If you could buy a new P6B in 2017-18

ghce

ghce

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What would you want it to have different from 1968? ABS, airbags, stability control...........be picky and detailed.

What's on your wish list and what would you expect to pay given that the P6B of the day was an executive car to rival jag at its best.

Graeme
 
Not a lot really! Certainly better windscreen wipers with a delay that actually works. Brighter headlamps. Certainly ABS. Central locking. But otherwise I would want the car to sound and drive the same. You would struggle to improve the ride quality even by today's standards. Price? About £25-30,000?
 
I've used mine as a daily driver, to be honest it's pretty capable as is for modern traffic. Only a few things I'd like to change.

A fuse box that doesn't spontaneously combust.
Modern integrated AC, not a dash mounted recirculating unit. Speed sensitive power steering so I didn't like use any feel at speed, but lighter for parking. Central locking and remote boot release.

I've always thought a diesel option would be nice for a daily driver. Maybe a TDV8 if it would fit.
 
Apart from a five speed, I'd say electronic ignition and injection, and ironing out the common faults, (decent headlights, wipers and fusebox), wheels that give a good tyre selection, and most of all a two door version. (Seeing as legroom in the back is pretty useless anyway). You can keep all the ABS, PDI, POS modern crap.
Having driven them as new cars, I reckon a well sorted original one is still a good car in its own right, if I wanted a new car I'd buy one.
 
The car is very good as is, but I would like electric hybrid, add duel climate control, 6-8 speed paddle control auto, remote central locking, led headlight, ambient interior lighting and puddle/safely lights on the doors. Oh and better rust proofing and quality materials (replace vinyl) for the interior. For this I would happly pay 35-40
 
Everything that's in my 75. But l have my 75 so leave her just as she is.

But ULEZ may curtail practical use of my 75 so l'll have everything on my 75 in her.

But l have my 75 so.........ad infinitum.
 
A lot of the toys you guys want - you can have now with a bit of fiddling about.
 
clive P62 said:
And when all that new stuff goes wrong ( it does especially hybrid)
Be prepared to spend £1000000s getting it fixed :D
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We lost about 3k on the unfixable prius.... Mind you it wasn't the hybrid bit that was broken....
 
There is a whole host of things that need upgrading for example the p6B suffers badly from buffeting in crosswinds at speed, the front end becomes a bit unseemly so a redesign of the front airdam to better stabilise the front end would be advantagous but any redesign would need to be backwards compatible to the original car.

Graeme
 
ghce said:
There is a whole host of things that need upgrading for example the p6B suffers badly from buffeting in crosswinds at speed, the front end becomes a bit unseemly so a redesign of the front airdam to better stabilise the front end would be advantagous but any redesign would need to be backwards compatible to the original car.

Graeme
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I thought the police spoilers fixed that?
 
Hot Galvanised chassis, front wings and rear in aluminium to reduce overhang weight, increased cabin safety by making a stronger cell for impact rating to bring it up to 4.5 or better.
 
quattro said:
Cabin refinement would be good, and a decent 6 speed or more auto gearbox.
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Full wool carpet and leather seats, personally I prefer boxpleat but flat in thick perforated hide is nice to or something akin to 75 seats.

6 speed auto with existing shifter and discrete paddles
 
Proper designed door speaker capsules for improved audio response mounted behind perforated leather door facings.
 
remembering that we are not trying to to make an exact indistinguishable from 1968 or 1973 car but rather a car for 2017-18 the wing mirrors present somewhat of a styling problem. You could possibly get away with a traditional wing mirror but what ever you put in place it's hard not to compromise the P6's flowing lines. In keeping with current trends you could mount rear facing camera's and an inside H.U.D

I know that sounds a bit extreme and Buck Rodgers but this is a top executive car and you want to be in the game not in the pub reminiscing.

Graeme
 
i'd make do with mine being perfect... maybe a five or six speed gearbox, manual or with lockup would be nice....

Remanufactured aircon would be good...
 
The front does need a bit of work to stabilise the car at speed in windy conditions and the police spoilers are a patch for the problem, IMO. I like the spoiler from Australia that follows the bonnet line and fills the front of the car nicely, so something along those lines will tick the box for me.
Aircon integrated into the car with dual zones, not as a hack-and-chop bodge...absolutely, with modern controls that are centralised on the centre console.
Modern lights with the footwell and open door lights like my Rangie has. Radio controls and cruise control on the steering wheel. ABS, airbags, central locking, good speaker set-up, leather seats and trim.

Pretty much as said in the above posts, really.
 
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