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I remember my dad had one of these (1979) loved the smell of the interior and going on holidays back in the day. He passed away with Covid last September nearly a year ago, I know he will be smilling watching this - he loved his old cars - I think his favourite was his Triumph 2000 with overdrive. Thank's for posting
So glad you rescued this car. It is famous to all of us who live in Whitefield / Prestwich. It has been sat at prominent traffic lights for ages. Please pass on our best wishes to the previous owner. Please restore this car. I wanted to do it but was unsuccessful. Lets hope you can drive it back to Whitefield so the previous owner can see it. Do a "CAR SOS" thing.
Wonderful video, so great to see that you are trying to rescue these beautiful cars from being scrapped. With enough time and some money this looks like it could be a great example of the series 2 P6, and they are lovely cars to drive and be driven in. I've had three since 1978, a 1968 series one, and two different 1972 series two cars. Sadly space and time stop me from currently owning a P6.
That four banger sounds wonderful. I was stationed in England '89-'92 and don't recall seeing one of these models. Very unique looking. There are quite a few Land Rover SUVs here in Kansas City even though I believe they are very expensive to buy and maintain.
The video brought back beautiful memories, my first even car was Rover P6 2.2 TC, bought in 1978 and sadly was sold in 1988 for a Ford Cortina Ghia. The greatest car I ever had, will never forget how easily the gears shifted and how stable it has even at high speeds.
love these old Rovers. A friend of mine way back, His dad use to Banger Race this particular model, back in the late 70s early 80s. Another friend had the V8 P6 use to thrash it to an inch of its life . Great video, cant wait to see the end result.
Thanks for all the videos. Good to know someone is out there fighting the P6's corner. Being a 1977 (registered May) I'm guessing it must be one of the last. Hope it can be saved. Cheers Ian E
That is unfortunate that the body is buggered. I love the lines of it from what I can see in the garage. Can't wait to see what it looks like cleaned up and out in the open.
Great video. Really enjoyed it. As you say, a rare desirable model and initial look says it is well worth saving. Great find. Look forward to the next video once she’s in the open and the clean up begins.
I never understood the Kenlow fan thing - always a popular option. I had both the 2200TC and the V8S, and neither overheated. And as for saying that the P6 wasn't designed for the V8, it wasn't designed for the 4 pot, either. It was designed for the gas turbine. The V8 was made of aluminium and at the time perhaps people were worried that - if it did overheat - it would warp expensively, a common problem with the Shag, but never, in my experience, with the Rover engines.
My dad had two of these as I was growing up, the first was green and had black seats, he blew that up doing a burnout in it though! .. Second was a mustard yellow with tan interior. We took that everywhere and they had it until it rotted away to the point it was not weldable any more. good memorys indeed of both cars! :)
I passed this car for yrs seeing it eventually up on axle stands and hoping the owner would one day get it on the road again I wondered where it had gone to and now I know Best of luck with it
Thats brought back some memories, my old man had an N reg 2200 TC used to nick off with it on fields at 16. Also first time ever drove on motorway plus towing a trailer a year later. Kenlow fitted but retained the power sapping viscous.
Never understood why peeps fitted a Kenlow fan and left the tin fan on. The whole point of fitting a thermo operated electric was so you could bin the tin, operate at optimum temp and save a few horses for speed.
I was wondering what happened to this particular car. I used to live in Whitefield about 15 minutes' walk from it. It was a tragedy waiting to happen. Glad it's in good hands.
Gorgeous car , loved these . They copied the Citroen DS , my ultimate favourite car , by bolting stress free panels to the framework underneath . One big problem you could almost watch them rusting away .
Thank you for the nice video.I like the P6,but i think They rust so bad.I think i want a P6.Welding is mot A problem,but if they are really so hopeless,than i have to get it out of my mind.
She has some serious potential, this wee beasty. Please try to keep the Webasto (Britax / whatever) when yu sort the roof.....if possible. It's a uniquely British thing and I think it adds something (besides water to the interior if the seals aren't maintained) to the class of the vehicle. A quick check of the VIN plate will give you the paint code for the original colour if you're interested in confirming what it was originally, but they DO look so good in white - especially with a black roof and the S wheel trims. I've always wondered why you created the new channel. Is it mentioned in any of the videos?
Yeah she really does I am not sure weather to keep it or sell her on the only thing is Kismet my first P6 needs a complete donor car so will have to find another car! If your not subscribed already please consider doing so.
Kenlowes were aimed at fuel efficiency… great to see the period switch and indicator in the car. I hope the car lives on… a parts bin runout special 2200 TC with a Webasto roof is a significant exhibit in Britain’s motoring history.
@@classic_britain Yes, which is why I was surprised to see that this car still had the fixed water-pump fan still fitted and spinning away. With no fan you get a faster warm-up especially in winter... back then people would blank off a lot of the front grill area to stop excess freezing air blowing in. Also there is fan noise at higher RPM / speeds when the fan is not needed, which is why slipping viscous fans came in with the SD1s as well as Stags, TR7s etc.
Hello what a find but I have to ask because I'm only 50yo and never really worked on p6's but certainly worked on a few SD1's. Now whilst that (I think Buick) rover v8 was the best car engine of all time did it not sit that well in a P6?
Hello mate yes they are ok in the P6 but they did suffer with overheating issues. I would have to disagree with you on the best engine they are dirty engines that love to block up breathers and eat camshafts and as for tuning 400HP is about it. I would say the 1UZ Lexus engine is one of the best DOHC 4.6 and forged from the factory!
It will be the usual P6 story ..... if the areas of rust you can see are that bad, then the areas you can't see will be even worse and it will be a scrap body unless you've £20k to throw at it. ☹
Andrew late 77 is S reg. Early 77 is R. But I have seen a couple of Sd1s on P plates too from late 76. I also have a brochure dated 76. As for the p6s they were probably mostly built before sd1 production started but sat around un registered. Apart from the VIPs that were built in very limited quantity alongside.
My dad was attempting the timing chain on my uncles 2200 when he dropped it into the sump they gave up and the car was scrapped, it was probably pretty ropey knowing my uncle.
I can see by the other comments on here that I'm very much in the minority but I owned one of these things nearly 40 years ago, 1 owner from new, very low mileage, extensive service history and immaculate. Probably the worst car I've ever owned. It was as thirsty as hell, handled like a kipper in a frying pan and compared to other 2.0 litre cars of the time was glacierly slow. These cars were a perfect example of why the British motor industry was knackered. Just saying!
@@classic_britain it was right, it was perfect (for a P6) it had less than 40k on the clock when I bought it from a serving police officer and it had been maintained religiously by the local rover dealer. It rolled on corners because it was so heavy, did about 20 mpg and it was slower than my brothers Mk3 cortina. I know old duffers liked them because they were British but they were never a good car. I bought one because I remember my uncle having one when I was a kid but I should've spoken to him first because the first time he saw it he laughed and asked me why I had bought it, turned out that he'd had a volvo before but fancied a rover because they used them on Z cars or the sweeney? He only had it for a few months before he got rid and bought another volvo.
