I can't defend the colour

[Huntsman]

Bought it a while ago, tomorrow its off to a classic car garage for a few jobs, then I plan to drive it.

[HTP99]

Yep brown, thought this before I opened up the thread, go for it, I love a brown car....!

[The Rotrex Kid]

I love it.

What is it? A Volvo?

[sixor8]

Hand in your PH card at the door. The 3500 badge is a big clue; it's a very rare Rover P6 estate / shooting brake. Only development models were made I believe.

[LunarOne]

Rover P6 Estate I believe!

[Xcore]

A rare beast!

[The Rotrex Kid]

sixor8 said:

Hand in your PH card at the door. The 3500 badge is a big clue; it's a very rare Rover P6 estate / shooting brake. Only development models were made I believe.

Hard to see on mobile! Cheers for the info

[Got4wheels]

I had no idea an estate model existed!

Love the colour!

Michael

[toasty]

Dayum, that’s ugly!

Even in mint condition, it’d still be a horror to look at.

I like it!

[finlo]

sixor8 said:

Hand in your PH card at the door. The 3500 badge is a big clue; it's a very rare Rover P6 estate / shooting brake. Only development models were made I believe.

Actually FLM panelcraft HR Owen and Crayford did the conversions with Rovers blessing.

[Huntsman]

Its a Rover P6 Estoura. About 160 were made, around 10 on the road.

Its my 4th P6.

[Louis Balfour]

I can defend the colour.

I remember when there were lots of Rovers this colour on the road. It is one Rover colour that never looked dirty.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

That's not a colour I'd choose new but it looks perfectly-suited to that.

[Getragdogleg]

A long while ago, there is another row of containers on top of that row now.

I remember the Rover being here, the lad that has them has a lot of spares in storage with us too.

ETA: Its more of a tone than a colour.

Edited by Getragdogleg on Monday 3rd April 20:47

[ParaBen]

A chap in the village I grew up in had one, exactly the same colour. I loved it then and still do now!

He also had a Yellow 2200TC and a prototype SD1 full of pre drilled holes for aerodynamics testing.

I believe he’s still got the 2200TC, but late into his octogenarian phase he’s given up the rest. Now he has one of those MG 3’s (?) as a daily and spends the rest of his time flying his Piper Cub!

Not sure I’ll be doing that in 30 years time!!

[P5BNij]

Good old ‘Tobacco Leaf’, my favourite P6 colour!

Estimates vary as to how many Estouras were done, some say 160, some say over 200, I wonder if we’ll ever know for sure.

Edited by P5BNij on Monday 3rd April 23:17

[Oceanrower]

I used to have a brown P6 but it was a long time ago and I remember mine as darker than that.

I do recall, however, that the log book described it as “Burnt Biscuit Umber”.

Whatever. It was brown…

[RC1807]

TBF, there’s a strong chance that when new, the owner would have had a suit of a similar shade and would have been camouflaged next to the car.

It’s “baby poop”, isn’t it?

[-Cappo-]

My first 3500 P6 was also in Tobacco Leaf. A colour "of it's time"

Second one was a dark green, possibly metallic? Made a few bob on both of them back in the day.

[Jhonno]

Nothing to defend! Cool colour and very cool car!

What are the plans?