P5B Coach Lines

[Paul - P5B Coupe]

I have a question re P5B coach lines.
By way of background, I sold a MG to a chap here in Canberra to-day. Whilst levaluating the MG, he noticed my 1971 P5B and asked to look at it. Upon looking at the car, he told me that the coach lines along the edge of the roof and beneath the stainless door trims was not original to the P5B. I asked him how he knew, as to the best of my knowledge the coach lines were applied by the Rover company. He said that he was employed by Rover as an engineer when the P5B was being developed and that the cars had no coach lines.
I didn't argue the point, but am thinking that maybe it was just the pre-production P5Bs that didn;t have coach lines?

Regards,
Paul

[Kev]

There's always one person who claims to know more ....
Think he's probably refering to early 3 ltr cars rather than P5B's but then again wtf do i know.

Big Kev.

[johnwp5bcoupe]

It's only the coupe that should have coach lines on the roof the saloon is mid line only

[Paul - P5B Coupe]

Thank you for that background information John - my car is a 1971 coupe, so the roof coachline is as it should be.
I think that Big Kev was right when he suggested that the engineer (I referred to) probably had experience with the earlier 3 litre cars as opposed to the P5Bs.
Case closed from my point of view.
Regards,

[Phil Nottingham]

Quite correct - no 3 Litres had coachlines and all 3.5 and 3½ Litres did with the Coupes on the roof as well. All hand painted too - not stick on vynil

[tonys]

I know (well, knew) of one P5B saloon that was supplied new in two tone, with coach lines applied, as per coupé, on the roof. H-regd., Burnt Grey over Silver Birch. Presumably a special order.

[Phil Nottingham]

Rover did a lot of specials for P5B's and even some P6's