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Driven To Write About a Viking Burial
My favourite car website writes about my second favourite car (which unfortunately never launched!). It's always interesting to read opinions on the cars we love from writers who care about cars but aren't inside the 'bubble' of a particular marque or model. This...
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RoverP5.com Review: Rover P5 and P5B The Complete Story
RoverP5.com Review: Rover P5 and P5B The Complete Story. Thinking of buying a Rover P5 or P5B? Own one but you don’t know the full history of these cars? Have an in interest in British cars? If so, then this definitive book by James Taylor should be on your bookshelf....
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Rover P5B Fuel Filter Safety Comparison
Rover P5B Fuel Filter Safety. There was an interesting and valuable discussion on the Rover P5 Club Forum recently regarding fuel filters for the P5B, started by another Richard (not me). Richard was highlighting potential safety concerns with the design of some...
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RoverP5.com Review: Rover 3 & 3.5 Litre Parts Catalogue Saloon and Coupe
RoverP5.com Review [Book]: Rover 3 & 3.5 Litre Parts Catalogue Saloon and Coupe. You may have read our review of the Rover 3 & 3.5 Litre Workshop Manual Saloon and Coupe. The Parts Catalogue reviewed here is the perfect complement to that, fixing a number of issues...
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RoverP5.com Review: Rover 3 & 3.5 Litre Workshop Manual Saloon and Coupe
RoverP5.com Review: Rover 3 & 3.5 Litre Workshop Manual Saloon and Coupe. This is an essential book for anyone who owns a Rover P5 or P5B. The manual provides an in-depth guide to working on both the Rover P5 and P5B, from changing a bulb to rebuilding the engine. The...
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Motortrend.com: 1970 Rover 3.5 Litre Coupe Classic Drive
Motortrend.com: 1970 ROVER 3.5 LITRE COUPE CLASSIC DRIVE. Not a recent article, but this crops-up quite regularly when I'm searching the web, so I finally thought I should share this here. The quality of the photography, in particular, makes this article...
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RoverP5.com Website Re-organisation
RoverP5.com Magazine and Website Re-organisation. As you browse the site you may have noticed that there's been a bit of a re-org of the website content, and a 'Magazine' now features in the navigation. We've taken this step to hopefully make things simpler to find,...
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Car For Sale: 506 YUU: Rover P5 Mk1A Automatic
RoverP5.com News: Car For Sale: 506 YUU: Rover P5 Mk1A Automatic. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BREATHTAKING-1961-ROVER-P5-Mk1A-AUTOMATIC-JUST-13-000-MILES-2-OWNERS-FROM-NEW/202343611195?hash=item2f1c9e7b3b:g:v54AAOSwdm1bJSZ5 The seller claims this car has covered just...
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Driven To Write
RoverP5.com News: Driven To Write. To look at the sales figures, read the magazines, or browse the websites, it's hard not to conclude that motoring journalism is in a terminal decline. The shift from printed media to digital is understandable and unstoppable, but it...
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Rover P5 and P5B Events Calendar Revamp
Classic Rover P5 (3 Litre) and P5B (3.5 Litre) Events Calendar. We've just updated the Events Calendar with 2018 events and a new design that makes it easier to browse and search for events. Take a look (go to News > Events Calendar in the menu, or just click here)...
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Classic Car MOT Exemption 2018
Classic Car MOT Exemption 2018. Don't forget that from 20 May 2018, most classic cars in the UK over 40-years-old will no longer need an annual MOT inspection. I say 'most' as vehicles that have been 'substantially changed' in the last 30 years will still need an MOT...
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News -50 Years: The Times, 21 March 1968 : 1-model US drive by BMC
1-model US drive by BMC By GEOFFREY CHARLES, Motoring Correspondent A concerted, one-model assault is to be launched on the United States car market today by the British Motor Corporation, with what they hope will prove an effective reply to the successful penetration...
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Driven To Write About a Viking Burial
My favourite car website writes about my second favourite car (which unfortunately never launched!). It's always interesting to read opinions on the cars we love from writers who care about cars but aren't inside the 'bubble' of a particular marque or model. This...
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Rover P5 in the Autumn.
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Motortrend.com: 1970 Rover 3.5 Litre Coupe Classic Drive
Motortrend.com: 1970 ROVER 3.5 LITRE COUPE CLASSIC DRIVE. Not a recent article, but this crops-up quite regularly when I'm searching the web, so I finally thought I should share this here. The quality of the photography, in particular, makes this article...
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Leyland-Rover-Triumph: Winners and Losers
Leyland-Rover-Triumph: Winners and Losers. Did B.L. make a fundamental error in choosing Rover as their leading brand in the early 1980's, rather than choose Triumph? It's an interesting question to consider, and one that has been raised on Driven To Write a few...
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How The Torque Converter Works
How The Torque Converter Works. Here's a fabulously period video explaining in very simple terms how a torque converter (aka fluid coupling) replaces the clutch on an automatic (or semi-automatic) car such as the Rover P5 and P5B. See more videos in the Television...
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Paul Flanders Design and Illustration
Paul Flanders Design and Illustration. As fans of the Rover P5 you may be interested to look at Paul Flanders website (www.tragus.co.uk). I found this by accident whilst idly browsing the web for P5B images, and Paul kindly agreed to me using this image (which matches...
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Rover P5B Fuel Filter Safety Comparison
Rover P5B Fuel Filter Safety. There was an interesting and valuable discussion on the Rover P5 Club Forum recently regarding fuel filters for the P5B, started by another Richard (not me). Richard was highlighting potential safety concerns with the design of some...
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Rover P5 and P5B Wheels and Tyres
Rover P5 and P5B Wheels and Tyres. Rover P5 and P5B wheels are 5 x 5in PCD bolt pattern (5 x 127mm), 15 inch diameter. On the P5 they are plain steel with chrome covers, whereas the P5B changed to what were popularly called Magnum style (as in Magnesium style), but...
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Rover P5B Oils and Fluids
Rover P5B Oils and Fluids. I've been looking around to find the best oils and fluids for the P5B, as (not surprisingly) most of the products the 46 year old Handbook recommends aren't around any more. So that I don't forget, and because this may be useful to others, I...
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The Man Who Haunted Himself
The Man Who Haunted Himself. Well, this was where my love for the Rover P5B started. I seem to remember watching this film with my parents at home in the 1970's (probably not on the films release - I'd have been 2). The combination of a staid but still somewhat...
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RoverP5.com Review: Rover P5 and P5B The Complete Story
RoverP5.com Review: Rover P5 and P5B The Complete Story. Thinking of buying a Rover P5 or P5B? Own one but you don’t know the full history of these cars? Have an in interest in British cars? If so, then this definitive book by James Taylor should be on your bookshelf....
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RoverP5.com Review: Rover 3 & 3.5 Litre Parts Catalogue Saloon and Coupe
RoverP5.com Review [Book]: Rover 3 & 3.5 Litre Parts Catalogue Saloon and Coupe. You may have read our review of the Rover 3 & 3.5 Litre Workshop Manual Saloon and Coupe. The Parts Catalogue reviewed here is the perfect complement to that, fixing a number of issues...
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RoverP5.com Review: Rover 3 & 3.5 Litre Workshop Manual Saloon and Coupe
RoverP5.com Review: Rover 3 & 3.5 Litre Workshop Manual Saloon and Coupe. This is an essential book for anyone who owns a Rover P5 or P5B. The manual provides an in-depth guide to working on both the Rover P5 and P5B, from changing a bulb to rebuilding the engine. The...
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RoverP5.com Review [Book]: The Strange Death of the British Motor Cycle Industry
RoverP5.com Review [Book]: The Strange Death of the British Motor Cycle Industry. This book provides a gripping description and analysis of the mis-steps and misfortunes of the British motor cycle industry, from the 1920’s through to the effective death of the...
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