My 1968 Rover P6 S1 Three Thousand Five! A Refreshtoration!!

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tractorman
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Re: My 1968 Rover P6 S1 Three Thousand Five! A Refreshtorati

#41 Post by tractorman » Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:14 am

I still love the car - and the cat (I have a feeling he saw the advert and decided to "be more dog"). It must have taken ages to find a car that had seats that coordinated so well with him!

Pilkie
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Re: My 1968 Rover P6 S1 Three Thousand Five! A Refreshtorati

#42 Post by Pilkie » Mon Jul 21, 2014 1:39 pm

Might of been easier to respray the cat! :lol:
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My current fleet!
1971 S2 Rover P6V8 auto,PAS,leather,webasto,14" rostyles,in White/huntsman.
My daily driver since 1999.
1970 Triumph TR6pi,original UK car in Damson.
1968 S1 Rover P6V8 auto,2 owner/43k miles,Arden with sandalwood leather.

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Re: My 1968 Rover P6 S1 Three Thousand Five! A Refreshtorati

#43 Post by rich. » Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:50 pm

an friend had young children who painted their kitten as they didnt like the colour :shock:

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Re: My 1968 Rover P6 S1 Three Thousand Five! A Refreshtorati

#44 Post by JPB » Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:24 pm

rich. wrote:an friend had young children who painted their kitten as they didnt like the colour :shock:
Nowt wrong with that, the current owner of my Pimento Red one decided to (brush) paint it in Java Green instead. That, and he drilled the roof to fit a roof rack when anyone with any sense would simply have removed the plugs from the built-in fittings and used these instead.
And I roller painted my Maple one as its paint was looking a bit scruffy after it was rolled on the filler cap side. The job went really well except that I only realised once the paint was dry that the factors had supplied Russet instead of Maple. It's close in the same way that Magnolia is close to Sunflower! :evil:
J
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Pilkie
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Re: My 1968 Rover P6 S1 Three Thousand Five! A Refreshtorati

#45 Post by Pilkie » Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:42 pm

A kitten as in a baby Casper cat John! ;)
My current fleet!
1971 S2 Rover P6V8 auto,PAS,leather,webasto,14" rostyles,in White/huntsman.
My daily driver since 1999.
1970 Triumph TR6pi,original UK car in Damson.
1968 S1 Rover P6V8 auto,2 owner/43k miles,Arden with sandalwood leather.

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Re: My 1968 Rover P6 S1 Three Thousand Five! A Refreshtorati

#46 Post by JPB » Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:53 pm

:oops: Sorry.


Rich, your friend has very strange children! :lol:
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Re: My 1968 Rover P6 S1 Three Thousand Five! A Refreshtorati

#47 Post by arceye » Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:04 pm

There is a tale around these parts, true or not I don't know, you know how these things can get twisted with time, about some local lads catching Rabbits, painting them green, possibly fluorescent type green, and releasing them in the village of Reay near the power station :o :lol:

Hope you are doing well Pilkie, the cars looking sweet :D

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Re: My 1968 Rover P6 S1 Three Thousand Five! A Refreshtorati

#48 Post by tractorman » Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:10 am

When I was at college (doing electronics), we went to Sellafield for a "tour". They kindly provided lunch - chicken drumsticks for everyone. Some of the younger students then believed the story about there being three-legged chickens near nuclear plants!

As arceye says, I hope all is going well - we can see the car is good "occupational therapy"!

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Re: My 1968 Rover P6 S1 Three Thousand Five! A Refreshtorati

#49 Post by zipgun » Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:48 am

Bad news Pilkie , V8 P6 is a hot car now along with old RS Fords , mk1 Golfs.... http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/new ... 800023544/

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Re: My 1968 Rover P6 S1 Three Thousand Five! A Refreshtorati

#50 Post by JPB » Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:26 pm

Yeah, but nobody would twoc a car that has its own pussy cat to guard it. You reckon Inuit/Rottweiller 1Xs are hard? Even they cower in the presence of an angry moggie.
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