P5 Convertible

[Phil Nottingham]

:'(Author: Roy Fellingham
Date: 1/5/2005 4:58 pm EDT

I don't know how anyone else feels about this or even if they have an opinion but here goes.

Does anyone else feel a slight sense of disappointment that the original convertible P5 has left our shores for down under probably permanently? What makes it a real pity is that it didn't even get offered for sale within the club. I always hoped to see it (and maybe get some ideas!). Now its gone for a life in the sun, I'm sure it would be very difficult and utterly expensive to buy and ship back to the UK. A P5 icon gone forever?

Also IF the new owner should read this, please get in contact as I'm in dire need of lots of high quality pics.
thanks

[Phil Nottingham]

>:(Author: Phil - Nottingham
Date: 1/5/2005 5:18 pm EDT

It is disappointing but then it only appeared once? at Bowood House in 1997? so its hardly been seen in public anyway and this situation has been the case virtually since new.

The seats were the let down having been recoloured when reupholstery was called for

[reid]

Found this article on the P5 convertible in the Rover Car Club of Australia monthly mag recently and thought you guys might be interested. Can you please tell me how to put a word docuement onto the board.

[Phil Nottingham]

:)Well I would just "cut & paste" it but then I am not very sophisticated

[Deleted]

Are you by any chance wanting the photos with a view to building one?

[Phil Nottingham]

:oPhotos as well!

No just interested my classic fleet has to earn its living and a convertible in the UK would be a total extravagance

[glennr]

If you send me your e-mail address I will send you a step by step tutorial for the photo's. As Phil said you can copy the text and then paste it onto this message board but photo's involve a bit more work. My address is [e-mail] GlennR

[Roy of the Rovers]

I'm still looking to 'borrow' some good quality pictures of this car if anyone can help please. Or even better if anyone can get me in touch with the owner??
thanks
Roy

[Allan NZ P5b]

Try here Roy
roverp5.proboards31.com/index.cgi?board=Roversfromaroundtheworld&action=display&thread=1114149105

Regards

[Roy of the Rovers]

Thanks Alan, I'll be dropping him a line and maybe a few photos of mine...

[tonys]

Whilst trawling through old posts, I came across this old thread.

I remember this particular car as it was referred to in James Taylor's original Postwar P4 / P5 book, published in about 1981. The entry, in that book, relating to this car stated that it was last heard of in Torquay (Torbay) in the 70s. As I lived in Torbay and knew several Rover collectors, there was always the hope that it would suddenly resurface locally. That didn't happen. Then, one day in 1996, I saw it driving in Exeter, looking absolutely superb. I did a double take but it was definitely 500CBY.

Presuming that the car was still listed as 'missing', I managed to get a message to James for his info., only for him to write to me and say that he was already aware that it had just been restored, and that the trip to Exeter was its first outing. And to think that I thought I had a scoop

Anyhow, I didn't realise it was now down under.

[Roy of the Rovers]

Sure is and getting a lovely tan whilst we shiver for about 9 months of the year! It makes regular appearances in the club mag fortunately with its enthusiastic owner.

Names Bruce...........fair dinkum!

[p5pete]

Hope this helps. Bruce is the clubs rep. in Australia, this is on the clubs main site.

AUSTRALIA Bruce Duncan
5 Fadden Place, Wahroonga NSW 2076. T:[phone]
E:[e-mail]