In The Glovebox

Included in this page are examples of Owners Handbooks, literature, etc., which were supplied with Australian Rover SD1, 3500 SE & Vanden Plas 3500.

Literature on this page:
• 1979 Rover 3500 SD1
• 1979 Rover 3500 & 2600 South Africa
• 1980 Rover 3500 SD1
• 1980 Rover 3500 SD1 North American Specification
• 1981 Rover 3500SE Fuel Injection
• 1983 Rover Vanden Plas 3500
• 1984 Rover 3500SE
• 1985 Rover 3500SE & Vanden Plas 3500
• Dealer Delivered Radios
• After Market Publications

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1979 Rover 3500 SD1
Owners Handbooks supplied with 1979 Rover 3500 SD1.

• Two Handbooks were provided:
• U.K. Home Market Owners Handbook with addendums, such as the note on towing;
• Australian Content/Emissions Handbook.

• Download | Rover 3500 SD1 Australian Content Owners Handbook extract from 1 June 1978 PDF

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1979 Rover 3500 & 2600 | South Africa
Passport to Service, South Africa, for the Rover 3500 and 2600.The example shown is from a 1979 Rover 3500 SDX 5-speed manual.

• Download | Rover 3500 & 2600 South Africa Passport To Service Book PDF

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1980 Rover 3500 SD1
Owners Handbook supplied with a circa. 1980 Rover 3500 SD1. This handbook was produced for the United Kingdom Home Market Rover V8S, and was modified for the Australian Market by the sticker on the last page. The additional Australian Content Handbook, as shown in the preceding 1979 example, above, would have also been supplied with the car.

• Download | Rover V8S Owners Handbook 1979-1980 extract

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1980 Rover 3500 SD1 NAS – North American Specification
Owners Handbooks supplied with 1980 Rover 3500 SD1, USA & Canada.
Note: while these handbooks relate to the North American Market, they are included as the Fuel Injection equipment was further developed for the Australian Market.

• Two Handbooks and associated literature were provided:
• North American Specification Owners Handbook;
• Triumph TR7, TR8, Rover 3500 Fuel Injection North American Specification – 1980 Model Year Emission and Evaporative Loss Control Equipment and Maintenance Information Handbook;
• Associated literature.

• Download | 1980 Rover 3500 SD1 NAS Owner’s Handbook extract PDF

• Download | 1980 Rover 3500 SD1 NAS Maintenance Handbook extract PDF

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1981 Rover 3500 SD1
Original keys contained in a concealed box of a 1981 car.

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1981 Rover 3500 SE Fuel Injection, Victorian selling dealer, delivered new to New South Wales 1 December 1981
Owners Handbooks and related literature supplied with 1981 Rover 3500 SE ‘Fuel Injection’. This car was sourced through Leyland Australia dealer Stewart Webster, Seaford, Victoria and delivered new through Regency Automotive, Hornsby, New South Wales on 1 December 1981.

• Four Handbooks were provided:
• Australian Market Owners Handbook;
• Australian Market Emission & Evaporative Loss Control, Equipment & Maintenance Information Handbook;
• Mastercare Service Handbook.
• Pioneer KE-1000 Cassette Car Stereo AM/FM Owner’s Manual

• Download | 1981 Rover 3500 SE Fuel Injection Owners Handbook Wallet Extract PDF

• Download | Pioneer KE-1000 Cassette Car Stereo AM-FM Owner’s Manual PDF

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1983 Rover Vanden Plas 3500
Owners Handbooks typically supplied with a 1983 Rover Vanden Plas 3500.

• Three Handbooks were provided:
• Australian Market Owners Handbook;
• Australian Market Emission & Evaporative Loss Control, Equipment & Maintenance Information Handbook;
• Mastercare Service Handbook.

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1984 Rover 3500 SE
Extract of Owners Handbooks and related literature supplied with 1984 Rover 3500 SE delivered new through Purnell Motors, Arncliffe, New South Wales, 10 September 1984.

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1985 Rover 3500 SE & Vanden Plas
Owners Handbooks and related literature typically supplied with a 1985 Rover 3500 SE and Vanden Plas 3500.

• Download | 1985 Rover 3500SE & Vanden Plas Owners Instruction Manual PDF

• Download | Rover Emission & Evaporative Loss Control Equipment & Maintenance Information Handbook PDF

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Dealer Delivered Radios
• Supplied with Rover 3500 SD1, 3500SE & Vanden Plas 3500;
also Rover Quintet & Rover 416i

Below: Pioneer KE-2000 (1981 3500 delivered Commonwealth Motors, Canberra ACT. Also found in 1981 3500 delivered Kellow-Falkiner Pty Ltd, South Yarra Victoria)

Below: Pioneer KP-7201H (1983 Quintet delivered Whitehorse Motors, Nunawading, Victoria)

Below: Pioneer KE-1000 (1984 3500 VDP delivered Kellow Falkiner Pty Ltd, South Yarra, Victoria)

Below: Pioneer KEZ-4008 (1984 3500 SE delivered Purnell Motors, Arncliffe, NSW)

Below: AWA Clarion AM/FM Cassette Car Stereo (1985 Rover Vanden Plas 3500 delivered Regency Automotive, Hornsby, NSW)

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After Market Publications

• Gregory’s Motor Vehicle Log Book
• 3rd Edition, reprinted 1989/92
• 64 pages including: motoring hints, metric conversion tables, fuel and oil log, service and repair log, spare parts and accessories log, trip expenses log.
• Note that the publisher has included in the cover design a skeleton outline of a vehicle which we believe to be based on the SD1 Rover.