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This is superb! Love the Interceptor wheels.
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Love it! buuuttt.... don't like the wheels...rostyles all the way IMHO  |
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chevazon
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1939 Chevrolet 2 door coupe, `67 `Zon estate, `87 Ragtop Cavalier, 4 x 800 Drifters,(!) 1500 Drifter
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Fantastic car.
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103e
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nowt to say
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A proper retro. Very nice.
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"I know it's not retro but..."
"isn't strictly retro but..."
"not a retro but..."
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stonio
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Love this big old powerful brute, but back end needs to come down a soupcon...
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MikeT
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I've always liked these, that looks great! Thanks for posting (I really like the wheels btw ) Mike. |
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starionturbo
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Is planning mental turbo action MU HUH HUH!!!
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I've ALWAYS loved these. I remember being a kid about 7 or 8 and every evening going out with my dad to walk the dog and asking him if we could walk past the one round the corner. It was grey with a black roof. Its long gone now but every time i see one of these it makes me stop and stare  |
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Very, very tidy, how long did it take to get it into this condition?
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Love it. I though that was Lamsdale's car. 2 P5B's in close succession?
I love the V8 embossed on the front kick panel. Is that a reminder for when you look down at the accelerator to warn you "Whoa boy!"
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Great car. A design classic in my eyes.
You local to Wilton then?
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MrSpeedy
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www.vintagediesels.co.uk
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Bloody love these things.
Excellent!!
That is all
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Very, very tidy, how long did it take to get it into this condition? I've just found the post of your car that looks very good indeed with a good body and trim. Mine was in poor shape and have spent two years "fiddling" and it's not finished yet, still to do front suspension bushes, springs and finish the interior, but may leave this till the winter as I've heard this summer is going to a good one and would like to use it as much as possible. I've bookmarked your thread :)can't wait. |
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Great car. A design classic in my eyes. You local to Wilton then? Yep |
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qwerty
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@qwerty
Club Retro Rides Member 52
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Such an excellent design. Possibly the best Rover ever produced IMHO.
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sentinel
Kinda New
Building 1965 Rover P5B Coupe, Ls1, 4 speed auto and 9" diff
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Such an excellent design. Possibly the best Rover ever produced IMHO. Very nice car. Here is a photo of the car I am building, please keep in mind this is far from finished, 1965 P5B Rover Coupe, LS1  ![]() |
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Last Edit: Jul 28, 2014 12:08:20 GMT by sentinel
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orangecords
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yawner extraordinaire
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Jul 28, 2014 12:43:53 GMT
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Mmmmmmppppphhhhhh pass the tissues!!!!
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I then wanted to start cleaning the interior as it stinks of wood (the material not the smell of a boner) best quote ever! |
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steptoeshaw
Yorkshire and The Humber
4 Rover SD1 V8's and an MG Midget. The rest of my cars aren't retro yet
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The P5B Coupe has always been on my wish list. yours is stunning
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One thing that let the rover p5 down was the vague steering, speak to any one that drove them back in the day and they will say very light steering and constantly needed correction at speed. Drive one now and they can be even worse with worn and tired parts so I decided to take a further look at what could be done to improve straight line tracking. It appears that when the car was designed and supplied new it had no power steer option and to make the steering feel easy to steer they sold these cars with NEGATIVE castor angle of 2 degrees. later in the production run power steering was available but no change was made to the caster angle, hence the vague steering. The rover has a very antiquated front suspension design with longitudinal leaf springs with upper and lower wishbones holding an upright between two swivel joints. The first thing to do is measure the caster angle that exists, here is a tool that fits between the upright swivels that allows a digital angle finder to read off the angle compared with the horizontal with the car in it's normal ride height position.    It appears just enough space is available to move the top of the wishbone half rearwards by 19 mm leaving sufficient clearance with the wider wheels I have on this car After making a "jig" to ensure things would be the correct shape so I set about making two half's of the wishbone ( one for each side)from bright mild steel and forming with very little heat.    Making sure of enough penetration with the welder  Produced this  Painting things  After reassembly the caster was measured and found to be correct at 2.5 degrees each side  Now after reassembly and a test drive the car drives much better at speed and even now has self cantering steering after turning a corner. A great improvement. The next thing on the list to sort out is the tendency for the car the need steering correction after going over a bump, not quite bump steer but similar. |
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Jun 30, 2015 17:05:00 GMT
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The next thing on the list to sort out is the tendency for the car the need steering correction after going over a bump, not quite bump steer but similar.  |
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