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Post by hollym on Jun 11, 2020 12:27:52 GMT
Hello!
Im looking for information on a P5b coupe. In 1992 my mums wedding car was a particular P5b coupe and she'd really like to know if its still around and how its doing ect. So if anyone knows the whereabouts of a blue, white roofed p5b coupe with the number plate SEL 555H please let me know, she'll be so pleased to hear about it!
Thanks for any help with any information!
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Post by Brendan69 on Jun 11, 2020 12:35:43 GMT
According to DVLA online it still exisits albeit is now listed as a Grey car. Taxed until later this year so on the road too.
That all you can get offline
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Jun 11, 2020 14:13:39 GMT
Hello! Im looking for information on a P5b coupe. In 1992 my mums wedding car was a particular P5b coupe and she'd really like to know if its still around and how its doing ect. So if anyone knows the whereabouts of a blue, white roofed p5b coupe with the number plate SEL 555H please let me know, she'll be so pleased to hear about it! Thanks for any help with any information! SEL555H is a Grey P6 according to the DVLA  |
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Post by David on Jun 11, 2020 14:14:34 GMT
At that time the car belonged to David Lee. It still exists (Admiralty Blue/Silver Birch) If you are a club member you will find his contact details in Take Five. If members look closely they will see it in the latest 'Spot the Difference page. I have emailed David so he is aware.
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Jun 11, 2020 15:39:49 GMT
At that time the car belonged to David Lee. It still exists (Admiralty Blue/Silver Birch) If you are a club member you will find his contact details in Take Five. If members look closely they will see it in the latest 'Spot the Difference page. I have emailed David so he is aware. Confused.com I thought I recognised the index David but? SEL555H ROVER P6 Check another vehicle Colour Grey Fuel type Petrol Date registered 1 January 1970 |
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Post by Welsh Warlock on Jun 11, 2020 18:57:36 GMT
I have a large framed photo of that car (SEL 555H P5B Coupe) parked in front of a Hawker Hunter on the wall of my office.
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Jun 11, 2020 19:50:13 GMT
Still confused DVLA got it wrong?
SEL 555H
✓ Taxed
Tax due:
1 September 2020
Incorrect tax status?
MOT
No results returned
Incorrect MOT status?
WarningIf you’ve just bought this vehicle the tax or SORN doesn’t come with it. You’ll need to tax it before driving it.
Vehicle Details
Vehicle make ROVER
Date of first registration January 1970
Year of manufacture 1970
Cylinder capacity 3528 cc
CO₂ emissions Not available
Fuel type PETROL
Euro status Not available
Real Driving Emissions (RDE) Not available
Export marker No
Vehicle status Taxed
Vehicle colour GREY
Vehicle type approval Not available
Wheelplan 2 AXLE RIGID BODY
Revenue weight Not available
Date of last V5C (logbook) issued 2 September 2016
View the tax rates for this vehicle
If you have the latest 11 digit reference number from the V5C registration certificate (logbook) you can view the tax rates for this vehicle.
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Post by stirlingmg on Jun 11, 2020 20:14:06 GMT
Looks like a mistake, it comes up as a P6 on vehicle smart but the last time it had an mot it got advisories on the torsion bars having slight play at an end fixing........the P6 is coil sprung
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Post by stirlingmg on Jun 11, 2020 20:15:47 GMT
It’s a right low mileage thing, it only had just over 40,000 in the clock in 2017
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Post by stirlingmg on Jun 11, 2020 20:17:28 GMT
Or on the clock even🙄
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Post by David on Jun 12, 2020 7:42:11 GMT
 Holly, PM sent. Just to confirm the DVLA details are incorrect, unless the reg has recently been transferred. |
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Jun 12, 2020 7:47:05 GMT
Looks like a mistake, it comes up as a P6 on vehicle smart but the last time it had an mot it got advisories on the torsion bars having slight play at an end fixing........the P6 is coil sprung If PC Plod was doing a vehicle check that would be interesting! I have two apps on my phone and they both come up with the same info Grey P6? |
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Post by Sam Bee on Jun 12, 2020 13:07:56 GMT
I have a P5B and a P6B, both have 'Grey' as the colour according the DVLA. But they are entirely different in colour. Burnt Grey and Lunar Grey respectively. Perhaps the DVLA need to more accurate in their recording of colours.
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Post by lagain on Jun 12, 2020 15:45:13 GMT
It’s a right low mileage thing, it only had just over 40,000 in the clock in 2017 I have known that car for many years and like my car the clock has been round once. One winter David and Diane took the seats out, took them apart and replaced the leather, they made an excellent job of it |
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Post by tonys on Jun 12, 2020 16:46:18 GMT
I haven't checked but isn't it unusual for the cars to be shown as P6, P5 etc.? I note that, in addition to torsion bars, the mot history also makes reference on a different date to power steering leakage; PAS wasn't available on the P6 until the '71model year, so this would also support that it's probably an error in recording the data onto the systems. Can't comment on the colour discrepancy but I now that errors were made when details transferred onto the electronic database. I know of one (now long gone) P5B whose regn number still shows as a Ford, correct date of regn. etc. etc. and I'm 99.9% sure that the number wasn't transferred onto a Ford, also coincidentally regd. on the same date and not showing any activity since the mid-80s. Can't explain it, but an error. Anyhow, I'm sure Holly's mum isn't in the least bit interested in the dvla database's contents  |
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Post by Eric R on Jun 12, 2020 20:02:59 GMT
SEL 555H is alive and well living in Hampshire
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Post by Brendan69 on Jun 12, 2020 20:13:39 GMT
I have a P5B and a P6B, both have 'Grey' as the colour according the DVLA. But they are entirely different in colour. Burnt Grey and Lunar Grey respectively. Perhaps the DVLA need to more accurate in their recording of colours. That pink pig just flew past again. LOL. Tall order these days getting the DVLA to do or change anything. |
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Post by tonys on Jun 13, 2020 11:24:22 GMT
I have a P5B and a P6B, both have 'Grey' as the colour according the DVLA. But they are entirely different in colour. Burnt Grey and Lunar Grey respectively. Perhaps the DVLA need to more accurate in their recording of colours. As P6 or P5 nerds, we might know that they're entirely different colours, although at least Burnt Grey is grey, which is more than can be said for Lunar Grey. Unfortunately, the chances of the person at DVLA who was transferring details from paper records onto the computer database back in the day knowing the subtle nuances of Rover's colour descriptions/names or thinking 'ooh, that can't be right, Utopian Solace (for example) wasn't introduced until chassis number SADC6666898, I'd better check that out' would have been fairly slim. Even Rover dealers used to get mixed up between P5 and P6 V8s, so what hope for a trainee admin person? Computer says etc.  |
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Post by ianbsoton on Jun 14, 2020 14:25:50 GMT
I own SEL555H. It IS a P5B Coupe Admiralty Blue with Silver Birch Roof, not a grey P6.
From some of the activity on this forum it would appear that DVLA have repeated their earlier error. When I acquired the car about 4 years ago it showed up on DVLA as a grey P6. After many hours of trying to get the record set straight DVLA finally changed the record to a Blue P5B. I was told (by someone at DVLA who clearly did not know what they were talking about) that it used to be a P5B but "clearly" had been modified to become a P6 and resprayed! I was repeatedly asked if I was sure that it was not a grey P6 and advised to seek professional help to identify the make and model of the car, they just could not accept that their records were wrong.
Anyway, it looks as though I will have all the fun of going through it all over again. 
This morning I got a phone call from David Lee (who had owned the car for more than 30 years) alerting me to the interest in SEL555H on the forum so I had a look and found your post. I have not used the forum before, so if I have broken any rules or done something wrong, please be lenient with me. |
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Jun 14, 2020 15:30:07 GMT
I own SEL555H. It IS a P5B Coupe Admiralty Blue with Silver Birch Roof, not a grey P6.
From some of the activity on this forum it would appear that DVLA have repeated their earlier error. When I acquired the car about 4 years ago it showed up on DVLA as a grey P6. After many hours of trying to get the record set straight DVLA finally changed the record to a Blue P5B. I was told (by someone at DVLA who clearly did not know what they were talking about) that it used to be a P5B but "clearly" had been modified to become a P6 and resprayed! I was repeatedly asked if I was sure that it was not a grey P6 and advised to seek professional help to identify the make and model of the car, they just could not accept that their records were wrong.
Anyway, it looks as though I will have all the fun of going through it all over again.
This morning I got a phone call from David Lee (who had owned the car for more than 30 years) alerting me to the interest in SEL555H on the forum so I had a look and found your post. I have not used the forum before, so if I have broken any rules or done something wrong, please be lenient with me. Hi Ian welcome to the forum You have done fine with your first post. It makes me smile if we get something wrong it's a different matter! good luck again! |
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Post by Brendan69 on Jun 15, 2020 9:03:24 GMT
I would not subject yourself to it all again Ian. They are clearly just plain " Thick " there and beyond help. LOL
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