Rover P6B or Rover 3500
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ghce
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By fast cars do you mean a 3.5 a 3500 or a three thousand five?That's why we need fast cars
TyroleanRover
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On the owners manual it says:
The interessting thing is in german it was translated the same way "drei-tausend-fünf" which is not really used when expressing the number 3500 in german language. But I'm Austrian anyway and not sure if the Germans would use it.
The interessting thing is in german it was translated the same way "drei-tausend-fünf" which is not really used when expressing the number 3500 in german language. But I'm Austrian anyway and not sure if the Germans would use it.
Well, technically, it is a P6B.
Having said that I don't recall them being referred to by P5, P5B, P6, P6B etc when they were current, certainly not in conversation or at dealers. In the factory, possibly, I've no idea. In the motoring press, yes, sometimes.
To most people they were Rover 3-litre, Rover 3-and-a-half litre (less often I heard 3-point-five litre) or Rover 2000 and 'thirty-five hundred' or 'three thousand five hundred'. I always thought that 'three thousand five' seemed a bit daft and I don't really recall its use. Strangely, the 3500S I recall as often referred to as the 35S. Loads of people used to get confused between the 3.5 litre and 3500 and I wonder if that's why clubs/press etc started to use that terminology.
It's similar to modern BMWs, most 'enthusiasts seem to refer to E36, E39, F10 but how many people know which is which? Mind you, I saw a proper trainspotter yesterday, complete with notebook and camera
Having said that I don't recall them being referred to by P5, P5B, P6, P6B etc when they were current, certainly not in conversation or at dealers. In the factory, possibly, I've no idea. In the motoring press, yes, sometimes.
To most people they were Rover 3-litre, Rover 3-and-a-half litre (less often I heard 3-point-five litre) or Rover 2000 and 'thirty-five hundred' or 'three thousand five hundred'. I always thought that 'three thousand five' seemed a bit daft and I don't really recall its use. Strangely, the 3500S I recall as often referred to as the 35S. Loads of people used to get confused between the 3.5 litre and 3500 and I wonder if that's why clubs/press etc started to use that terminology.
It's similar to modern BMWs, most 'enthusiasts seem to refer to E36, E39, F10 but how many people know which is which? Mind you, I saw a proper trainspotter yesterday, complete with notebook and camera
I'm gonna start calling them 35 hundreds
I've been saying that for years.
So I think you've missed the boat on that one, and three-five hundred for that matter. You know what they say, "if you can see the bandwagon, your already too late".
I have never, ever used "three thousand five".
PS. If it's an "S", it's always a Three-five hundred S
"V8" is a lot easier though.....
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I agree with you, the problem as I see it is that you realise it, and he hasn't got a clue....
Ok, three hundred and fifty tens it is then
That's the winner!
Shame it wasn't you having the argument with the bloke.
classicalgreen
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I always refer to my car as a rover P6 . then if asked any further questions I add what I think they want to know.eg P6b is not a P5 ..( they often think its that model ) or simply its a V8.
most are then happy enough. after all does it really matter .? maybe I ought to add its a rover series 2 1974 V8 auto .three thousand five p6b. most unless into old cars . don't really care .they just want to see it in their minds imagination. many these days unaware it was even used a police car. ( mine actually wasn't even though registered in london with the normal 'old bill' prefix.
most are then happy enough. after all does it really matter .? maybe I ought to add its a rover series 2 1974 V8 auto .three thousand five p6b. most unless into old cars . don't really care .they just want to see it in their minds imagination. many these days unaware it was even used a police car. ( mine actually wasn't even though registered in london with the normal 'old bill' prefix.
