Nice but pricey

Interesting that it features velour covered seats. Initially I was thinking that wasn't a 1974 feature, but upon checking, it appears that it certainly was. The hard backs on the front seats were definitely 74 onwards.

Ron.
 
The car certainly looks the full '74 spec, with the cloth box pleat seats and the vinyl roof and very nice it looks too. Pedant hat on though: for the 1974 model year, the compression was lowered and as such the sticker on the back window by the fuel filler should say "four star" and this one still shows five which I suppose could mean a second hand rear screeen at some point. Certainly not correct for the year at any rate.
 
My old 74 had this type of seat. I believe a very few cars had flatpleat in the same material. Earl 74s have the pull screen heater switch even with boxpleat. Later ones have the rocker (which mine had).

My 74 was also a 10.5:1 so it must have been late 74 or 75 for the decrease in CR.
 
Definitely end of 1973 for the official decrease in compression ratio. It's mentioned in the 1974 model year 3500 brochure of which I have two copies for some reason. This coincided with the final visual updates for the range with the vinyl roof and normal wheel trims becoming standard on both auto (from now BW65) and manual. Mine was built in December 1973 and has the lower comp engine and the 4-star sticker in the back window along with the pull-type rear window switch.
 
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With the introduction of these later boxpleat seats they had a thinner backrests for the 1974 season to allow more rear passenger leg room.
Clive .
 
Indeed. They do give more legroom too. Also the V8 badge on the console speaker grille was deleted for this model year.
 
It also depends upon where you are in the World. My Rover is a 1974 model, yet has all the feaures that presented in the 1973 models. A friend in Sydney also has a 1974 model, and yet his has the 9.25:1 engine, the hard back front seats, soft sun visors, no park feaure on the light switch etc, and both cars have no heated rear window!

Ron.
 
Can't imagine there's much need for a heated rear window in Australia! Also wonder if the Nelson built ones differed in significant ways from the Lode Lane ones, other than colours.
 
Johnny E said:
Also wonder if the Nelson built ones differed in significant ways from the Lode Lane ones, other than colours.
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The engines specific for the Australian market all came as standard with the 13 bladed nylon fan plus viscous coupling. There were a few other subtle differences, but nothing immediately obvious.

Ron.
 
No, my understanding is that the reinforcement was designed and manufactured in Australia for the Rover Car Club of Australia. This occured some time after the P6 ceased production.

Ron.
 
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