A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[dandarez]

RichB said:

Dan Singh said:

P5BNij said:

Shame the photographer didn’t hang around until the bloke tried to hoist out the engine. I’m sure it would have been quite comical.

Imagine if another car had clipped that step ladder he's got set up almost in the middle of the road!

Nah, drivers were more courteous and used to look where they were going back then, unlike today!

[john2443]

Newhaven

[TarquinMX5]

P5BNij said:

Another dose of the old stuff....

Early P6 prototypes on test....




Possibly somewhere in Birmingham....



Junction 33 near Tinsley....

I think those Rovers are actually P7 prototypes, ie the 5-cylinder version of the P6 being considered before the V8 came along, hence the slightly extended front. The P6 was already in production before the square headlight one was registered. Great photos, though, keep them coming.

[bigothunter]

[Yertis]

TarquinMX5 said:

I think those Rovers are actually P7 prototypes, ie the 5-cylinder version of the P6 being considered before the V8 came along, hence the slightly extended front. The P6 was already in production before the square headlight one was registered. Great photos, though, keep them coming.

Do you mean 6-cylinder?

[P5BNij]

john2443 said:

Newhaven

Lovely shot - the loco is a London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 'Terrier' 0-6-0 Tank, when the photo was taken it was already about sixty years old. Several examples have been preserved

[Turbobanana]

P5BNij said:

Standard Flying Nine?

[P5BNij]

bigothunter said:

It's in the collection at Gaydon, a fantastic looking car very much of and ahead of the times....

[bigothunter]

P5BNij said:

It's in the collection at Gaydon, a fantastic looking car very much of and ahead of the times....

Front wheel drive with independent rear suspension utilising swing axles

[Tyre Smoke]

Hideous looking thing. Should have kept the P5b, much more modern looking than the thing that replaced it.

[TarquinMX5]

Yertis said:

TarquinMX5 said:

I think those Rovers are actually P7 prototypes, ie the 5-cylinder version of the P6 being considered before the V8 came along, hence the slightly extended front. The P6 was already in production before the square headlight one was registered. Great photos, though, keep them coming.

Do you mean 6-cylinder?

Ooops, yes, 6-cylinder. (In my defence, there was work on a 5-cylinder as well, M'Lud )

[P5BNij]

bigothunter said:

P5BNij said:

It's in the collection at Gaydon, a fantastic looking car very much of and ahead of the times....

Front wheel drive with independent rear suspension utilising swing axles

Visually, I think the painted wheels and hubcaps on this look better than the 'spoked' hubcaps they used on production S1 P6s. I wonder if they were P4 hubcaps...?

[Dapster]

P5BNij said:

"How's the rear parking camera performing in tests Roger?"
"Not so good guv. The theory was good, but we have to wait a week for the prints to come back from Boots....."

[Turbobanana]

Dapster said:

P5BNij said:

"How's the rear parking camera performing in tests Roger?"
"Not so good guv. The theory was good, but we have to wait a week for the prints to come back from Boots....."

Nearly spat out my coffee...

[P5BNij]

bigothunter said:

More of the gas turbine P6 here, from the side it has distinct echoes of Citroen about it....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKR6_GP9Dn8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmXQGpMwFHY

The Rover / BRM gas turbine which is also at Gaydon....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Il3sQLwUY

And at Le Mans in '66, the voiceover geezer sounds familiar and I'll wager the brown coated boffins are probably called Reg, Roy or Brian....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5oGKPa-ik4

Jet 1 and the P6 gas turbines.... the gentlemen of the press all appear very middle aged....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro632Co_XZA

Rover P5 production....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N79kzwNfUIk

Top Gear P5B clip from the '90s....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qeppOCEvC0

[Halmyre]

P5BNij said:

My dad traded in the left hand one for the right hand one. I've got the sales receipt stashed away somewhere.

[threespires]

The 'Talago'
Reg number 104 FJJ
Built 19/2/1963
Out of the factory 25/2/1963
Registered for the road 1/3/1963
Chassis number 400-00004
Line number 4
Colour listed as 'Willow Green'
The 4th P6 built on the production line and was an 'Off-Tools Prototype'

[bigothunter]

threespires said:

The 'Talago'
Reg number 104 FJJ
Built 19/2/1963
Out of the factory 25/2/1963
Registered for the road 1/3/1963
Chassis number 400-00004
Line number 4
Colour listed as 'Willow Green'
The 4th P6 built on the production line and was an 'Off-Tools Prototype'

One car in a batch of "Pilot Builds" to validate "Production Tooling" or identify build problems. Cars from final Pilot Build phase tend to be saleable units. This terminology is not Rover's. I wonder how rigorous their production prove-out was back in 1963 compared to today. Impact of warranty issues was probably less severe.

[P5BNij]

threespires said:

The 'Talago'
Reg number 104 FJJ
Built 19/2/1963
Out of the factory 25/2/1963
Registered for the road 1/3/1963
Chassis number 400-00004
Line number 4
Colour listed as 'Willow Green'
The 4th P6 built on the production line and was an 'Off-Tools Prototype'

Please tell me it's your driveway it's sat on....!

The 3500 prototype is for sale....

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1240403

[P5BNij]

The Duke of Kent takes Norman Dewis for a spin round MIRA in 1957....