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scooby · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:20 am Post subject: 85 VDP Arum White

Hello all!

Im currently restoring a 3500Se and while i was looking for parts i came across this beauty that i just had to buy

Its going to be alot easier to fix my other car now that i have a lifesize model right next to it!

When i went to have a look at it, i didnt even know it had a sunroof! so thats an extra!

thoughts?

v8driver · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:11 pm Post subject:

Very nice,I like that. Very Happy

Normally I'm more of a manual 'box type of guy but that looks so clean I'd need to think twice,she carb or injection? Can you give us a pic of the engine bay?

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ksclark3522 · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject:

if the wheels are original, she is carb.
lovely looking car that, the interior is awesome.
can't be many arum white ones about, especially in your part of the world!

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scooby · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:32 am Post subject:

My other rover is also arum white! ahah!

Shes injected, which is new to me as i have only worked on carb cars

ill try and get some photos of the engine bay up

kiwi_sd1 · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:32 am Post subject:

very nice! And injected too - rare for this part of the world eh Very Happy

Chris P · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject:

All Aussie-spec cars were fuel-injected from about 1979 or 1980. This included series 1 cars. It's the Federal-spec injection, with low compression V8 and flat-top TR8-type plenum. The Aussie cars had (I think) the emission control air-injection and EGR systems, but not the catalytic converters with lambda feedback, of the US cars.

Nice car by the way Cool

scooby · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject:

well my other sd1 is a 1982 3500se and thats twin carb

wierd

ksclark3522 · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:52 pm Post subject:

Chris P wrote:

All Aussie-spec cars were fuel-injected from about 1979 or 1980.

of course, silly me. i forgot it was australia.
presumably your twin carb one is a uk spec import?

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1984 3500 VANDEN PLAS WITH PERIOD RENEGADE BODYKIT
1984 2600SE WITH VITESSE BODY AND VANDEN PLAS INTERIOR
1998 820 STERLING

Adam Adamant Lonsdale · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:41 am Post subject:

Very nice. I have an 84 3500SE in Arum, it is a nice colour. It's nice to see a VDP is such good condition in Australia as each one I have seen seem to fair worse than any other model. I had heard the leather used for the trim if not treated well would just degrade in the harsh Australian climate.

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