s,early 90s steel,
85,86,87 was good years for solid rangeys

[eisdielenbiker]

Aug 2, 2010 11:43:30 GMT mcgill said:

mark theres a write up on that rangey,here
austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?cotm201005f.htm
.thought it looked familar..

Yes, that is the Rangey I have seen. I recognise the man behind the wheel.
What rather astonished me were those quiet engines of all 3 Rangeys there. Possibly more original than my worn engine with a super sprint stainless steel exhaust. Anyhow I wouldnt like one not leaving the road...
Sounds more like 1985 to 87 then.
Mark

[Warwick]

Not a problem here McGill. They tend to last forever.

Here's a question you may know the answer to. My current Rangie has the plastic ZF power steering fluid reservoir and early one didn't have power steering. Are the old steel revervoirs the same as those on P5Bs?

[mcgill]

yes warwick they are,i sent a picture up not so long ago im sure....

[Warwick]

Thanks. I hope I haven't asked you this same question before.

I like the idea of the filter. I'm about to replace the steering box on the Rangie (yet again) and I think I'll change to the old style reservoir. At present I've got an in-line type in the return hose but these are messy to change.

I put the filter in after a pump failure a few years ago and I got nice sparkly bits in the fluid. I only just remember this and I'm wondering if this didn't contibute to the current seal failure on the box. Looks like I need a trip to the local wrecker's yard.

[eisdielenbiker]

Warwick, do you mean your Rangey doesnt have a fluid filter for the steering ?

[Warwick]

Exactly Mark. Clever idea, isn't it!

Some time during the mid '80s, they changed from using the P5B reservoir with buil-in filter, to a plastic ZF reservoir with no filter. I've fitted an in-line filter in the return hose.