You may have seen this program a few days ago, but if not I recommend trying to see one of the repeats – the Rover P5 and P5B doesn’t get much coverage on TV. If you’re not familiar with Wheeler Dealers, the basic idea is that the two presenters, Mike…
The Rover P5 Club will be holding their annual Rally on Sunday 13th September 2015, at the Beaulieu National Motor Museum, Hampshire, United Kingdom. The event is for all Rover P5’s and Rover P5B’s, plus anyone interested in the cars. This year is the 30th anniversary of the club, so…
Not a Rover, and about as far from the Rover P5 / P5B as a large car can be in terms of engineering and style, but the landcrab was a near competitor of the P5 /P5B, on paper if not in reality. Anyone fancy a slice of BMC rally history?
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 section.
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 my car almost perfectly) on this website. Paul has…
Matt Johnson kindly sent me the link to this article which I hadn’t seen before. Can’t say I agree with Alexei Sayle, but he’s someone I admire and he is at least a well-known (ex) owner of a Rover P5 – apparently he owned a 1970 P5B Coupe in the ’80’s: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/columnists/alexei-sayle/9902600/Alexei-Sayle-I-was-a-mug-for-buying-a-classic-car.html…