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:
The latest video from RoverP5.com, showing what I found when walking in the woods – an abandoned stash of car parts and cars.
You may recall this post from 2 years ago about a YouTube Channel called Cold War Motors in Canada who were going to restore a P5. Well, last yesterday there was an update about the car on their channel, and it looks like work will commence very soon. Since I…
You may recall this post from a few years ago, which links to a long-deleted advert on eBay for a Rover P5B rally car. Well, I just noticed that the same car is for sale again, but now it’s £10K cheaper. Click here to see the full advert with more…
This magnificent beast could be yours for £55,000. All the excitement of rallying without the tiresome discomfort, although beware that they’ve deleted the cigar lighter. To compensate they seem to have installed a high-capacity pipe-rack ahead of the gear lever. Joking aside, this is a really interesting car. Were you…
I really recommend you watch this video by Cold War Motors, subscribe and stay tuned for updates. P5’s being restored are rare on YouTube, and Scott has a deep and genuine appreciation for old cars, so this will be good.
Today, Driven To Write has featured the Rover P5 and P5B. The article is to their normal high standard, avoiding many of the tired cliches that other motoring journalists fall-back on. There isn’t a great deal of new information contained within, but it is a well written piece (certainly above…
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There’s a recent blog-post on the Rover P5 Club Forum (see here) about how to correctly jack-up a Rover P5 or P5B. I thought this was such an important topic that it was worth noting here. Obviously the P5 and P5B were designed with factory jacking points – the tubes…
One of the internets more thought-provoking car websites has written 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 are outside the ‘bubble’ of a particular marque or model. This article provides some…