rare P5 ????

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Just joined the forum hopeing to find some info on my pals P5 we have been restoring for the past 17 years (has his own bodyshop so gets put on the back burner often) it,s now ready for the final push before paint after about 3 days sorting out the gaps as it's had a lot of new parts fitted. The person he bought it of said it was rare as it had a factory fitted sunroof and is a 1966 4 speed overdrive just wondered if this was true.

here are some photos of it as it sits right now



















Cheers Andy

[dmaxwell]

Looks like it will turn out pretty nice! Where are you located?

David Maxwell
Tehachapi, CA

[glennr]

Nice to see a P5 being restored. Maybe you may be interested in an apearance in the club magazine??? Are you a member?? Please keep us updated to its progress. P5's are much rarer then the P5B's. I would have thought your car would have been one of the last one's made. The sunroof would have been an optional extra.

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Sept 30, 2010 23:34:26 GMT dmaxwell said:

Looks like it will turn out pretty nice! Where are you located?

David Maxwell
Tehachapi, CA

Fife Scotland

Got some more done this week

stripped and primed underneath









new coat of paint on the underside















crossmember painted and ready to be temp fitted to allow it to be moved to the booth for painting



springs and axle painted, it's now built back up and fitted

more to follow if it gets painted next week

Andy

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Oct 1, 2010 7:30:39 GMT @glennr said:

Nice to see a P5 being restored. Maybe you may be interested in an apearance in the club magazine??? Are you a member?? Please keep us updated to its progress. P5's are much rarer then the P5B's. I would have thought your car would have been one of the last one's made. The sunroof would have been an optional extra.

Think he may be in the club but not sure, he's not into the magazine thing but will work on that

Andy

[Phil Nottingham]

Some really good work there - well done

[p5tgc]

Andy,

I wonder if this is the car I saw in a bodyshop in Thornton many years back?

I remember going to see it with John Rae who was the Scottish region rep at that time, we were "liberating" two other cars (a mark 1 P5 and a P5B) from a chap in Leslie at the time.

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Oct 16, 2010 20:53:15 GMT p5tgc said:

Andy,

I wonder if this is the car I saw in a bodyshop in Thornton many years back?

I remember going to see it with John Rae who was the Scottish region rep at that time, we were "liberating" two other cars (a mark 1 P5 and a P5B) from a chap in Leslie at the time.

yes it's the same car

Andy

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small update
the shell is now painted just the boot,bonnet and sunroof to do











just to got the engine and box to clean and a new clutch to fit and then sort out the wiring

Andy

[Phil Nottingham]

Some really good pictures of how a clean and proper underside should look without the orrible underseal. Of course originally it was only part-primed and overspray like most cars of the time so its hardly surprising they rust as the shells were not even paint dipped

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got the engine and box back in and started on the wiring loom, just hope we can find all the parts for it









may get some more done this week

Andy

[poodumrover1]

Very nice work indeed !!

[glennr]

That's no Turkey. That is bootiful

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paint the exhaust manifold, that car deserves it!

[Grimv8]

I like that a lot

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Jan 18, 2011 7:46:26 GMT @michael1703 said:

paint the exhaust manifold, that car deserves it!

got some paint for it but it will need to be running so it can be baked on

got some more done but no photos as yet will get some this week

does anyone know if the sunroof has a seal round it as we cant find it and dont know if it had one

Andy