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grifterkid Posted a lot Posts: 3,627	1974 Rover P6 V8 grifterkid @grifterkid
	Dec 30, 2009 2:10:37 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Well I've had my 1974 Rover P6 V8 for a good few months now & I love it... These are some pictures I took when I first purchased the car. One interesting fact is that it was originally purchased from Coombs of Guildford where the famous racing Mk2 Jaguars were prepared in the 1950's & 1960's... Anyhow, here's my slice of Sweeney era steel...
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grizz Probably posted too much REZIN ROCKIT......🚀 Posts: 28,504	1974 Rover P6 V8 grizz @grizz
	Dec 30, 2009 8:07:31 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	That looks lovely.
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donttellhimpike Posted a lot where's me carrots! Posts: 2,789	1974 Rover P6 V8 donttellhimpike @donttellhimpike
	Dec 30, 2009 9:05:24 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	these are top of my british car want list, along with the p5, nice looking motor ,any plans for it?
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BenzBoy Probably posted too much Posts: 17,940 Club RR Member Number: 7	1974 Rover P6 V8 BenzBoy @benzboy Club Retro Rides Member 7
	Dec 30, 2009 11:26:56 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Great looking car, these!
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grifterkid Posted a lot Posts: 3,627	1974 Rover P6 V8 grifterkid @grifterkid
	Dec 30, 2009 15:34:59 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Dec 30, 2009 9:05:24 GMT donttellhimpike said: these are top of my british car want list, along with the p5, nice looking motor ,any plans for it? Well my plans are simple really... It needs a tiny bit of metal work in the engine bay so that will be sorted in the new year, that's it I think... Apart from a set of tasty RoStyle wheels or maybe some Cosmic or Dunlop alloys...!!! This is a glorious motor but I am always on the lookout for a Paprika Orange 3500S, perfection...!
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Steve Posted a lot Making progress in small, easy to handle chunks of awesome Posts: 2,028	1974 Rover P6 V8 Steve @sleeperviva
	Dec 30, 2009 15:44:42 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Very nice chap, reminds me of one my uncle's business partner had a few years ago. Any plans for any engine work? Slot in a 3.9 with injection perhaps?? Steve
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dollywobbler Posted hell of a lot Retro Japanese magazine Posts: 6,398	1974 Rover P6 V8 dollywobbler @dollywobbler
	Dec 30, 2009 16:07:02 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Lovely. I had a Series 1 in glorious Tobacco Leaf. It's the best colour. Fact. Yours looks very tidy. I do like them WITHOUT the boot-mounted spare wheel.
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grifterkid Posted a lot Posts: 3,627	1974 Rover P6 V8 grifterkid @grifterkid
	Dec 30, 2009 17:15:53 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Dec 30, 2009 15:44:42 GMT Steve said: Very nice chap, reminds me of one my uncle's business partner had a few years ago. Any plans for any engine work? Slot in a 3.9 with injection perhaps?? Steve This one is going to stay pretty much standard... I will be looking to get another (that needs work, I don't want to spoil an original example!) to 'breathe' on slightly I may go bigger than 3.9 litres though, how about the big 5.0 from a TVR...?!?!?!
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Steve Posted a lot Making progress in small, easy to handle chunks of awesome Posts: 2,028	1974 Rover P6 V8 Steve @sleeperviva
	Dec 30, 2009 17:22:32 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	That sounds more like it! I looked into buying a 5.0ltr close-by but they wanted 1500notes for a highish mileage s/h motor and that to me sounds just too much just to put it into a old Land-Rover :-( If you do go ahead with this sort of plan, would you go manual of auto? Steve
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grifterkid Posted a lot Posts: 3,627	1974 Rover P6 V8 grifterkid @grifterkid
	Dec 30, 2009 17:51:57 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Dec 30, 2009 17:22:32 GMT Steve said: That sounds more like it! I looked into buying a 5.0ltr close-by but they wanted 1500notes for a highish mileage s/h motor and that to me sounds just too much just to put it into a old Land-Rover :-( If you do go ahead with this sort of plan, would you go manual of auto? Steve Hmmm, manual or auto'...?! My V8 is an auto' & it is lovely to drive, truly wonderful... If I was going to go for power (the only reason for a 5.0 litre surely?!) though it would have to be a manual box, probably the 5-speed LT unit from an SD1... However, I'm not a really 'hands-on' kind of chap and not hugely into modifying but who knows...?! I'd really like to build the ultimate P6 though, something that Rover could've done back in the 1970's to show the world they really meant business...!!!
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sowen Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 2,245 Club RR Member Number: 24	1974 Rover P6 V8 sowen @sowen Club Retro Rides Member 24
	Dec 30, 2009 18:52:21 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Dec 30, 2009 17:51:57 GMT grifterkid said: I'd really like to build the ultimate P6 though, something that Rover could've done back in the 1970's to show the world they really meant business...!!! They did, well sort of. It was Bill Shaw racing in Abingdon that built the original P6 v8 racer. some more info here edit: another article here
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grifterkid Posted a lot Posts: 3,627	1974 Rover P6 V8 grifterkid @grifterkid
	Jan 24, 2010 20:00:25 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Well the first drivable weekend of 2010 was used to the full for my P6B...! After the snow, ice, grit, salt, slush hell that was on our roads for a couple of weeks earlier this January I did not want to get the brute too dirty/rusty/deceased...!!! I took the opportunity to take some suitably 'period' photos at a glorious 1960's office complex (the 'Birdseye' building) near my pad, see what you think...
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theboymike Part of things Posts: 68	1974 Rover P6 V8 theboymike @theboymike
	Jan 30, 2010 1:39:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Looks pimp


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Ruki Part of things Posts: 480	1974 Rover P6 V8 Ruki @elven
	Jan 30, 2010 12:00:12 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Looks like a time capsule, amazing condition.


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grifterkid Posted a lot Posts: 3,627	1974 Rover P6 V8 grifterkid @grifterkid
	Feb 4, 2010 19:33:56 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	It's in my favourite condition... Not too immaculate to use (I'd be too scared if it was a minter!) but tidy enough to be proud of! There are a couple of bits that need doing but that is all in hand and will be sorted soon... I think I may have a set of super rare, and super 70's, RoStyle alloy wheels to go on it very soon so that should enhance it somewhat... I love this car and am sneakily on the look out for a 3500S now to accompany it...
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