Rover P5 (3 Litre) and P5B (3.5 Litre) Newspaper Articles
Newspaper articles about Rover and the events surrounding the company, during the period the P5 and P5B were in production. See how the newspapers reported Rover, B.M.C. and Leyland.
These articles are provided to add to the understanding of these cars. Copyright for the articles is obviously held by the respective parties. Given the passage of time since these were written and the fact they are approaching the end of copyright, under fair-use terms I hope nobody objects. If you do, please let me know.
Timeline
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Rover P5 Launches: 22nd September 1958
Alexei Sayle: I Was a Mug for Buying a Classic Car
Alexei Sayle: I Was a Mug for Buying a Classic Car Matt Johnson kindly sent me the link to this article which I hadn’t seen before. Can’t say I agree…
Rover P5B Engine Tune-Up
Rover P5B Engine Tune-Up. When I bought the car earlier this year the engine ran OK-ish, but not exactly smoothly. Being new to the P5B, I wasn’t sure how much of that…
Fitting a Radio to a Rover P5 or P5B
Fitting a Radio to a Rover P5 or P5B. I’ve spent some time trying to sort out the bodged mounting for the radio, which looked to be using a child’s Meccano…
Paul Flanders Design and Illustration
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,…
Into the Valley-Rover P5B Intake Manifold
Into the Valley-Rover P5B Intake Manifold. The time has come, whilst the roads are covered in salt, to fix a few mechanical issues that need fixing. Main ones are: Faulty temperature…
Fixing a Rover P5B Temperature Transmitter (Sender)
Fixing a Rover P5B Temperature Transmitter (Sender). As mentioned in a previous post, there are a number of jobs that need fixing in the area of the intake manifold, which I’ve…
Rover P5B Production Ends: 22nd June 1973
Total Rover P5 Production: 48,248
Total Rover P5B Production: 20.600