1962 Rover p5

Rover p5 Just 42,000 miles. Full documented mot history and service paperwork from 1962. This stunning rover has been beautifully maintained with just four owners though its entire life. The paintwork on the car has a deep all-over shine from top to bottom with no blemishes whatsoever. It has had all new window rubbers, door rubbers replaced. This is the 3ltr model with the special A type gearbox beautifully smooth and precise. The interior is in fine order with little signs of wear just minor cracking to the old leather. The car performs very smoothly like the day it was first made with such low miles as you would expect. It comes with a large detailed history file with four large binders and one suitcase though its detailed life and paperwork. It still has its original toolkit with no parts missing which is in a tray situated underneath the dashboard what a find such a lovely automobile which has been kept in such fantastic condition and very rarely seen like this one.

The Mark II version of the P5 was introduced in 1962. It featured more power, 129 horsepower (96 kW), from the same 3-litre engine and an improved suspension, while dropping the glass wind deflectors from the top of the window openings which also, on the front doors, now featured “quarterlight” windows.

The most notable addition to the range was the option of the Coupé body style launched in autumn 1962. Unlike most coupés, which tend to be two-door versions of four-door saloons, this retained the four doors and was of the same width and length as the saloon, but featured a roofline lowered by two and a half inches (6.4 cm) along with thinner b-pillars, giving it the look of a hardtop. Hydrosteer power-assisted steering was standard on the coupé and optional on the saloon.

Production of the Mark II ended in 1965, by which time 5,482 coupés and 15,676 saloons had been produced.