Thanks Ian - it looks like the yellow paint was standard for many P4 six-pots, as I've found a couple of brochure illustrations showing the same colour. Never seen one this colour in a Land Rover before - think they're usually blue-grey. I've had a read of your own IIA thread - the P4 block you stripped looks to be an earlier 2,638cc type, as opposed to the 2,625cc version used in 109"s. If so, this likely accounts for the dissimilar crank etc. Calum will no doubt have something to say if I'm incorrect, however! Must say, I wish I had your fabrication skills - Pete was spot-on in saying the SW is in the best possible hands. I can think of a certain Carawagon about which the same definitely cannot be said!


The aforementioned brochure illustrations, for reference:

Rover 90 2,638cc engine (image found here: http://home.ican.net/~magnet/p4/engine1.jpg):


Rover 110 2,625cc 'Weslake' engine. Unusually the head is shown painted too. (image found here: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8c/8b/39/8c8b39772482f02d07a097a048915144--brochure-html.jpg):



No progress to report on the Carawagon front, sadly - it's still at the point I left it in September. My sporadic workshop sessions have lately been dedicated to getting a mate's Series III back on the road after dropping a valve. It's been one of those affairs where you begin taking things apart only to find layer-upon-layer of other problems. I'm sure we've all been there!


What I have got are some photographs from a couple of owners back - they're from around 1990, on the Isle of Wight. Corrosion aside, not a lot appears to have changed since then - the addition of the LPG system, and replacement of what looks like a cubby-box with a centre seat are the only particularly noticeable things.















That's those, then - with a bit of luck, I may actually get something done again over Christmas!

Phil