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Guest comptec59

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I wouldn't mind having one of those....nice looking car! I could imagine Siegfried Farnon( played by Robert Hardy ) (Donald Sinclair- the real Seigfried) driving one of those around the Yorkshire Dales on his rounds. He drives a P4 in the later part of the series-

All Creatures Great and Small

Don

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It's a P5B Coupe with the lower rear roof height..very desirable! The other car is a P6...I think a 2000TC with the twin carbs. Looks like a US market one....

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Guest northpacific

Rover P5B Coupe, and that's a pohutukawa tree in the background, so that picture was taken in New Zealand, graffiti would suggest Auckland, Eastern Suburbs...

NP

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Yes, indeed! Rover called it the Coupe because the roofline of this body was lower than the roofline on their "regular" P5/P5B ( also four-door ) sedan There is a large "Coupe" script badge on the trunklid on these

"Coupe" in French means "Cut"

The Rover Coupes sell for quite a bit more than their equivalent sedans ( pictured )

1966_Rover_3_litre_For_Sale_Rear.jpg

Both body styles were available as 3 liter 6-cylinder, or 3500cc ( Buick ) V8, which put the "B" in P5B The car pictured is the 3-liter Sedan, it doesn't have the V-8's Rostyle wheels or the "3.5 liter" script badge on each front fender

NP

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Guest bkazmer

the idea of calling a sedan a coupe is still around - marketing BS, but I understand your point.

Abe Lincoln said "how many legs does a horse have if you call the tail a leg? Still 4, calling it one doesn't make it so."

see also "roadsters" and "phaetons"with side windows, etc

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