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The Classic Rover Collection
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| Rover P4 | |||||||||
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Rover P4 1954 -1964 |
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75 - 80 - 100 - 95/110 - 105R/105S 'Aunties' came with a bewildering range of engines, but when it's your only model you have to cover all the bases! Whichever you choose there's plenty of leather and wood to surround you. Quintessential British saloon car motoring at it's very best. |
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Rover P4 (dark shading) |
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Rover 3-litre & 3.5 Saloon 1962 -1973 (Tower Bridge) |
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The ultimate in ministerial or personal royal transport. No other British car of the 70's had the same air of solid worth and self-effacing dignity. It was held in such high esteem that a batch were kept in storage and used for cabinet duties well into the 80's. Harold Wilson had a special pipe-rack fitted to one, whilst the Queen could often be be seen driving round Windsor in hers. |
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Rover 3.5 Saloon |
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Rover 3.5 Coupe |
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Modern and dignified styling by David Bache outside; African Cherry wood dash,
thick Wilton carpet and leather almost everywhere else, this was an
Edwardian Gentleman's club on wheels. But boy could it move! 184bhp. 0 -50 in under 9 seconds and a top speed of 108 mph. Britain's best loved luxury saloon of the 70's. |
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| Rover P6 | |||||||||
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Rover P6 2000 Series 1 1963 - 1973 |
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Out with the
old... in with the new! Another winner from the pen of David Bache. The first ever 'young man's' Rover. Filled with all the latest safety technology and good for 100mph, here was the car fit for the dawn of the motorway age.... it could cruise in the high 80's and return 32mpg. A brilliant piece of British engineering. One of the great saloon cars of the 60's... as mould breaking as the Mini! 90bhp. 1978cc. 104mph. Production 121,072 |
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Rover P6 2000 Series 2 1973-1977 (TC shown) |
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Plastic
grille and a bit of an exterior tart-up from 1973 destroyed the purity of
the original design, but still a fine looking car. TC (Twin Carburettor) ups power to 124bhp. American car safety campaigner Ralph Nader paid Rover it's best ever compliment when he said of the P6... '' how all cars should be built.'' Production 87,803 |
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Rover P6 3500 V8 Series 1 1968 - 1973 |
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Shoe-horning the Buick 3.5 litre V8 under the bonnet of the P6 in 1968 turned it into a genuine Jag-eating machine and much favoured by Police forces around the country... you just couldn't outrun them! |
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Rover P6 3500 V8 Series 2 1973 - 1977 |
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More of the same with that plastic grille! To my mind a great car spoilt by a facelift... shame. Still an awesome piece of kit though. |
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Rover P6 3500 V8 Series 2 (light shading) |
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Downside... Rust and British Leyland's quality control! Production of 3500 78,057 |
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| Rover SD1 | |||||||||
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Rover SD1 Saloon mk1 |
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Another
master-class in the art of automobile design for David Bache. The long, low Ferrari Daytona inspired lines gave it a real commanding presence on the road. Whilst it was a superbly engineered piece of machinery the build quality was not as good as it should have been and therefore in many respects it ended up as a 'nearly' great car. |
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Rover SD1 Saloon mk2 (wire wheels) |
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Its Buick 3.5 V8 lump did command respect and whilst the SD1 was a heavyweight
machine, it could be hustled along to well over 100mph in some comfort. Loved by the Police as you could stuff so much into that boot!. Alas, even after a decade, production figures never reached 100,000. |
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Rover SD1 mk2 Vitesse |
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Respect man! 190 bhp and 125+ mph... Awesome! |
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Rover SD1 mk2 Vitesse (light with decal) |
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