P6 Appreciation Thread

[cort16]

There's a guy on retro rides who has one with a T series turbo in it

[lexi]

I had a 2000sc back in late 80s early 90s.  It was a 68 I think.  An old car when I got it but only 32k miles. Old dear was had it in garage after husband died...........one of those scenarios that guys like us think of constantly.  I ran for about 6 years. Towed a van with it everywhere. On a long run it could do 38mpg.  It rode as good as many Citroens........that suspension is gorgeous. No boot space obviously, no abs either, so those sharp disc brakes tended to lock the wheels when stamped on. I used to practice cadence braking and the wife would think I was running out of petrol!  

   That duplex cam chain in it, you could use that in a fork lift!  Lovely.  Any rust can be tricky to weld on the chassis though.

[robinmasters]

There's a guy on retro rides who has one with a T series turbo in it

 

Do you have a link, so I don't to wade through the pages & pages of 'awesome bro, hit it with the stick and fit a roof rack' rubbish?

[cort16]

It's actually quite an interesting thread. It's not all bad over ther you know ?

[Junkman]

P6 creator Spen King chatting with a man:

 

[Junkman]

Ad boasting the safety of the P6:

 

 

Sadly it was insufficient for Princess Gracia Patricia of Monaco:

 

[Junkman]

Another famous P6 owner:

 

[barrett]

Is that a pre-NADA in black with clear indicator lenses? That looks flippin' class. I really, really want a P6. It's one of the very few British cars I really covet, but it would have to be a series one, four cylinder with leather (I know, I usually hate it too, but...)

[Junkman]

Two part video of a P6 being built and then taken on a 5,000 mile trip across Europe:

 

 

[Ghosty]

Threre's a brown P6 owned by a giffer not far off me. Used to see a green estate knocking about a lot too but I've not seen that for a fair while.

Wonderful things.

[dieselassist]

My old man brought back a V8 P6B in beige - beige with leather interior; similar to Junkmans 1st P6; from UK when we moved back here in the early 80s- I loved that car as a four year old; the burble of the V8 n the smell of the interior; there was nothing else that looked or sounded like it, back then, when I used to ride around with him as a passenger... it was his daily for 2 or 3 years, n the fuel bills were crippling for him, n his workmates thought he was literally 'mental' but he didn't want to relinquish his prized Rover...

 

..eventually he bought a yellow mk3 Cortina 1.3 which, he initially ran for a bit, parking the P6 in the yard,  but  the cortina caused him no end of trouble; wouldn't start, lotsa bills etc, n it then sat in the spot the P6 occupied, he went back to using the P6 daily for a few months, but eventually traded both cars against a newish Renault 18; a big engine P6 was virtually worthless at the time here... he still talkes about his 'toffee brown v8 p6' occasionally...

 

...they are on my bucket list the v8 p6's - ive such fond memories of that car - as a kid, I was hugely in love with their shape, n couldn't fathom why subsequent car styling went so '3 box' shape....

[Tam]

This is my favourite P6! Not on this continent unfortunately. Originally a 2000 tc fitted with a Ford 302 lump.

 

 

 

Just listen to this thing!!! Around 2 min 40 is a highlight!

 

[rml2345]

One of these has been at the top of my "Must own" car list since I was about 15 and read an article on them in "Classics" magazine. I thought driving Mr. Conelrads 2000TC a few years ago would put me off the idea and for the first few hundred yards it did. Then we got out on to the road and it suddenly clicked, they just drive so bloody well that you understand the impact Rover made with it in 1963.

Series one V8 please but they're all superb bits of engineering and I WILL have one someday.

[chaseracer]

I very much enjoyed my few days with the Roverama '75 (thank you again for your generosity and trust, Mr Conelrad) and loved the sound of the V8, but I really think a sorted 2200TC would do me just fine...

[scruff]

They are the tits.

 

I also really fancy one, one day. It would have to be a V8 though. 

[trigger]

They really are a well engineered car, They drive light years ahead of their competitors and even now, 53 years after launch they can still be used as a reliable everyday means of transport, providing you can afford the fuel costs!

 

Parts availability seems amble with most stuff available from specialists and not that expensive, they are easy enough to work on, other than those awkward in board rear brakes. I'd say buy the best that you can afford, cheap one's will be a money pit but even expensive ones are still miles cheaper than any Ford of that era and they drive so much nicer.

 

I don't know how long I'll keep mine for, purely because i like cars which i can do up so i get bored but I'm pleased i bought it as it's opened my eyes to what a great car they are, be warned though, I had a elderly lady chatting me up today firstly asking me how old it was (1971) and then asking me if i had it since new! I'm only 36 so they must make you look older than you are!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Not surprising you're attracting the GILFs with that number plate Trigger.

[Royale80]

I found the best way to change the rear pads was to undo the rear drive shafts from the diff. Plenty of access then.

 

Steve

[Rowver]

This one is mine too but it's half way (I'm being optimistic) through restoration so is stripped now.

[anonymous user]

 

This was mine about 15 years ago, a 2200TC, I bought it off a local house clearance chap it had come from a deceased estate and had been a looked after, one owner car. Stupidly I put it in part-exchange for a Porsche 928 which was a very good way to quickly dispose of money.

 

I did see it come up for sale a couple of years later and thought seriously about buying it back, but had no garage at the time. Either it no longer exists, which would be a shame, or the registration now sits on something else.

[cort16]

I went to visit mine earlier

[blackbart]

Not surprising you're attracting the GILFs with that number plate Trigger.

 

lmao, quality.

[Junkman]

This one is mine too but it's half way (I'm being optimistic) through restoration so is stripped now.

 

So that's the one we didn't see when we were at your place.

What a magnificient piece of shite. I'm well envious.

[wuvvum]

I only have pictures of two of my Pee Sixes.

 

Here's the V8, with bonus photobomb from the ex-Spottedlaurel Camry estate.

 

 

And here's the last one I owned, a 1971 2000TC.

 

 

You can tell it was quite a while ago as the Renault 6 was still road legal at the time.

[vulgalour]

That looks nice with the pale roof and matching wheels.  Looks Oz-spec even.

[RobT]

I think I need to drive one to fully appreciate them, as P6s have never got me the way a nice early SD1 does. When Skizzer let me drive his SD1 V8 at Shitefest '14 I was in awe, and it didn't disappoint.

 

Mind you there's a local lad who uses one as his daily driver and it always makes me smile when I see it burble past, such a classy contrast to all the modern toss.

[trigger]

If your ever up this way Rob your welcome to take mine for a drive, it's only a 4 pot but it be enough to convert you!

[FrazzleTC]

I'm a massive P6 fan, having had a few of them now.

 

This one was my first car, but unseen from a man in Essex. Complete disaster, but as it's my first car, I've kept it, despite its litany of issues. Just a 2000 auto, which now has a 2.2. Not been on the road for a couple of years, but I hope to change this in the near future. It really got me hooked on P6s, and convinced me that the four cylinder cars actually deserve a lot of credit. Very competent, and enjoyable car to own. That interior, too. Just wonderful.

 

 

This is my 3500; a car I've wanted for years being a Series one 3500, in a very rare colour called April Yellow. The series ones feel like something really special, and this one has been an absolute delight to own! I look forward to getting it exactly as I want it over the next few years. Probably the best driving P6 I've encountered, and that combination of the V8 with an auto box is just so addictive. 

This is my 2200SC. Bought on impulse, as a man who, in his new Staffordshire location, hasn't got any facilities, and only has a big shared car park behind his house to keep things. As a result, it's been a case of realising I can't give it what it deserves so I'll likely be selling it soon. Such a shame, as it's one of the most solid P6s I've ever seen, and I know I'll regret letting it go.

 

 

[Ghosty]

That giffer passed me by again today, it's a 2000 auto he has.

[Rowver]

So that's the one we didn't see when we were at your place.

What a magnificient piece of shite. I'm well envious.

Hi again, yes that's right, it's at my workshop at my parents otherwise you could have had a look.