Wow, Jeff. Big news indeed. Although I never got the chance to buy a Ford from you at Van Bortel, you helped me out a lot in my FTE newbie days with quotes and advice. Thanks again and best of luck with the new dealership.

-Tom

 

Jeff, I have often said that I don't like Politicians and Car salesman, but I had to make an exception after reading your posts. I believe that you will do well in anything you do, because you care about what you do and you are ethical in how you do it. I hope that big things come your way!

 

Jeff-good luck. FTE and there members will never be able to thank you enough for your straight forward advice and deication to helping all members of this site.

I personelly have been enlighten by your teaching of us here.

Best wishes to you and your family.

P.S Polorbear will have ask permission before leaving FTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Congratulations Jeff on the new position. Nice to hear you’re moving onward and upward. Thanks again for the SD sale, your personal touch really made the trip worthwhile. You’ll make a fine addition to any organization. Good luck and hope you get a M6 to park next to your f-150 soon.

 

Wow, that's a suprise Jeff. It's been almost a year since I flew to Rochester to pick up my new 05 F350. Best truck I've ever owned and best buying experience of all time. I was thinking just last week that I would be going back to NY for my next new truck. Guess I'll have to make the next vehicle a Beemer. Thanks for all the advice and the education. Good luck with the move, I know you'll do well.

Phil

 

Hey Jeff- A quick question-

I was thinking that your history on this site would be a great bit of resume enhancement. Did your new employer peruse this site and view your interaction with Ford customers? Just wondering. If not, you should direct people to this site. It does display your values as a sales guy.

PC

 

Land Rovers are part of Ford, your still in our club, and congratulations if you do take the job.

 

Rover may be under Ford but it's heart is made from a Buick / Olds 215 GM motor.
You should make a double profit selling Rovers, as repairs should match the initial cost of the vehicle over time.
"Shear the sheep" is what a service writer / tech (idiot) friend of mine who tells me about the soccer moms that pay the big repair bills on overpriced parts. Same parts on the net at 1/2 the price, $132 for a door latch heck it's a GM part and 3 doors don't open. ABS that will get you wrecked, sure repair it and have it fail again within 4 months at a $3,700 repair. Roof leaks to let you know it's raining outside as well inside, opps sorry to sound sour about the "Limey Lemmon", been working on it 5 years to make it half right, no resale value may part out.
All in all I wish you the best of success in your new adventure.
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I thought the engine was a 4.0 liter derived from ford on Rovers.

 

At the first gas war supply problem in the early 60's GM came up with a new smaller lighter weight motor, the 215 Buick / Olds motor. When fuel wasn't a problem and the HP wars began again with big V-8's GM didn't have a use for this little motor besides it had warping, stud stripping and corrosion problems so they sold it to Rover. They improved the materials, beefed up trouble spots and make a durable little motor out of it to pull their 5,200# vehicles. It went from a 3.5 litre to 3.9, 4.2 to 4.6, a 4.6 has 3.22" stroke vs 2.8" on others. A 330" Olds crank will fit besides larger bores to 5.3 litres like 365 HP and almost 400# TQ. With MPI it was Rover's main motor until around 3 years ago, now they use a Jag 4.4 litre. A 30 year run isn't too bad fron a GM orphan motor.
With the light weight to power the Rover V-8 is installed in many homebrew dune buggies, sand rails and Porsches as a mid engine, Morgan's MGBGT's and others in England and Oz, it's used in many other vehicles thru out the world besides Rover.
Go to RPI@RPIV8.com or Rimmer Brothers.com for intresting reading.
A small little motor that's about forgotten in the US but in use around the world today.
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Too bad you weren't closer to me as I would take your Rover as a wheeling vehicle. Which one do you have anyway?? You do realize that GM tried to buy the rights back to that motor and Rover said no way. Now MCT in the UK will be producing them under contract to Land Rover so they will still be around.

Jeff - you will have to post up in the NY Chapter as we are planning some G2G's some of which look like they will be wheeling events. Then you can see what a Land Rover was really made for!!

 

Not to mention the 3500 came stock in the Triumph TR8, and many made their way into TR7's.

I rebuilt one once out of a 1980 Rover 3500. Used 215 rod/main/cam bearings, a Buick 350 timing chain and gears, and Crane had an upgraded cam for it. The cam fit everything up to the 350, I recall. Owner never got all the money together for it, so it sat and never ran, that I know of. Oh well.

Jeff, sorry to see leave the position, but glad to have you stay here. Look forward to some more PM's from you soon

 

Thanks for all your great posts, 1956MarkII. I've read lots of them. Best of luck to you.

 

Jeff, good luck with the new job! Even though it bites you won't be selling Fords anymore, it's just a job and you have to do what is best for you. Thanks again for the great buying experience with my truck.

 

Darren, it's a Black 95 Disco 5-speed with 97K miles, a wax, cover drive cover vehicle that has waxed rims on the backside (i'm nuts). The factory fresh 4.6 short block has 28K with the heads custom rebuilt (top fuel engine shop) corrected from their carbon sticking English crap design then I port matched, they are off by 3/16" a normal Limey quality control thing again. RPI Tornado chip, Borla exhaust, factory exhaust manifolds ported / matched, high flow cats, Piper cam and lifters (Rover cams are crap as well timing gear sets). Replaced radiator with a 4 row custom unit, now has a drain on the bottom as it will be a normal thing to drain and wrench on Limey vehicle. A real rear U joint added not that rubber crap as well a rebuilt vacuum advance can as 3 failures at $107 each sucks. About to machine away a spare plenium base to add with the factory base for a longer intake track (lower rpm peak torque). A town and highway vehicle only with full zerks added as well a custom made pre-oiler system I designed. It's a 4,600 pound tank, too heavy for off road, i'll use the 42 Jeep as it is lighter, narrower and goes beyond this soccer mom Disco off road. For now it's dry with zero oil and water leaks. The only trick thing I want to add is D2 rims on D1 centers (i'll Tig weld them myself) for wider rims and 265mm tires stock diameter.
With the added / wasted money to this vehicle on parts it will have to run another 250K miles to break even.
A love hate vehicle, if it weren't for the thrill of this motors performance, 5 speed, handling improvements on the twisties and that it stomps them pimp
mobile Range Rovers and GM tanks in the mountain roads (sleeper) I would of sold alot sooner. For now i'll drive it then part out later as trans and motor can fit in a kit car then sell the rest.
I don't go near cliffs as the wife will gladly push it off, the most UNRELIABLE
4 X 4 BY FAR, AKA sucker vehicle.
I'll shut up.
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