1972 Rover P6 2000 SC

Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire 6000 - 8000 Registration No: RVL 767L Chassis No: 43610608B MOT: Exempt � A well-preserved example is finished in a period looking colour � Collection of parts invoices, old MOT certificates, P6 owners club News bulletins � Current V5c document Introduced in 1963, the 2000 was the sixth and last of the P-Series Rovers which began with the pre-WW2 Twelve. Designed in-house it bristled with innovation and was quite rightly the winner of the first-ever European Car of the Year Award. Braking was through discs all-round while fully-independent suspension comprised a novel de Dion arrangement at the rear and an equally unique rocker system operating horizontally-mounted coil springs at the front. The intention behind the latter was to create an engine compartment wide enough to accommodate Rover's gas turbine unit, though this was never fitted to production vehicles. Initially powered by a 1978 cc (hence the 2000 name) OHC in-line four-cylinder unit, the maximum output was 90bhp at 5,000rpm. Some 322,302 P6 Rovers of varying engine capacity were produced before the model was superseded by the SD1 in 1977. More information to follow: