Finally re-building the heater fan motor, which didn’t work previously. Looking much better now, fit for another 50 years.
Stripping the heater fan motor. This is from the rear heater, but this same basic motor was used on many British cars from the 1950’s through to the 1970’s (and maybe into the ’80’s). The rear heater fan motor sticks-out the bottom of the car, so I wasn’t expecting this…
Taking the heater apart, which is messy and slow!
Onto the front heater and its removal, getting ready to refurb the whole heater system.
Time to remove the rear heater, which has never worked, and for some time I’ve wanted to replace the coolant pipes that run to it. The condition of this is quite surprising when I finally get it open and removed.
Finishing the rear door, fitting the trim etc.
Starting work on completing the rear doors – making a new door seal and refitting all the trim.
Just uploaded the conclusion to re-trimming the front doors. The next video (unsurprisingly)…rear doors. Plus!…a new section looking at some of the Rover P5 collectables I’ve accumulated over the years. Brochures, magazines and period car accessories – subscribe to avoid missing this ground-breaking feature, which critics have described neither as…
The speed that Scott and Al (and probably other Agents) are moving with the P5 puts my efforts at working on the P5B completely to shame. This week the P5 is fully dis-assembled, has the front subframe removed and the body mounted on a rotisserie:
Latest video as I (finally) do some more work on the P5B. This video is about renovating the front doors and beginning to refit the trim. The next video will be finishing the front door and starting the rear door.
