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We were very honoured and privileged to appear on the same venue as Pete on a couple of occasions. Superb entertainer and phenomenal musician, lost him far too soon. You play the autoharp wonderfully my friend.

Sounds great…Lovely voice .

I had a Rover 75 Cyclopse in the '60s, It was a great big juice Gussler but I loved it. I can still remember the pungent smell of leather in the car. The headlight in the middle of the car was a great feature.

Great video. Really enjoyed it. We've all had trouble with those bastards at DVLA . The Rover Sports Register or owners clubs should be able to help . DVLA can't remove the registration if it was originally assigned to it. But you need to prove that. However if the DVLA hadn't destroyed all their old paper documents when they went digital, then they would still have a record of it ! There might also be register of sales from T H Nice still in existence. I take it there was no log book supplied with the car? Good luck with the project.

O, what a lovely little concert! Very, very nice! 👍🥰

Sad but true. You're an inspiration though. I enjoyed watching you tear around the field in your old Rover. I too live in the country (in New Zealand) and recently aquired a 1958 Rover 90 that has slept under a cover in a barn for 32 years. Engine is stuck and as soon as my exams are over later this week, I'm into it. While war is happening, the simple pleasure of driving around a field here in it will be a big cheers to you mate.

Have just purchased a '58 90. Been on blocks for 32 years. Will pick up in a day or two. Breathe new life into him.

Great job…

Greetings from Ireland! Yes,the old British cars were quite iconic.....some even beautiful,unlike French cars,ugly......Italian,unreliable,.....German,basic! In the fifties,my dad drove an Austin Devonshire.....the epitome of iconic,with twin tone horns,semaphores and blue seats,and it could even pull a large caravan!!

Bordering being on the weired side, this one!

Was this in Mathewsons auction last weekend?

I'm guessing it's a 53/54 Rover 75. Beautiful cars, amazing in the snow and pretty good on the petrol too. I hope you enjoy the car as much as I do watching your videos of it. Regards Vinnie Heffernan, Perth, West Australia.🙃🙃🙃

going through the same process myself, love your approach

Thank you for inviting all of us out here into your home to hear this lovely performance. I enjoyed stopping by and listening.

A lovely afternoon with my friends going back Some 60 years. Magic for me to be privileged. to have these lovely friend in our House A huge thanks again to All. bob hale

Couldn't stand the sniffing and the wobbly camera!

How do you plan to solve the tappety noise your engine is making? Mine sounds similar and I’m a bit worried.

That is really a barn find! I have owned my Maggie for a year now, she was off the roads for 50 years but in much better shape than DEBs. You have done a good job!

Nice that you saved the snail . I would have done that . I have had a few of these . Great cars . Glad you are saving that one . They nearly always have noisy cam followers . I think yours has . Careful tappet adjustment helps but doesn't remove it altogether . Rust is always an issue but yours doesn't seem too bad considering . King pins tend to seize . Use oil in them not grease and try heat if really bad . Good luck with it .

the Rover owners club can help with finding/dating the car perhaps ?

Sniffling and bad grammar not necessary so I put it off, good programme spoiled.

silly billy

The DVLA are so unhelpful, regarding old cars. I have been trying to locate my old Saab 96. It was given to me in Jan 1971, by my father, for my 21st birthday.(SJA426J) I have spoken to the DVLA on numerous occasions, even sending them details that they could sent to the current keeper and he could contact me or not. They refused to help in any way. The only information that they would give me was that the car had been put on SORN in 2010, so it has probably been scrapped. I told them that if it was rotting but had not been officially scrapped, I could buy the wreck with its original reg number, scrap the car and put my old number on retention. I could then transfer it to another red 1971 Saab 96. What the hell do they think so 70 year old guy is going to do with the current keeper details, if they supplied them, go round and steal the car?!!!

A late great family friend of ours had a P4 60 and he loved it. He owned it for 35 yrs and his family own it now.

Yes its not for everyone

Great video!I love those old Rovers, I bought a 1958 75 from the house on the corner of Bridge Street and Bury Road, Thetford, must be 40 years ago, I think I paid £100 for it. It ran well but had no brakes - I drove it home though! I remember he had another car in the garage too, an Armstrong Siddeley 234, a rare car but it need too much work for me. I had two others at the time, 767 VAR and KEX 615. They were so comfortable and reliable. I'd have one now but that lovely interior would get ruined by my dogs.

Wow! This brings back memories, I owned two Rover P4 75s at the same time. My uncle owned a scrapyard he called me about a rover he had so I went to view it. On arrival my uncle had a crane grab above it's roof ready to pick it up, No I shouted I'll have it. He knew I would seeing the grab lol 😂 Six months later I saved another 75 from another scrapyard. They were both 1952 and a few cars apart on the production line judging by the chassis numbers etc. This was in the late 70s. Then I moved onto Singer Hunters, the model with the horses head bonnet mascot. Happy days.

Lovely…especially serenading MYA at the end - and the bubbly and the cake. She's spoiled. Thanks!

what his the car a 75 or 90 rover

looks like rover 75

Very interesting: actually an unspoilt original under all those years of crud - interior leather quite good! - I purchase a 1955 Rover 90 [EJE 249] in 1984 from Adams and Oliver in Warboys - that had originally been supplied by T.H. Nice of Ely - and spent its life on a farm in Haddenham - The Rover P4 Club can help with number retention

Lovely video, My Grandad had one like that and it was the first car I drove, well I was 5 so grandad did the pedals and I steered round Breen Sands by Weston Super Mare. on the way back I sat on the back armrest and would shout "Bash in to them grandad" Great memories : - )

The DMV there must be some bureaucratic bullshit! You have the car with the original license plates on it & they should have record of it but that's not enough proof for them! Take a black & white picture of it & age it for them.

Awsome story!

Great bit of resurrection. It's good to see it come back to life 🙌

Very good Bob. A mix of the earthy and the whimsical. I'm looking forward to Part 2.

What show is this??

Love it!

nice one

polish ? Wot's that ? Great stuff.

Lovely!! What a beautiful car, and a lovely shade of sky (-ish?) blue. As for the singing and playing…well…what can I say? The finale was splendid with Bob adding his mellifluous tones!! xx

Can you both play the Irish ☘️ rover one of my favourites xx

Your getting good Bob you must have been practicing lol , nice to see the old rover out hope you get to some shows this year xx

Thanks for posting this. Takes me back to when I could sit with friends and just play.

Had a week visiting Norfolk two or three weeks ago went to Bressingham and the Wolseley car register were having their annual rally. nice place to visit also visited Ickworth house In Suffolk on the way home and the Rover P 4 MVS421 was in the car park the gardens are very good I think .

Goodman from Ireland granddaughter in the photo from his son x

Van Der valk.

Well done Bob !! Frank Crumit used to sing this on the radio when I was a boy :-)

What is your instrument called ?

Well done.