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Rover V8 Birthday
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 1:23 pm
by Wilts289
I may be the last one to know, but I hadn't realised that this is the 50th Anniversary of the Rover V8 engine's arrival in the UK.
Happy birthday, I don't know what I would have done without you,
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:55 pm
by ChrisJC
Is it as late as 1967?, Wikipedia says Rover bought the tooling in 1965. I guess you mean it first appeared in a production Rover in 1967.
Chris.
Rover V8 Birthday
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:25 am
by Wilts289
As you say - year it was first used in a British built car - Rover P5B.
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:31 pm
by Richard P6
Didn't you get the invite ?
http://www.roverfest.uk/
There were a few hundred cars there, a grand day out you might say.
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 1:45 pm
by sidecar
Funny that this has come up as a thread, my mate is doing some work on a P5, the first registered owner was William Martin-Hurst. I am helping him restore the engine which will going back into the car, The engine number is EXP19 (as in EXPerimental).
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 2:47 pm
by DaveEFI
You'd have thought very early development cars would have been first registered to the factory? Unless they ran on trade plates only.
William Martin-Hurst used to sell good low mileage older cars at one time - presumably after leaving Rover. Dunno if they are still on the go.