Engine found! 2103cc

Well, here it is! I still can't get my head around the fact that the only engine that I could find for a Rover P4, in all of the world, turned out to be the correct engine for my car, but also happened to be only a 2 hour drive from me. This is even more remarkable when one considers that there are probably no more than a handful of early 1950s Rover P4s in all of North America.
Barry Lafberry is a retired BC Transit mechanic who is having fun rebuilding old Rovers. Here is a photo of his lovely 1949 P3.

.... and loading up the engine into my trailer.

... and arriving in my garage.

You will note that it was not only the correct engine, but also the correct gearbox, complete with the freewheel unit.
Barry and his wife treated me to a very nice lunch of potato soup and homemade bread while we chatted about Rovers, and some friends of theirs whose daughter lives in my home town of Gibsons.