I had a 10year old Rover 100 for 9 years and 60k miles. A beautifully built luxury car and a pleasure to drive apart from getting into and out of parking spaces with no power steering ,if stationary the wheel was extremely hard to turn. With a 6 cylinder 2625cc engine, average 21 mpg, 4 speed gearbox with overdrive on top gear it would happily cruise at 80mph and several times i had it at 100mph, although then it did start shaking the body on the separate chassis. The independent front suspension had long travel coil springs and the car would just float over bumps. I'm sure my engine was quieter than the video car, in fact when it was idling it was almost inaudible. It always started instantly even if using the starting handle. Happy memories.
Thank you for helping me to relive my childhood my grandfather had one of these it was 2 tone green I loved the smell of the wood and leather and I felt so grand sitting in the back seat and listening to the engine as we drove around in that car were lovely my parents also had one of these as a wedding car in 1969
My dad and Grandfather had rover 90s back in the 70s and one summer we all went on holiday up to a place called Gisborne on the north island New Zealand, also had another friend of the family with us in his rover 105 .one of the best times and memories .it was about a 800 mL journey there and back and all three cars behave d flawlessly 😀
In the 1980s and 1990s I used to run these cars as everyday transport: first a 1957 90, then three successive 105s, these being the slightly downgraded 1959 version of the twin-carburettor 105S). With fuel consumption at 15mpg on short journeys, I could not dream of this now! These cars have some quirks, such as the right-hand handbrake lever, mounted on the most fragile part of the chassis (an outrigger which can rust clean away so that the lever drops through the floor) and the immensely long gear-lever, made of a brittle alloy which can snap like a twig in one's hand. Another oddity of the handbrake is that the linkage consists entirely of brass rods, the force being transmitted across to the rear wheels by a T-piece just behind the rear-axle casing; if you over-use the adjuster at the front of the linkage, the upright of this T-piece will be pulled hard up against the casing and the linkage will jam itself, with no motion reaching the rear drums at all. The chassis itself is not indestructible; the makers stuffed the side-members with a sort of cotton-wool to reduce noise, and in time this gathers moisture and rusts the metal away from inside, sometimes taking the main front-to-rear brake pipe with it. The battery is under the back seat, and as modern batteries are much smaller than those of the 1950s the clamps originally provided are no longer helpful. I once had a battery bounce up when the car ran over a bump and short itself out against the metal cover of the battery-box; I shall never know why the car did not go up in flames. I loved these cars nonetheless; they were so dignified, and the 105s would pull from about 10mph in overdrive fifth gear with the engine turning at less than 500rpm and the ignition light full on. (I once drove one of these from London to Cornwall, 320 miles, in five hours. I called this car 'Rumpole' because it was black, shabby, disreputable and a desperately hard drinker but very good at its job.) And of course it is likely that by now most surviving examples will have had these faults corrected.
BritishRail60062 yep modern cars that will serve their purpose and be scrapped without anyone bothering to save them , old cars are much better things .
I've got a P4, P5, and few P6....the P4 is a lot of fun. The mechanic changed out the rear gears with ones from a Range Rover and the thing can do highway speeds (120 km) and still climb the steepest hills in town, what a car.
I had a 1960 Rover 100, a car I loved, and wanted to be reminded of just how lovely it was. Then the biggest surprise, looking at the scenery I realised that you lived around the corner from me - coincidence or what.
I miss the typical first gear whine,came standard issue on all P4's.I had a 100, reg number 999 CON.Lost my job,sold the car for £75! Wonder what the number plate would be worth now?
A lot more solidly built than the tine cans we rattle round in these days, those old Rovers were built like tanks, but didn't they ever wallow about on the corners? Twenty minutes in the back of one of these and you'd be chundering your heart up.
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Don't you just love the first gear growl of P4 Rovers. I don't think any other car does it so well.
I had a 10year old Rover 100 for 9 years and 60k miles. A beautifully built luxury car and a pleasure to drive apart from getting into and out of parking spaces with no power steering ,if stationary the wheel was extremely hard to turn. With a 6 cylinder 2625cc engine, average 21 mpg, 4 speed gearbox with overdrive on top gear it would happily cruise at 80mph and several times i had it at 100mph, although then it did start shaking the body on the separate chassis. The independent front suspension had long travel coil springs and the car would just float over bumps. I'm sure my engine was quieter than the video car, in fact when it was idling it was almost inaudible. It always started instantly even if using the starting handle. Happy memories.
Thank you for helping me to relive my childhood my grandfather had one of these it was 2 tone green I loved the smell of the wood and leather and I felt so grand sitting in the back seat and listening to the engine as we drove around in that car were lovely my parents also had one of these as a wedding car in 1969
Oh wow I'm glad the video made you relive your childhood they are great cars . The video isn't very good so I'll have to make a new one at some point
My dad and Grandfather had rover 90s back in the 70s and one summer we all went on holiday up to a place called Gisborne on the north island New Zealand, also had another friend of the family with us in his rover 105 .one of the best times and memories .it was about a 800 mL journey there and back and all three cars behave d flawlessly 😀
In the 1980s and 1990s I used to run these cars as everyday transport: first a 1957 90, then three successive 105s, these being the slightly downgraded 1959 version of the twin-carburettor 105S). With fuel consumption at 15mpg on short journeys, I could not dream of this now! These cars have some quirks, such as the right-hand handbrake lever, mounted on the most fragile part of the chassis (an outrigger which can rust clean away so that the lever drops through the floor) and the immensely long gear-lever, made of a brittle alloy which can snap like a twig in one's hand. Another oddity of the handbrake is that the linkage consists entirely of brass rods, the force being transmitted across to the rear wheels by a T-piece just behind the rear-axle casing; if you over-use the adjuster at the front of the linkage, the upright of this T-piece will be pulled hard up against the casing and the linkage will jam itself, with no motion reaching the rear drums at all. The chassis itself is not indestructible; the makers stuffed the side-members with a sort of cotton-wool to reduce noise, and in time this gathers moisture and rusts the metal away from inside, sometimes taking the main front-to-rear brake pipe with it. The battery is under the back seat, and as modern batteries are much smaller than those of the 1950s the clamps originally provided are no longer helpful. I once had a battery bounce up when the car ran over a bump and short itself out against the metal cover of the battery-box; I shall never know why the car did not go up in flames. I loved these cars nonetheless; they were so dignified, and the 105s would pull from about 10mph in overdrive fifth gear with the engine turning at less than 500rpm and the ignition light full on. (I once drove one of these from London to Cornwall, 320 miles, in five hours. I called this car 'Rumpole' because it was black, shabby, disreputable and a desperately hard drinker but very good at its job.) And of course it is likely that by now most surviving examples will have had these faults corrected.
Makes every other car in the street look like something you get free with a happy meal! Lovely old thing.
Honestly you can't beat the old classics
@@lner3777 It's true! Quality was on another level. Now they just fill cars with cheap electronic gadgets and make half the car out of plastic!
Gotta love these old cars. They have soul unlike most of the modern stuff.
BritishRail60062 yep modern cars that will serve their purpose and be scrapped without anyone bothering to save them , old cars are much better things .
Better quality, better looking...
Such a distinctive transmission (?) sound from these old Rovers. As a kid, they scared me to death - worse than Daleks!
Burlats de Montaigne this one has got a refurbished gear box the old one clucked and rattled at every gear change . Thanks for commenting
I know what you mean, I was a bit freaked out by them when I was a nipper, especially ones in dark colours! Sinister looking but so cool!
I've got a P4, P5, and few P6....the P4 is a lot of fun. The mechanic changed out the rear gears with ones from a Range Rover and the thing can do highway speeds (120 km) and still climb the steepest hills in town, what a car.
Yes they have definitely stood the test of time
+We are champions LCFC people are surprised at not only how fast it is, I've got some E type spec tyres and new linkage, it corners great too....
I had a 1960 Rover 100, a car I loved, and wanted to be reminded of just how lovely it was. Then the biggest surprise, looking at the scenery I realised that you lived around the corner from me - coincidence or what.
oh wow thats a crazy coincidence. glad it was a reminder to yours aswell !
I miss the typical first gear whine,came standard issue on all P4's.I had a 100, reg number 999 CON.Lost my job,sold the car for £75! Wonder what the number plate would be worth now?
Brilliant
A lot more solidly built than the tine cans we rattle round in these days, those old Rovers were built like tanks, but didn't they ever wallow about on the corners? Twenty minutes in the back of one of these and you'd be chundering your heart up.
jerebuck totally agree so much more craftsmanship in these old girls compared to the new mass produced finish of today.
A guy I worked with said he hit the car in front and it buckled up but just a pebble dent on the P4 bumper!
Hope you dont mind my asking, but at 3;35 was that the enterance to old claredon park ?... if so thats my old home town :)
Also you channel looks great so I'm subbing
Yes it is
Siegfried Farnon
Top stuff Jenson
Jl transport thank you
LNER 377 your welcome