Hi Adam . I said from the off, this car keeps on giving . Now you've cleaned it , leave it ! As you say , it's 51 years old . It's like a first edition book , leave it alone !
That is a LOVELY P6. You were lucky to find one in such good shape. It has obviously spent a lot of its life under cover. And those Buick derived V8's are still venerated here in the UK, and in many cases, outlasted the car if kept well tuned. So it should be a reliable daily driver. In fact, the only thing that may be of concern, are the electrics, especially if there are a lot of Lucas parts, as they were not well regarded by a lot of Rover/BMC owners. But mechanically, they are usually solid. Good job on refurbing the interior too, it looks fantastic.
The Rover is looking very smart indeed, lovely colour combination. One observation I have is that you have engaged the handbrake and it looks very high in the on position. You may need to check the setup at the rear as it shouldn't be so high when engaged.
Your videos are a pleasure! Just subscribed! I like seeing older cars like this being resurrected back to shape with little simple solutions and much love. Greetings from Greece!🎉
Just found your channel, looks a nice exanple you found with its 3500S spec wheel trims, much nicer than the plain disc V8 auto spec ones. British police used Auto and Manual P6 Rover's and they usually had those trims fitted on high speed patrol cars. They found at high speed / power acceleration, the plain style auto spec trims could rotate and cut into the tyre valve ! I know the P6 models well, l had so many P6's from the end of the 1970s into the late 1980s as my daily drive. I still own one of the last year of production Huntsman V8 auto models. It was immaculate when I bought it in 1983, but it's under a tarpaulin cover now and is on the "to do restoration list" after being badly fire and vandal damaged where it was stored some time ago. If you push the front seats fully forwards, you should be able to pull the removable parts of the floor carpet out backwards, so it comes out from under the rear of the front seats. It's a bit fiddly on your own, but if you roll the edges in at the front footwell, and push the carpet backwars under the seat, then go pull from the rear footwell, it should come out pretty easy. Whilst you have the seats out, lift the sill parts of the carpet and felt to check the inner sills and floor edge for corrosion. Also pull out the wadding filling the oblong box area between the rear seat base and rear sill.The condition of those areas is a guide to how good the base unit is. Be cautious with that ozone conditioner, a P6 will corrode before your eyes once water and damp gets into the interior trim and insulation materials. On cars where roads have winter salting, such as we have in the UK, the base units can suffer pretty badly from salt corrosion. Give the complete front and rear inner wings a thorough check too. Every one of the 19 outer panels you can see, bolts, rivets, or screws to the skeleton base unit. Replacing the outer panels can easily disguise serious base unit corrosion.
Many years ago I used to use a product called Decosol, it was an orange coloured gel liquid for cleaning vinyl, it was absolutely amazing, it just lifted the dirt straight off like magic, it was so good because it gave instant results.
The Rover is looking amazing. What a great find Adam. You really have a fabulous collection of beautiful cars. Can't wait to see how you get on with the 1300.
Thank you! The “collection” has grown pretty quickly so it still feels odd to think that I have these many cars. I’m really looking forward to the 1300 too. As soon as I get a break between some customer cars I will investigate the knocking sound in the 1300
Good day Adam and it really came out awesome. What a difference water and soap can do.Seats looks great and well looked after. Can't believe that the floor pan is in such a mint condition in comparisons with most of the floor pans of Jaguar's of the same era. I cleaned my jaguar seats with saddle soap and on some places it made black marks in the softer parts with a little wear on it. Was disappointed and do not look's good.Have a blessed day and stay safe.
Nice work, I cant believe how rust free this example is! Do they not use salt on the roads there in the winter? I actually as an identical one being used in Islington, London last night! Sadly, I didn't get a picture, but I did remember yours!
still not sorted the handbrake then ! that's got way too much travel , get a couple of caliper overhaul kits and the proper wind back tool , there are loads of videos on hear of how to overhaul them properly and how to avoid and repair all there odd faults ( the actuator leaver has such a small travel if they aren't done right your never get a good handbrake )
A word to the wise - putting any kind of leather conditioner onto any car seat is utterly pointless - I'm guilty of applying 'Connolly hide food' to my Jaguars many years ago. The very fact is that all car leather interiors along with shoes and jackets are 'sealed' leather. They have a sealed surface on the leather. Obviously where the sealant has worn through it can absorb the feed but on all other surfaces it does nothing other than coat your clothes with the feed
I think that's the case with modern 'leathers' but I'm not so sure that's the case in older cars. I know there is some test you can do, basically seeing if something soaks in or remains on the surface, which tells you if it's 'sealed'. Having said that, I use Gliptone on my modern Saabs and dry it off after and it does indeed make whatever that surface is softer and leaves a pleasant smell after. To each their own. I also clean my leather steering wheels with regular hand soap, which brings back the matte finish.
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Hi Adam . I said from the off, this car keeps on giving . Now you've cleaned it , leave it ! As you say , it's 51 years old . It's like a first edition book , leave it alone !
Great video - lovely to watch in the beautiful Swedish sunshine. What a beautiful Rover. Thank you 🙏🏼
That is a LOVELY P6. You were lucky to find one in such good shape. It has obviously spent a lot of its life under cover.
And those Buick derived V8's are still venerated here in the UK, and in many cases, outlasted the car if kept well tuned. So it should be a reliable daily driver. In fact, the only thing that may be of concern, are the electrics, especially if there are a lot of Lucas parts, as they were not well regarded by a lot of Rover/BMC owners. But mechanically, they are usually solid.
Good job on refurbing the interior too, it looks fantastic.
Looks great after the deep cleaning.
Thanks!
A beautiful , time warp p6 - not jealous in the slightest 😂😂
Great results. Looks very nice indeed. Well done.
Thanks Jeff!
Thanks
Thank you so much for your support!
I don't normally have an emotional response to domestic appliances, but I'll make a major exception for Shop-Vacs. They are great.
The Rover is looking very smart indeed, lovely colour combination. One observation I have is that you have engaged the handbrake and it looks very high in the on position. You may need to check the setup at the rear as it shouldn't be so high when engaged.
Your videos are a pleasure! Just subscribed! I like seeing older cars like this being resurrected back to shape with little simple solutions and much love. Greetings from Greece!🎉
The end result looks so ace!!!
Just found your channel, looks a nice exanple you found with its 3500S spec wheel trims, much nicer than the plain disc V8 auto spec ones. British police used Auto and Manual P6 Rover's and they usually had those trims fitted on high speed patrol cars. They found at high speed / power acceleration, the plain style auto spec trims could rotate and cut into the tyre valve ! I know the P6 models well, l had so many P6's from the end of the 1970s into the late 1980s as my daily drive. I still own one of the last year of production Huntsman V8 auto models. It was immaculate when I bought it in 1983, but it's under a tarpaulin cover now and is on the "to do restoration list" after being badly fire and vandal damaged where it was stored some time ago. If you push the front seats fully forwards, you should be able to pull the removable parts of the floor carpet out backwards, so it comes out from under the rear of the front seats. It's a bit fiddly on your own, but if you roll the edges in at the front footwell, and push the carpet backwars under the seat, then go pull from the rear footwell, it should come out pretty easy. Whilst you have the seats out, lift the sill parts of the carpet and felt to check the inner sills and floor edge for corrosion. Also pull out the wadding filling the oblong box area between the rear seat base and rear sill.The condition of those areas is a guide to how good the base unit is. Be cautious with that ozone conditioner, a P6 will corrode before your eyes once water and damp gets into the interior trim and insulation materials. On cars where roads have winter salting, such as we have in the UK, the base units can suffer pretty badly from salt corrosion. Give the complete front and rear inner wings a thorough check too. Every one of the 19 outer panels you can see, bolts, rivets, or screws to the skeleton base unit. Replacing the outer panels can easily disguise serious base unit corrosion.
You’ve got a great P6 there.
Thanks Eddie! I have really fallen for it
Looks good!
Thank you!
Many years ago I used to use a product called Decosol, it was an orange coloured gel liquid for cleaning vinyl, it was absolutely amazing, it just lifted the dirt straight off like magic, it was so good because it gave instant results.
Car looks absolutely amazing 👌🏻, never been a big fan of red cars 🚗 but that red just suits it so well.
I like red cars but not every car works in red. I agree that this one does
FYI I have an ozone generator, it works great but be careful as it corrodes bare metal like dash brackets and seat frames
Good to know!
Thanks for the info! I see it as a one time use tool. Use it once on an old car and then it should stay fresh if you look after it
The Rover is looking amazing. What a great find Adam. You really have a fabulous collection of beautiful cars. Can't wait to see how you get on with the 1300.
Thank you! The “collection” has grown pretty quickly so it still feels odd to think that I have these many cars.
I’m really looking forward to the 1300 too. As soon as I get a break between some customer cars I will investigate the knocking sound in the 1300
Good work well done video approved, click.
Thank you!
Great results Adam the car looks beautiful.
Thank you!
Good day Adam and it really came out awesome. What a difference water and soap can do.Seats looks great and well looked after. Can't believe that the floor pan is in such a mint condition in comparisons with most of the floor pans of Jaguar's of the same era. I cleaned my jaguar seats with saddle soap and on some places it made black marks in the softer parts with a little wear on it. Was disappointed and do not look's good.Have a blessed day and stay safe.
Can you find neat's- foot oil in Sweden ? It's wonderful for restoring the natural oils of the leather, softening it and making it water-resistant.
Thanks for the video. Looks nice
Nice work, I cant believe how rust free this example is! Do they not use salt on the roads there in the winter?
I actually as an identical one being used in Islington, London last night! Sadly, I didn't get a picture, but I did remember yours!
When you take the old back box off just run the engine for a short while They sound awesome. Not for always obviously.
Adam,
could you add a list of products you use on this video? Thanks
You can hear how dry it is when you started on the driver's seat
AWESOME Subbed yah
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still not sorted the handbrake then ! that's got way too much travel , get a couple of caliper overhaul kits and the proper wind back tool , there are loads of videos on hear of how to overhaul them properly and how to avoid and repair all there odd faults ( the actuator leaver has such a small travel if they aren't done right your never get a good handbrake )
A word to the wise - putting any kind of leather conditioner onto any car seat is utterly pointless - I'm guilty of applying 'Connolly hide food' to my Jaguars many years ago. The very fact is that all car leather interiors along with shoes and jackets are 'sealed' leather. They have a sealed surface on the leather. Obviously where the sealant has worn through it can absorb the feed but on all other surfaces it does nothing other than coat your clothes with the feed
I think that's the case with modern 'leathers' but I'm not so sure that's the case in older cars. I know there is some test you can do, basically seeing if something soaks in or remains on the surface, which tells you if it's 'sealed'. Having said that, I use Gliptone on my modern Saabs and dry it off after and it does indeed make whatever that surface is softer and leaves a pleasant smell after. To each their own. I also clean my leather steering wheels with regular hand soap, which brings back the matte finish.
They say shiny leather is dirty, but I like a bit of a shine over a dull matt finish.
Gloves and a mask is a sensible precaution.