1973. Inflation has a significant impact on peoples lives, with the UK inflation rate running at 9.2% and the US running at 6.2% . This pushes-up prices which in turn leads to higher wage demands. There is a widespread fuel crisis as Arab members of OPEC restrict the flow of…
1972. The U.S. brings to an end its most divisive and unsuccessful military campaign as the last US ground troops withdraw from Vietnam. It’s a dark year for sport with the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes by Arab gunman. This year also sees the beginning of the biggest political scandal…
1971. The U.K. changed it’s currency, a process known as Decimalisation, on February 15th . The I.R.A. bomb The Post Office Tower (now called the B.T, Tower) in London. Following public concern over immigration in the U.K, a new Immigration Bill ends Commonwealth citizens automatic entry to the country. The…
1970. The Beatles, the best selling music act of all time, release their last Album and Paul McCartney announces their break-up at the end of the year. Music continues to make a significant impact with the largest-ever rock festival taking place on the Isle of Wight, with 600,000 people attending,…
The Rover brochure from late 1969. Rover were frugal in reusing images – most of the images here were from the cars launch in 1967.
1969. On 20th July one of mans crowning achievements takes place when astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to set foot on the Moon, uttering the immortal words “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. Opposition to the war in Vietnam increases with more and…
Rover 3½ Litre Brochure 1968. A beautiful brochure for the P5B that features some wonderful photos, many of which were used in subsequent years right through to 1973.
The ‘Literature Pack’ that was supplied with every new Rover P5B. The 3.5 Litre was supplied with a plastic wallet that contained the following items…
Rover are leading their passenger car brochure with the P5B. That makes sense as the car had only just been launched (in P5B form) at the British International Motor Show, Earls Court, London, from 18th to 28th October.
1968. In both Europe and America, imports of Japanese cars and other goods continue to rise, troubling the governments of the U.K. and U.S.A. as they worry about industries in their own countries being effected and jobs lost. In Vietnam, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops launch the Tet offensive….