Rover P5 (3 Litre) and P5B (3.5 Litre) Brochures and Magazines
Brochures, magazines, literature and adverts. These show what a buyer may have read as they considered the purchase of a new P5 or P5B, together with some of the alternatives they might consider in period road tests, as well as the literature that came with the cars when supplied new by Rover.
These scans are provided to add to the understanding of these cars. All of these documents I own and have scanned myself, but copyright is obviously held by the respective parties. Given the passage of time since these were created they are approaching the end of copyright, and under fair-use terms I hope nobody objects. If you do, please let me know.
Timeline
On the timeline below, click any item to open it in a new page for reading.
Rover P5 Launches: 22nd September 1958
RoverP5.com Video: 2nd Drive of the Rover P5B Coupe. Waffle & Warble.
http://youtube.com/embed/On8CRbs–o4 via https://youtu.be/On8CRbs–o4
RoverP5.com Video: Rover P5B Handbrake. IN ACTION!
https://youtu.be/u3HD9OPD3SE via https://youtu.be/u3HD9OPD3SE
RoverP5.com Video: Quick Update and First Start
https://youtu.be/ZnIMYtH9hPg via https://youtu.be/ZnIMYtH9hPg
Like Rallying? Got £45K? Rover P5B Coupe Classic Endurance Rally Car (Part II)
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…
Cold War Motors 1963 Rover P5: Update 01
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…
Todays ‘Random Rover P5 Part’
Can you guess what these are? They’ll be starring in the next YouTube video {exciting, eh?).
RoverP5.com Video: Leaves and Left Behind (Cars)
The latest video from RoverP5.com, showing what I found when walking in the woods – an abandoned stash of car parts and cars. https://youtu.be/kUp1Z6XkAHw
RoverP5.com Video: Front Doors Part 1
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…
Cold War Motors 1963 Rover P5: On The Rotisserie
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…
RoverP5.com Video: Front Doors Part 2
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.…
RoverP5.com Video: Rear Doors Part 1
Starting work on completing the rear doors – making a new door seal and refitting all the trim. https://youtu.be/yxEv-LyzNr4
RoverP5.com Video: Rear Doors Part 2
Finishing the rear door, fitting the trim etc. https://youtu.be/b-2GL0EFVVk
RoverP5.com Video: Rear Heater Removal
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…
RoverP5.com Video: Front Heater Removal
Onto the front heater and its removal, getting ready to refurb the whole heater system. https://youtu.be/8O8CkzfB0cQ
RoverP5.com Video: Heater Strip-Down
Taking the heater apart, which is messy and slow! https://youtu.be/-RQKclF65Gg
RoverP5.com Video: Smiths Heater Fan Motor Strip-Down
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…
RoverP5.com Video: Update and Smiths Heater Fan Motor Refurb
Finally re-building the heater fan motor, which didn’t work previously. Looking much better now, fit for another 50 years. https://youtu.be/1WCPjjcHp4Q
RoverP5.com Video: Rear Shock Absorbers and the Cold Start
A quick update on the heater situation, replacing the rear shock absorbers (well, one of them), a look at the fuel reserve tap, and work on the Cold Start (aka…
RoverP5.com Video: Heaters and Boot Trim
A general update on progress, a look at the heaters (including the great front-heater fiasco of 2021), and sorting the boot trim. https://youtu.be/IJlyhhVYwX0
RoverP5.com Video: Front Heater. In Action!
Detailed view of the P5 and P5B front heater, showing the airflow paths for the different control positions. The Smiths heater unit is very similar to that used in other…
Rover P5B Production Ends: 22nd June 1973
Total Rover P5 Production: 48,248
Total Rover P5B Production: 20.600
Date Order
Items are presented in date order to show the progression from launch in 1958 through to the end of production in 1973. For brochures I’m using the publication year and month, not the model year they represent (before 1966, model years tended to run from October to September, and from 1966 from August to July, so a Brochure published in August 1967 is often referred to as a 1968 model year brochure).
All very confusing, so I’ve just used the publication dates so that brochures are in correct date order with magazine articles and other media.
