Two Weeks To Save This British Classic! A Gorgeous 1962 Rover P4 100 2.6 Straight 6 

I was born in 1956. My father had the rover 100. We travelled all over Ireland in it. When I was 14 years old. My father let me drive it along the beach. I could hardly see over the wheel lol. It brings me back to the good old day's. So I hope you get it sorted. Good luck with it. ..

I love the old P4 'Auntie' Rovers, I used to drive a 1955 P4 90 Flat front wings in a lovely shade of RAF blue with a mint dark blue leather interior about 40 years ago, It was my daily driver and never let me down, It was non overdrive and had the freewheel on the gearbox which was a bit of a novelty! I sold it back then for £500 which was a good price at the time, I so wish i still had it as it had so much charm and the vintage straight cut 1st gear was sublime!

Episode 3 woohoo! That’s music to my ears. You are a legend.

A small suggestion from an old bloke on the use of the starting handle : if you put your thumb around the end of the handle, as your mate does, one day it will kick backwards and that thumb will be broken/dislocated.

Iv got one of these in this weekend and im just blown away with how majestic they are !! Old school really is the best school !!!!

Put the battery back in its rightful place under the rear seat because have it where it is now the heat of the exhaust will melt the battery. Plus it will be easy to work on the starter motor.

much better than the tele ona friday night, roll on episode 3

You are such a valuable humble, hard working and good-spirited man. Your values are in the right place no doubt. I wish you all the best in life, marriage, family and health. Sending my best from Santa Fe, New Mexico USA

Another great effort, Ben. You must have the patience of a saint. I'm sure everyone is looking forward to episode 3. I know I am 🙂👍

What an ACE accomplishment. Well done for sheer bloody determination 😊

Rover P4's deserve to be loved. They really do!

Great video, very enjoyable! Having the luxury of the hydraulic lift certainly makes life alot easier than crawling around on the ground. 🙂❤👍

I love the fact you have a Summit Racing banner in your shop. I live about an hour from their headquarters, warehouse and store (Summit County Ohio, USA)

Love this series, When I was little here in Australia my dad had a couple of these, one was the early "Cyclops" version.. Dad isn't with us anymore, but this brought back some memories :)

Loving the P100 episodes as much as the Panhard - these cars have so much character as do you Ben !! Thanks for the great entertainment 👍

Got a neighbour who has one of these under a tarpaulin and been sitting on his drive with an old Range Rover and an old BMW. I wished he were like you and got them on the road. They are all wrapped up.

I've been waiting for this one to drop... Tasty Classics and a take away, what a way to finish off a Friday!

Amazing episodes here, we asked 1000 auto parts, "Will there be an episode 3" Resounding YES!!!!

Really enjoyed 1&2 , you have put a lot of work into that old rover , your nearly there , good luck from Ireland 🇮🇪

Very wise to just put it aside and come back another day. Gives you time to think. Many, many cars had cartridge oil filters, maybe all of them, before the introduction of spin on types. There is probably a conversion kit for it like on my Austin A60. I am surprised you have never come across one before. As you have said, the wiring is a nightmare on this car so top marks for getting it to work as well as it does. I am eagerly awaiting part 3 and I am sure your gritty and witty skills will save the day, and Aunty too. 👍

I'm so pleased you are doing a third episode 😊 I so want to see her back on the road. Hope you and your good lady have a great time in Brugge 😊

1st time watching, totaly fascinated. I came from an era when all the dads in the streets on Sun would have their cars on ramps repairing cars for Monday work. Modern cars are designed to deter self help with sealed electronics. Have subbed.

The rover brought me to this channel and what a great channel it is.bin binge watching most of it over the last couple of weeks,the scimitar,both the mercs the van,the ambassador and panhard.all brilliant,watch mondeo next and allegro i think.your doing great,look forward to episode 3.👍

Thoroughly enjoyed the 2nd episode Ben. I’m glad we are getting a 3rd. Thank you 😊

Ben, I can’t tell you how much I’m enjoying your channel. And wow what an enormous amount of work you’re putting into this car. All I can say is thanks for bringing us all along for the highs and the lows! Oh and you really should have an address for fans of the channel to send you stuff through the post! Superb channel! Keep up the good work!👍🇬🇧

Well that's Friday night sorted! I hope it's HOURS long

1 years ago today i found ben on 17k subs doing the mini ,what a differance a year makes keep it real ben hope this vid isnt one of his short ones

I’m happy there will be a part 3 of this. Lovely car and I’m sure you’ll get a road trip in this soon.

What a video Ben, so much effort and hard work,I felt your frustration, I so glad there is going to be a part 3, to see the rover driving on the road is going to be brilliant, enjoy your break away,you deserve it,looking forward to the next car,take care.

Old school in Australia, tip a container of table pepper into the radiator while motor is running, no pepper? tip a raw egg into the radiator, it will do the same thing, stop leaks in the cooling system. ( it works ! ) leave the motor running for about 20 minutes after treatment. ( pepper is best, fixed my truck, and didn't leak for 4 years after adding pepper, then sold the truck.

Hello. I've just found your channel and love it. That SU carb needs attention though. If you take that intake pipe off, try to lift the piston with your finger. It's probably stuck in the dash pot by drit. Also don't be putting too much oil in the top..that's just a damper. Looking forward to episode 3.

I had a 1954 P4 Rover 60, it was the only one out of A P6, Cortina, SD1, and a chevette, that started in the 1980's big freeze, I loved it!

Those wipers look well designed. If you can reload new rubber blades to the existing wiper arms, it’ll look & function perfectly well.

Hi Ben, the Tube suggested your video and thank the Lord of Rusty Chod that it did. What a superb video. You seem to be a UK Vice Grip Garage and I love it. I’ve shared your channel on Facebook and suggest other people do the same as your channel is criminally undersubscribed. Love the Rover and I’m off to browse your back catalogue. Keep up the brilliant work 👍

Those rubber snakes were a popular child’s toy in the early 1970’s

I would change the condenser capacitor too? A lot of your symptoms show classic signs of condenser failure.

Back in 1965 I owned a 1957 black Rover75 what a fabulous car she was with red leather upholstery. I paid £75 for it, my wage was £5 per week. And I got 4 gallons of petrol for £1.

It's in surprisingly good condition 😁 These have floating brake cylinders I believe, so need to move freely not bolted tight to back plate.

Longer the better on these vids

Good Evening Ben. You are Amasing. What you have achieved for this Beautiful English Classic vehicle, very Well done you. I really do take my Hat off to You for such Determination and True Grit to get this Beauty up and running. I really did Enjoy and Admire your Engineering and Technical Skills and problem solving. Old Engines and old Mechanicals are not easy to work out the solution and find what is wrong. I know Ben, You my Friend will get this Incredible vehicle running as smooth as a knife through butter. You will be driving this Beauty down the road. This was one of your Best and Detailed video's that i thoroughly Enjoyed. Big respect and I Salute You Ben. Jonathan.

In 1970 I was in the army and had a ten year old Auntie. Land rovers from that period had a lot of parts which were inter changeable. You could try parts and see.

looking forward to episode 3 nice to see old cars brought back to life well done

You can just feel the quality of that car over the video. This is when the Brits could build a solid bit of engineering. Not sure if these rovers exported well?!?!.

My uncle had one that has the viking on the top,like a mascot ,it was a solid old car,no rust.

Ah! Poor Aunty in the naughty corner. When you get back, check the points. I’m betting they’re burnt again. If so, try a new condenser. Or, if there’s none there, fit one. The oil filter is a pretty normal BMC/Perkins type. You need to fish the old top seal out of the groove before fitting the new one. If you try to fit it with two top seals, the oil pressure can pop the seal out, dumping all the oil out on the ground. A very expensive Perkins 4.236, recently rebuilt, taught me that one. Somehow my fault that the owner kept driving with the red light on and the warning buzzer screaming, until it stopped, half a mile from home. People need to understand that a red light means stop, switch it off and get someone who’s not incompetent to look at it.

Well done with that wiring mate, spaghetti Bolognese. change the dashpot oil on the SU carb or the needle won't go up if the oil is shot and thick.

Love P4s, my Mum drove us around in hers when we were little kids, she had Land-Rover tyres on the back axle so she could tow her horse trailer across fields.

Man, my heart really went out to you for this one. Such a valiant effort. I really like this old Rover. I hope she gets back on the road. Looking forward to part 3! Top work 🫡👏🏼

With all the things going wrong, one after the other, I'm amazed no spanners were flying across the workshop Ben! Looking forward to the next episode.

Looking forward to ep3, having just put a 13 year off the road car back on the road, I know how all these little issues can slow you down. As said, get it running so you can confidently jump in a go out for the day.

Hi Ben. I’m sort of in the new brake shoes camp. I have often got away with reusing soaked shoes, but I have ( just once) also experienced a liner separating from the shoe, wedging up inside the drum and locking the wheel solid at speed. I was lucky all it cost me was a flat spot on what was a brand new tyre. I put it in the boot and kept it as a spare. I may have forgotten to mention it to the guy that bought the car and was very impressed with all the tread on the spare, a few months later. Oops! If the lining is riveted on, it wouldn’t cost me a thought, but bonded ones are not good, once soaked.

Loved these two videos! I admire your positive thinking and perseverance despite the niggles. It’s not that she doesn’t want to go back on the road, she’s just trying to tell you about the things that still need fixing. It’s all going to be worth it.

The UK Company Accu has in stock all imperial thread bolts, nuts fasteners etc if that's of any use to you.

Episode 3, yeah !!! The Rover is testing your patience for sure. Fab viewing, loving what you have done so far on it Ben.

mate you are what made us what we are. don’t stop. I’m 56 , & still learning. You legend. thank you for your content. I’m from Wiltshire, but if I ever wonted a machine that’s you. . all the best Nick

The fastest way to kill a couple of hours on a Friday evening - Essential viewing for all us tinkerers out there. So much better with bumpers. WIthout, looks like an old dude in a skirt. Love your old school welder mate round the corner - The sound of his welding is music to my ears as it takes me ages of adjustment to get that smoothness. Reminds me of a guy I used to know called 'Arc-eye Dave' - Never asked why.

i watch you for the cars and your good self and how you sort the little problems they throw you, who cares how long the vids are when the content is as fantastic as yours, keep up the fantastic work you legend

At 38:33 .... a HUB NUT sticker!!! Nice.

Another great long episode, and the section with the plastic razor blade really made me chuckle. Looking forward to episode 3.

the dash pot on an SU or stronberg carb is the accelerator pump. It ideally needs engine oil in there. I had the same issue with a mini engine in the middle of Wales one rainy night and got it going by dribbling oil off the dipstick into the dashpot.

Carbide scrapers are absolutely game changing when it comes to prepping surfaces! ( check out my 66 mustang that we converted to rhd and it now has a nissan titan v8 with a supercharger)

Love the dialogue,that’s what makes your videos so enjoyable,weldone🙏🙏🇬🇧🇬🇧

Just a suggestion on broken bolts. If they break flush or if like in 3 of the 4 you are dealing with… in the past I’ve Welded a Nut onto them… the heat does most of the work but I’ve been successful with all broken bolts. Failing that you’d be better with a Stillson on what’s left of the bolt. That old Girl is coming along fine. Wish I had it here in the States.. I’m from Lancaster originally… left in 1987 and never looked back. Great Videos Mate… onward and upward. Nigel

Two fuses? Luxury! If the seats are leather, some beeswax would make a nice sheen and smell.

I spent the first 40 odd years of my life driving/repairing old knackered cars because I hadn’t funds for decent newer cars and they sure can drive you to the limit but I just love the challenge of problem finding and sorting them out. I bought an unfinished kit car a few years ago that looked really good when I bought it but by the lord I was wrong and it took me 3 or 4 years to get it to pass its IVA but what fun 8 had doing it lol

You have done a great job on this old stubborn Rover. Can’t wait to see it on the road. It would also be great to see you drive it to Solihull. 👍👍👍 great channel.

Another great video! And can't wait for part 3. You made the right decision you don't have to rush things take your take and we'll be here to whatch!

Absolutely agree about “the nip”. Especially with cork gaskets. With modern, uniform composite materials, rubber gaskets can work well with specific torque settings, but old fashioned cork and paper ones are better by feel. Cork will also compress and may need an extra nip, after a few heat cycles. But, as a natural material, that may not happen, or may happen by different amounts in different places, so only experienced nipping can hope to keep that oil tight.

1962: UK..Use Whitworth Spanners and 26 TPI threads on fasteners....BA on electrics.

My wife's dad had one of these! Fantastic job, thoroughly enjoyed that - that horrible moment when the impeller casting broke - ouch, we've all been there! UGH! - oh and what is the music at around 1 hour thirty? Lovely!

No problem 👍🏻, we get a third instalment 😊 ! You tried, it fought you all the way saying I need more time parts and money 😂 👍🏻 Looking forward to the third instalment 👍🏻

Dont worry, you have one of the best car channel there is here on RU-vid 👍 keep them coming Ben 😊

It was great to see you do The old rover up. Even if it might not as you said not like to go back on The road. Looking forward to episode 3😊

Found your channel the other day. It's brilliant, best viewing in a long time. Eagerly awaiting part 3 😁👍

Brilliant work again Ben, huge turnaround for this old auntie. Sorry you didn’t manage out for a road trip but now we get a third helping! Have a great time in Brugge & can’t wait to learn what the new lfd is!

Copper tube an a pipe bender , any shape you like ,just add a couple of short hoses an bobs your uncle, MGs run solid heater pipe across the top of the rocker cover too , great channel, your living my dream that I only manage part time , no matter what these old timers throw ,you can't get a better sense of satisfaction , if only I could show you my victor f type restoration,, your resurrections look like new compared 😅, keep up the good work an your videos are never too long 👍

Came for something tasty, stayed for the rover.. I'm still hungry 😂 Great stuff! Looking forward to part 3! 👍

You did a good decide to wait before this Lady will back on the road , and you will defiantly succeed to get this car running ! Love your channel so much and watch every episode !! Having a great weekend in Brugge !!!!

Don't feel to bad mate. This is reality when you work on an old car. Enjoyed the vid. Looking forward to it being on the road

I'm amazed how you sorted wiring, it certainly looked as though someone had been there before.

Absolute joy to watch from start to finish. Thanks so much for doing what you do. Well done fella!

That was epic. I somehow missed you finding the radiator grill, I love the badges on it. Thanks for introducing me to the music of Kylie Dailey. BTW, I could imagine how this conversation would go... TC:"Dear, come and see this lovely old Rover that we are driving all the way to Bruges", SWMBO "Read these divorce papers!".

The charging issue is probably the voltage regulator, unless it’s a one wire alternator. Also the carby. Is probably full of that crap from the tank earlier on, strip the carby and put an in line fuel filter in.

Bollocks’d. A term I use often when spannering. Superb video as always. Keep going, this is epic.

Awesome video, Ben can't wait for part 3. Try a electric wholesaler for wiring needs.

It's hard to believe but in the 1970's the P4 was a very common sight on the banger racing circuit, so we spent years wrecking them! now all I want to se is them being restored, and I think this one should get a full on restoration, if I had the money and a workshop I would love to take it on, hopefully someone watching this feels the same, we should made these old motors great again.

Hey if there’s a part 3, I’m happy!

Good effort Ben the old rover is fighting you all the way hopefully you get it driving on the road in episode three , good luck 👍

I ended up with 3 shards of metal stuck in my lens /pupil because I was grinding without glasses,I also cut one of my knuckles to the bone when grinding without gloves. PPE is is there for a reason and it's entry level stuff but we all take chances without realising sometimes especially when you're under pressure to meet targets

Thanks for another great video. I'm a recent UK subscriber and I am so glad I found your channel last week. I am well and truly hooked and have been binge watching your videos all w/e. Watching you restore these gems reminds me of my first car which I bought in 1986. It was an old Mark III Ford Cortina hand painted with black Smoothrite, it had a metal coat hanger for an aerial and a permanent 'Tax in Post' note in the windscreen. I loved the curved wings and thought it looked especially nice when I swapped out the squared headlights with dual round ones. After the Mark III they ruined it IMO when they went all square with the Mark IV, V. To this day I have no idea what the difference was between the IV and V other than the wrap around rear lights :). I think the next version was the Sierra? Anyway, thanks again for all your hard work in creating this content, it's fantastic.

Ben, fantastic!! I don't mind the venerable Dame not wanting to go out... just yet...!! That gives us another chance to see her again in episode 3! Have a great trip to Bruges and rest assured that Madame Roveur will be waiting for you for some more TLC when you get back! Bravo so far! 👏 🙌 👏 👏 👍👌 🤣

Fantastic all the way through , and what a top save on that vintage water pump btw , lesser men would have collapsed and given up but i guess if you can withstand them filming the Tarporley chainsaw massacre next door whilst filming your car capers you can stand anything .

The spider was a female wolf spider that was a medium sized one they can get to body length of about 1 1/2 inches or bigger I had one in my garden shed back in the eighties and me my dad and brother would feed it daily and it grew massive did have a poleroid picture we sent with it when it died to the natural history museum but we never heard back but it was massive we called it Fred , keep up with the great work , shame that we can't build cars like this any more

A thing about the fuel line. We had a rover 90 for a while and it did exactly the same thing that happening to you 100. My old man took the drain plug of the fuel tank and the petrol gushed out then stopped. The culprit was a peice of paper towel, where some service station attendant had wiped around the filler cap and a peice of towel went down the hole. Dad fished it out with a peice of wire, and problem solved. Check it out!!

Lived in winsford in the early sixties and seventies as a child, oulton park was a big part of my life as we lived nr over hall, my Saturday job was for wheelers scrap yard Wharton , I now live nr where you picked up the Austin , mid wales, enjoying the channel a lot And the rover is very interesting. I had a p5 b not long after I passed my test in the late seventies early eighties

This is a fascinating project, this beautiful car fights you all the way Ben! You will get there. Looking forward to your trip.

This was entertaining, fantastic episode, older cars are ideal for tinkering with. Thank you so much for the lovely video, looking forward for part 3

Love this or who else was shouting at the screen it’s an ignition problem. LOL. This man never gives up I tip my hat to you sir

Another fabulous, entertaining episode. The Auntie Rover is fighting you all the way! Cannot wait for the next installment.

Hi Ben, I'm always amazed and thrilled to bits when you get these motors running again. Another great entertaining video, well done!