Looking for a Rover P5B Coupe

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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

A poor copy of the P76 coupe they never released because of industrial sabotage by the big 2 and political interference.

The SD1 are unreliable rust buckets and not a patch on the P6B before them, once again a result of political interference although this one was the Thatcher Government and the British Leyland debacle. :mad: :mad:

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Margaret Thatcher was elected in 1979 a long time after the SD1 was released and not a moment too soon. She inherited a country so utterly stuffed by socialism that it could not even pick up its garbage. Literally, in London it was piled in streets like an emerging third world country. I think they briefly got it tidied for the Queen's silver jubilee in 77

Apols to get political and argutmentative, it's a good idea to avoid this but I could not let it pass. I hear this all the time. Some rock expert tried to tell me once on TV that the Sex Pistols were a response to "Thatcher's Britain". "Anarchy in the UK" was released in 1976. Ironically the Pistols and Thatcher were part of the same rebellion and on the same side though neither would like to admit it.

Resent her by all means, she gave plenty of people reason to, but don't blame her for giant cluster' that was post war socialism in the UK.

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Originally Posted by JamesH

Margaret Thatcher was elected in 1979 a long time after the SD1 was released and not a moment too soon. ....<snip>

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O.K. The British Leyland Debacle presided over by Triumph man Lord Stokes.

The SD1 was still a retrograde step after the P6 series of Rover cars and it now seems the begining of the end for the car marque.

In the Land Rover range, BL couldn't even get it together that the Range Rover was a immediate success and it took them more than a decade to get a production line that could cope with the demand. Instead of BL producing the stage 1 in 1972 they gave us the Series 3 which was little better than a new dash in tired technology. Margaret Thatcher or not.

Back to the thread. I have been advised that the P5B Coupe is the most sought after of the Rover car marque. Anyone considering one should expect to pay at least $10-15K in running order with a recent sale fetching over $25K.

C Ya
Diana

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Originally Posted by JamesH

Margaret Thatcher was elected in 1979 a long time after the SD1 was released and not a moment too soon. She inherited a country so utterly stuffed by socialism that it could not even pick up its garbage. Literally, in London it was piled in streets like an emerging third world country. I think they briefly got it tidied for the Queen's silver jubilee in 77

Apols to get political and argutmentative, it's a good idea to avoid this but I could not let it pass. I hear this all the time. Some rock expert tried to tell me once on TV that the Sex Pistols were a response to "Thatcher's Britain". "Anarchy in the UK" was released in 1976. Ironically the Pistols and Thatcher were part of the same rebellion and on the same side though neither would like to admit it.

Resent her by all means, she gave plenty of people reason to, but don't blame her for giant cluster' that was post war socialism in the UK.

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Well said.

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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Back to the thread. I have been advised that the P5B Coupe is the most sought after of the Rover car marque. Anyone considering one should expect to pay at least $10-15K in running order with a recent sale fetching over $25K.

C Ya
Diana

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$25K sounds like a lot, but for a mint car I reckon it could be money well spent. Personally I'd go for something in very good, but not concours, condition as I like to drive my cars. Classic cars in very good condition hold their value well, but you can easily knock money off a concours condition car with a bit of use. I guess I'm saying that "very good condition" is a more flexible term than "concours".

Having said that, they certainly are thin on the ground and I'd hate to think what it would cost to restore one, especially if it was incomplete. All that chrome, wood & leather:eek: