West Yorkshire P5B owner just joined

[Simon H]

Just a quick hello from a new forum member. I have recently bought a 1971 P5B Saloon, my first classic car. Well, that's if you don't count the Mk1 and Mk2 Escorts, Allegros and the like I owned back in the days when they were simply everyday cars... I'm new to the P5B but no stranger to the Rover V8, having spent many years playing with Series 2 & 3 Land Rovers and doing V8 conversions. Oh, I nearly forgot to tell you I'm in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire.

Simon H

 

[Dave3066]

Hi Simon and welcome to the forum.

We do like P5s here and would love to see some photos of your car .

Dave

 

[Martin C]

Hi Simon,
Welcome to the forum and the joys of classic ownership, although being familiar with Landies you must already know the highs and lows of ownership.

Some pictures of your new wheels would be good, they like pictures on here

By the way, don't be surprised if your mates answer "Yes Minister" when you talk to them now, especially if it is a black car! :wink:

 

[Simon H]

Here you go:

The car is laid up for the winter now. Lots of jobs and general fettling to be getting on with over winter to make it more presentable and usable for next year.

Simon H

 

[The Rovering Member]

Looking good. Any rust issues?

 

[Simon H]

First impressions are that it's a solid old bus. It certainly looks sound underneath but it has had a recent (quite amateurish) respray which may well be hiding some horrors. The rear inner arches (D-posts?) and rear door bottoms look to have lots of filler under the new paint. It drives and goes very well with no knocks and rattles although the steering is a bit vague in the straight ahead position (reminds me of a Series 2 Landy on 7.50 X 16 crossplies...). For the immediate future I intend to make sure it is mechanically sound in the engine, transmission and braking departments and tidy up the wiring where bullet connectors have been bodged over the years with assorted crimp connectors. I am quite happy doing things like that but bodywork and painting are beyond my remit (I don't have the patience). I intend keeping the car for several years so I plan to seek professional help sorting the dodgy respray and whatever lies beneath in due course, maybe over NEXT winter's lay up.

Simon H

 

[stina]

Hello Welcome , looks good

 

[chrisyork]

OU is a Hampshire registration, so she's been around a bit!

I do particularly like the saloon with Buckskin interior and individual rear seats (a lot of them had bench seats in the back, which I think spoils the luxury of them).

Welcome aboard - there'll be lots of help with mechanical issues here and a few bits of inspiration to be found with people who've already done lots of bodywork! Have a look round using the search function.

P5 Body specialists in your part of the world would include Ankerbold Garage at Chesterfield and Priory Garage at Wakefield.

Chris

 

[Simon H]

With regards the DOU registration it was first registered on 1st Jan 1972 somewhere in Hampshire. The last but one MoT certificate was issued in Basingstoke so maybe it has spent most of it's life in that area. As for being a 'she' or 'it' I think 'he' might be the case given that the DOU6 part of the reg looks a bit like Doug...
I need to spend some time in the garage this weekend digging out my long term abandoned project to make way for the Rover. The project is a 1969 Dutton Sierra kit car that I was building as a 4X4 off roader. It's got a 2.0 Vauxhall Carlton engine & box and it sits on a stretched Suzuki SJ413 chassis with Samurai axles, long travel coil springs all round and a disc brake conversion on the back. It will be on Ebay very soon once I have cleaned it up a bit for the photos...

 

[The Rovering Member]

I do particularly like the saloon with Buckskin interior and individual rear seats (a lot of them had bench seats in the back, which I think spoils the luxury of them).

Oh dear no, I must disagree there and not only because mine has a (Buckskin) bench. For a car the size of the P5 it seems rather silly to limit it to a four seater (I loved my Mk1a with double benches). Sitting in the middle of the individual seats isn't too comfortable & leaves one feeling rather out on a limb, IMHO. In the coupe I can understand it because the rear isn't that big anyway so five-up is a bit cramped but in the saloon the whole feeling of space is accentuated by the bench. The rather inadequate plastic tray of the split seats is also trounced by a pair of wooden ones in the rear of the front seats too. :wink: