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This Rover P5B as a first classic?

  • 06-03-2013 7:26pm
    #1
    Liam D Ferguson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭


    Spotted this and am a bit of a fan of the P5B.
    http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C360275

    Curious to know what the clever people on this forum might think, as I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to metal things with wheels...:o


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  • #2
    kev1.3s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C364092
    I don't know much about them but I do know that this is the more sought after and it's a bit cheaper and all.


  • #3
    Grimreaper666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭Grimreaper666


    kev1.3s wrote: »
    http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C364092
    I don't know much about them but I do know that this is the more sought after and it's a bit cheaper and all.

    The coupe are more sought after but not the straight 6 3 litre one, go for the P5B coupe with the V8 engine. Be prepared to spend lots on fuel though!!


  • #4
    johnty56
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 822 ✭✭✭johnty56


    The first one has been for sale for a fair while ...


  • #5
    kev1.3s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    Grimreaper666 wrote: »

    The coupe are more sought after but not the straight 6 3 litre one, go for the P5B coupe with the V8 engine. Be prepared to spend lots on fuel though!!
    Yeah the 3 litre one is probably more suitable for the current Ireland we live in.


  • #6
    kev1.3s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    johnty56 wrote: »
    The first one has been for sale for a fair while ...
    Bit on the steep side maybe?


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  • #7
    Liam D Ferguson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭Liam D Ferguson


    Thanks all. I know the P5 is probably the favourite of the Rover purists, but I figured that the P5B would be a bit more practical as the Buick/Rover V8 engine has been used in so many different cars that it shouldn't be hard to find parts / experts etc.

    Would actually prefer the P5B Coupe but I don't see any nice ones for sale for reasonable money at the moment.

    I've already started saving up for the petrol. :eek:


  • #8
    DaveCol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 353 ✭✭DaveCol


    Quentin Wilson did a piece on the P5B on the old Top Gear

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Kc7UL24wQ


  • #9
    johnty56
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 822 ✭✭✭johnty56


    There seems to be a pretty big range in prices for these, both coupes and saloons.. I don't really know enough about them to know if its justified but I have to say if it was me I'd be going for the B.....

    There was one at the recent show at the RDS, parked outside with a for sale sign on it.. I have to say it sounded pretty sweet but didn't get a good look at it. The 11 grand price tag put me off!


  • #10
    Do-more
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,748 ✭✭✭Do-more


    Something to practice on?

    €500.

    View2-18046633.jpeg

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/4672342

    invest4deepvalue.com



  • #11
    Liam D Ferguson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭Liam D Ferguson


    Do-more wrote: »
    Something to practice on?

    €500.

    Hmmm...with unlimited funds and storage space, this would make sense as a parts donor. But as I live on an estate I'd imagine I'd get no end of grief from the neighbours for having this crumbling on my driveway, not to mention the wrath of Mrs F. :D


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  • #12
    Stained Class
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Stained Class


    The P5B is one of those cars that has an unmistakable presence. I always liked them.

    I quite liked the idea of arriving at places in a 'Wheeled Cathedral'.:D

    A few years back, I went to look at one with the intention of buying.

    Maybe it was because it was stored in a small shed, but it looked Massive....& unweildy.

    I went off the idea straight away..

    The vendor also had a P6, which he was restoring. Seeing it planted a seed.

    A few months later, I bought a P6B.

    Brilliant car!


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