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Post by touareguk on Jun 10, 2017 19:20:46 GMT
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Post by neil55 on Jun 11, 2017 6:23:17 GMT
wow what a find !!! so that is 1966 reg, L J was bournemouth/poole area i recall. Looking at the age of the property next door it could of gone in the garage when the house was brand new back in the early 70s and there it stayed. are you in the poole/bournemouth area?
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Post by enigmas on Jun 11, 2017 7:59:07 GMT
Juniper Green.
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Post by Warwick on Jun 11, 2017 8:13:33 GMT
Looks pale grey on my screen Vince.
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Jun 11, 2017 8:51:22 GMT
A good find well done! Already MOT'd and on the road
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Post by tonys on Jun 13, 2017 21:05:15 GMT
Great find. You asked what colour it is; it's possible that it is Steel Blue which, IIRC, was a greyish colour with a slight blue tint. It was available on the '66my MK111s, but not on the final year ones. The only other colour it could be is grey and both were available with blue trim, which doesn't help. It's difficult to tell as the car seems to be covered in dust and colours can be distorted on my screen. Is it possible that the mileage is genuine? From the limited view of the seat, it looks to be good. The sticker on the speedo was fairly common in the late 70's/80's (possibly earlier as well) when traders were selling cars. Or possibly had just clocked them There aren't many MK111s around now, so quite a rare car.
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Post by neil55 on Jun 14, 2017 20:56:28 GMT
so !!! what would the value of a find like that would be? ? and i only ask because it would be a question asked by general public, not so much genuine rover owners lol !!!!
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Post by PeterMadden on Jun 15, 2017 16:40:56 GMT
Great find. You asked what colour it is; it's possible that it is Steel Blue which, IIRC, was a greyish colour with a slight blue tint. It was available on the '66my MK111s, but not on the final year ones. The only other colour it could be is grey and both were available with blue trim, which doesn't help. It's difficult to tell as the car seems to be covered in dust and colours can be distorted on my screen. Is it possible that the mileage is genuine? From the limited view of the seat, it looks to be good. The sticker on the speedo was fairly common in the late 70's/80's (possibly earlier as well) when traders were selling cars. Or possibly had just clocked them There aren't many MK111s around now, so quite a rare car. Tony I think the sticker on the speedo is not a used car trader 'unverified mileage' but an original sticker advising owners to make sure the trip is set all the way to zero or something similar.
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Post by tonys on Jun 16, 2017 16:42:17 GMT
Great find. You asked what colour it is; it's possible that it is Steel Blue which, IIRC, was a greyish colour with a slight blue tint. It was available on the '66my MK111s, but not on the final year ones. The only other colour it could be is grey and both were available with blue trim, which doesn't help. It's difficult to tell as the car seems to be covered in dust and colours can be distorted on my screen. Is it possible that the mileage is genuine? From the limited view of the seat, it looks to be good. The sticker on the speedo was fairly common in the late 70's/80's (possibly earlier as well) when traders were selling cars. Or possibly had just clocked them There aren't many MK111s around now, so quite a rare car. Tony I think the sticker on the speedo is not a used car trader 'unverified mileage' but an original sticker advising owners to make sure the trip is set all the way to zero or something similar. Now that's got me thinking and trying to remember if I ever saw one! I can't read the sticker on my screen, which doesn't help. How many others like it are there still hidden away?
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Post by touareguk on Jun 16, 2017 19:11:19 GMT
Bought from a man in Bath who found it in Bornemouth, in 2017.
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Post by touareguk on Jun 16, 2017 19:20:41 GMT
Now cleaned and serviced, Milage is corect although no documented proof, were guessing edely gentleman bought car drover for a few years, became ill Daughter came to look after him, he passed away, she put car in garage and rented the house and returned to Yorkshire. Many years later she sold house advetised Local man bought it. didnt like it so put on car and classic, I answered the add but was sold, left name in case it fell through it did, I bought it site unseen for £10'000.
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Post by touareguk on Jun 16, 2017 19:42:47 GMT
My Rover P5 book tells me that for 1966 there were 10 standard paint colours. Three of which were greyish:
Charcoal: Blue interior Marine Grey: Blue interior Stone Grey: Blue interior
I go for Marine Grey or Stone Grey,
Any one else have a any ideas, must be another car out there in the same colour!
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Post by touareguk on Jun 16, 2017 19:45:02 GMT
No Blue interior for Juniper Green! not on my refrerence books.
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Post by touareguk on Jun 16, 2017 19:54:24 GMT
Hi I missed off steel blue available for 1966 also with blue interior, attached another Picture. showing orginal disca unused. and close up showing the colour. Attachments:
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Post by tonys on Jun 16, 2017 21:05:50 GMT
Looking at the better photos, I think it's Marine Grey. It's definitely not Juniper Green Charcoal is darker (but not 'black') and Stone Grey, IIRC, was very light in colour, sometimes more like a beige shade in my opinion. I eventually found this old advert for a P4 so not conclusive but might help as the P4s and P5s largely shared the same colours until the last year of so when they presumably started to move towards colour schemes that would follow on with the P5B www.thornfalconclassics.com/cars-for-sale.aspx?page=gallery&id=302I think I saw the P5 advert when it was on C&C
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Post by touareguk on Jun 17, 2017 14:41:35 GMT
I agree Marine Grey it is.
My initial guess was battleship grey,
until I checked the reference book and saw Marine Grey.
The add showing the P4 just confirms it for me.
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Post by touareguk on Jun 17, 2017 15:20:56 GMT
Total cost to purchase £10’000
Total estimated repairs and parts in progress.
£6500.00
All fluids changed.
Radiator Cleaned. Set of five new correct tyres.
Front bumper dented
Back bumper dented
Two over riders dented,
Above re chroming:
Front grill badge Brocken
Front grill dented new grill section.
One new hub cap.
Windscreen motor grease set solid,
Stripped and cleaned and regressed.
Interior stripped out and cleaned,
Headlining Cleaned in place.
Carpets cleaned.
Leather cleaned,
Body work:
O/s Wing scratched
N/S wing scratched
O/S door chipped
N/S door chipped
R/N/S door Chipped
R/O/S door chipped
Boot good
Bonnet good
Bottom half needs painting.
Making a total of £16’500.00
Completed in six weeks.
A bargain for such a unique car in such good condition,
The underside is as good as the outside and tells the tale of 41 years
In storage in a watertight garage,
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Post by neil55 on Jun 17, 2017 16:16:56 GMT
wow !!! thanks for the info, so if a selling price had to be put on it, would 20k seem reasonable? i am only asking because it seems the first question general public ask when you take your car out is, wow what are these cars worth these days
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Post by touareguk on Jun 18, 2017 10:49:07 GMT
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Post by tonys on Jun 18, 2017 18:39:19 GMT
Yes, it does. Thanks - I couldn't read the text on the first picture. It's surprising what 'useful information' you forget over time
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Post by touareguk on Jun 27, 2017 19:38:53 GMT
Have a question about rear number plate. my plate which is defineltley orginal. see attached: is on two lines, just spoted another car 1967 on E bay which looks original is on a sigle line, so is it down to local plate makers! Attachment Deleted
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Post by tonys on Jun 27, 2017 21:56:54 GMT
Both types would have been supplied when new. Having said that, the vast majority, in my opinion, were 'single line' but yours is not the only one I've seen on 2 lines. It probably depended on the supplying dealer and the P5 was unusual in that there was sufficient space for either option.
Your style is probably more 'old fashioned', in that many cars in the '50s still had the 'square', ie 2 line, rear plates, whereas cars in the '60s were generally moving to the wider rectangular plates. The original P4s had square rear plates and it might be that some of the more established dealers, or dealer owners, preferred the older style as did, perhaps, some of the original car owners. Of course, pure guess work on my part.
Rover fiddled around with the 'ROVER' bootlid badging over the years, increasing the spacing to make the rear look a wider and it might well be that people thought that the single-line plates made the car look lower and wider.
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Jun 28, 2017 18:28:07 GMT
#Both our P5B's from late 72
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Post by touareguk on Jun 29, 2017 7:08:48 GMT
GReat many thanks, I must admit the single line makes the car look wider. but will keep its as it is, on another point bought a brand new old stock tacho as the original was running at doble the speed. new one does the same any ideas, regards
Touareg
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Jun 29, 2017 8:52:59 GMT
GReat many thanks, I must admit the single line makes the car look wider. but will keep its as it is, on another point bought a brand new old stock tacho as the original was running at doble the speed. new one does the same any ideas, regards Touareg Tachometer cars numbered Suffix A and B Pt No 559411 Suffix C Pt No 570565 They are set for different pulse rates I would think Is the ignition standard?
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