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
About BGU 122G-Rover 3.5 Litre P5B Coupe
“…Shone Like A Meteor Streaming To The Wind.” (Rover 3 ½ Litre Brochure, 1968). My Rover P5B Coupe, registration BGU 122G, was manufactured 0n 22 August 1968 and despatched from…
Cleaning Rover P5 Seats With Gliptone Leather Cleaner
The last week has been really busy at work so I’ve just been driving the car, getting to know it better, and working out what needs doing first. So far…
Renovating a Rover P5B Centre Console
A major part of renovating the interior has been sorting out the centre console. This was in quite a bad state, dirty with worn carpet covering. So I set about…
The Man Who Haunted Himself
The Man Who Haunted Himself. This was where my love for the Rover P5B started. I seem to remember watching this film with my parents at home in the 1970’s…
Restoring the Rover P5B Interior
Restoring the Rover P5B Interior. Things have been pretty quiet on here recently, but there’s been no lack of progress on the car. I haven’t been using it much as there’s a…
Rover P5 and P5B Oils and Fluids
I’ve been looking around to find the best oils and fluids for the P5B, as (not surprisingly) most of the products the 46 year old Handbook recommends aren’t around any…
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.