My Rover P5b Coupe (new member)

My Rover P5b Coupe (new member)

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Big KW

Original Poster:

5 posts

143 months

Thursday 6th December 2012
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Hi Guys,

New member on here so thought i would introduce myself & my "Classic".
"Thelma" as she's known has been with me for coming on 13 years now & in that time various things have been done to her. Currently she sits on Jensen alloys with whitewall's, i have built & fitted a brand new 4ltr V8 with webber carb, oil cooler for the BW35 gearbox which was uprated slighly before being installed with the engine 3000 miles ago.
Various bits & bobs like adjustable spax on the front,but there isn't the spares or company's out there that do much for the P5b.

I also run a 4.2ltr XK8 Coupe in midnight black which is a fantastic car to drive, unlike my company car...Insignia estate ...

Cheers,

Big Kev.

Edited by Big KW on Thursday 6th December 17:34

Du1point8

21,678 posts

199 months

Thursday 6th December 2012
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moar pictures...

restoman

951 posts

215 months

Thursday 6th December 2012
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Beautiful car but would look better if you gave the wheels back to the Jensen . . . wink

Big KW

Original Poster:

5 posts

143 months

Friday 7th December 2012
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restoman said:
Beautiful car but would look better if you gave the wheels back to the Jensen . . . wink
Oh, ok biggrin
Ive got the originals that are in great condition,so just swap them around as i feel fit.

BigKW

Du1point8

21,678 posts

199 months

Friday 7th December 2012
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put this in readers cars if you want more people to see it and add more pictures.

chrisw75

100 posts

151 months

Sunday 9th December 2012
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Kev,

Not too fussed on the wheels, but that is one beautiful car!

I've always loved the P5B Coupe.. as I have several P6s and an SD1, I probably should get a P5 as well wink

P5Nij

675 posts

179 months

Sunday 6th January 2013
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Kev,

Lovely looking Coupe that.... I've seen a photo or two of it before online somewhere (probably one of the Rover club's sites) and thought the Jensen alloys looked a bit odd, but in that profile shot you posted above I'm rather warming to 'em! Nice colour combo too, Admiralty Blue / Silver Birch, very tasty. I was looking at getting a '60s Jag to replace my current V8 P6, but I'm rapidly moving towards having another P5B Coupe instead, I had one a few years back and regretted selling it almost straight away, despite it becoming a bit of a money pit... when you get a good one they are so nice, everything fells 'right' when you're behind the wheel, you really do feel like the king of the road.

If you're ever tempted to sell yours, please get in touch, my pockets are getting twitchy and I've let two others slip through my fingers in the past week...!

Would love to see some more photos of it too.... ;-)