Paging Timo and Bear

The "Ashley" P5B Coupe is up for sale

190227942662

 

OMFG!!11!!!

Want, need, will Shirley etc etc....

That's a lot of intriguing motor there, for 12.5k and in need of paint
and a retrim.

As an aside, that ad displays completey differently in IE7 and FF3.

 

I showed it to the FiL - his view was that the proper saloon version of the
P5B looked much better than the coupé, but the modifications were quite
impressive.

 

I think the Overfinch connection is that Schuler became Overfinch in 1985.
Note the "Overfinch Conversion" plate.

But if you're going to do stuff to a P5B, you should be improving it as a
road car, not converting it into an agricultural vehicle.

 

The alloys in the top pics are from a 92-94 Range Rover Vogue SE, and I
think some late Discovery S1's.

The ones on the lower pics are aftermarket jobs - that thing must be
really weird to drive.

--
Pete M - OMF#9

BMW 320i SE Touring (I know, after all I said...)
Range Rover V8 Turbo (Sold)

"Wait! We can't stop here, this is Bat Country" (Stoned)

 

Ewww. It's not the first time that's for sale, either.

 

It's a shame the press articles don't come out better. I read the
article in the Classic Cars mag back in '95 when it was published and,
from what I recall, there was a lot of money spent with people that knew
what they were doing.

It did look quite odd being bumperless too.

 

To be fair, having driven ours to the MOT station yesterday, even
standard ones are really weird to drive, especially by modern standards.

Things have moved on in the last 40 years.

 

I drove a near perfect Range Rover 'Classic' last week, and I still love
them. My Turbo one is a lot stiffer than standard, so it feels very
weird indeed.

--
Pete M - OMF#9

BMW 325i SE Touring (I know, after all I said...)
Range Rover V8 Turbo (Sold)

"Wait! We can't stop here, this is Bat Country" (Stoned)

 

It just looks "wrong". Something about the stance.

 

You mean the "jacked-up-at-both-ends" look?

 

Something like that, yes. The wheel arch gaps just look awful.

 

Is that right? Didn't realise that.

 

You have to like riding around in a very powerful off-road runabout with
single-figure mpg. If I found myself in the disconcerting position of
actually owning it, I'd put Landie steel wheels on it with proper T&C tyres,
paint it NATO green, then go along to military vehicle meets and pass it off
as a one-off prototype built to an MOD spec for a command car, something
like this:

http://www.solidcars.com/sugga.htm

 

*Right*. Yes, I see exactly what you mean. The top edge of the rear arch
is square and just slices aross the top line of the tyre. It looks *so*
much better.

Funnily enough, though it may be heresy, I think the car might look even
better if lowered an inch or two.

 

An inch or so off the front end would be quite effective.

 

Now that's interesting. I didn't know he was involved in it. Didn't he
do the original Range Rover? Or was that Spen King? Or both of 'em?

 

Hmmm...Bear used the term "stance" just up there ^.

I've never heard the term used wrt to a car before either.