Paging the RoverP5isti

Just saw this one on the
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29759&item=4542769793&rd=1

 

Might be OK, but it seems to be getting a little pricey for a six-banger
with no MOT.

The 3l motor was never really up to the job of lugging along all that
weight.

 

My dad had one - which I blagged and did more miles in than he did. The
engine has a single camshaft in the block acting directly on the side
exhaust valves and operating pushrods for the overhead inlet valves.
Smooth as silk. Front seats had individual armrests and the interior
smelt like a gentlemen's club.

 

It's a hell of a price for one that hasn't seen the road for several
years, especially as it's not even a V8.

Must have had a pretty important previous owner.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, ogden

Heh. Do you get Clubcard points with that. do you think?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

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ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
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SteveH says...

The straight 6 was considered a very nice engine and well up to the
job. The cylinder head design was done by Weslake.

 

That may be true, but it's not the one people will pay big money for.

 

Was owned by Countess de Vismes. It had been in the Chiltern Street car
park since she died six years ago, and was seized by Westminster
Council after the payments stopped.

 

That's a very good reason why it isn't worth the current bidding on it.

Posh, but not famous owner doesn't add value.

Being abandoned for 6 years in an NCP means it'll be fucked.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, AndyW

Oh arse. I was *so* hoping it was the property of that Porter ****.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Listen up, Ear, in some situations, B's are very important. This is one
of them.

Just because the old dear had a title and the car got on TV or whatever
might make it's value go up today. But very soon people will have
forgotten all about it, at which point it becomes an old under-powered
Rover that will be a lot less desirable than it's V8 younger brother.

That said, having looked at the pics, with the exception of the tear in
the driver's seat, the interior looks in bloody good nick. Externally
there's the bird shit on the left wing and the chrome is in need of some
love but that's about it.

The reverse problem will probably be the sensor switch in need of
adjustment.

If it was half the price I'd have a punt - it would be nice to have an
almost matching pair ;-)

 

Bear says...

 

I'm sure it was on the drive last time you visited. Perhaps it was the
excitement of nearly keeping up with the Harley that blurs your memory
;-)

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

<gulp>

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

You wouldn't have know at a glance, unless you spotted the Rostyle
wheels instead of chromed hubcaps.

You're not confusing the P5B with the P5 Coupe, are you?

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

You got that right.

As someone up there ^^^ described, it has a cam acting directly on the
exhaust valves - sidevalves, ffs. The entire automotive world had
abandoned sidevalves by that point. The overhead inlet valves are
pushrod operated. Whooppee doo,,, new technology.

Somebody at Westlake sure had a brainstorm that day.

 

I don't know, you got him to swallow.

 

It finished at 4,100! Four grand!!!

Perhaps I should eBay the stealth P5B Coupe - as ignored by Bear. Must
be worth £20K at least

 

Is that the one Westminster council put up for auction (well advertised
on the news a couple of days ago)

 

The very same. Advertised on the news seconds before the OP.