Ummmm, that's not my understanding SD. There is a thread in the old soap box about Theo's start at Rover that has an obituary article that mentions that the first machines had G30 engines. Of course this immediately shines a light on the fact that mine has a G40. Is the article wrong? Or am I wrong and there are even older machines out there? Or has mine been re-engined?

Understand please that I put forward my findings not as facts but as a working hypothesis. There is still much to know and by putting forward what I've worked out (or think I've worked out) we have a start point for a discussion. It's all part of the fun.

If you have stuff that sheds light on this, I'd love to hear it.

The thing I think this needs now is written documentation to fill in the gaps and to that end I intend to ring the state library on Monday.

Cheers,