Three scoops please: ’70 Rover 3500S

We have featured a few Rover 2000TCs before. The TC was much-loved by the motoring journalists back in the day. The TC features a rather robust “safety cage” construction and a very novel and effective rear suspension. During the late ’60s and early ’70s it seemed everyone was stuffing bigger engines into smaller cars. And that is the case with the 3500S Rover. The venerable Buick V8 weighed as much as the chunky 4-pot motor yet produced significantly more power, so in the Rover 2000 it went. In addition to the V8, the US version (aka NADA), came standard with an automatic, ice alert, power windows and A/C. Today’s featured 3500S has been spared by careful, long-term ownership. Read More