This car has had major repairs in its 36 years but has never been restored - all of the original features are intact.
The Rover 3500S was detuned in the wake of the 1973 Oil Crisis and models like this one have a 9:1 compression ratio compared to the 10.5:1 I'm used to. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOv69n7gsGk
A 1970 Rover 3.5 Litre Saloon, DPK797J shows that she has no difficulty keeping up with modern traffic as she completes an anticlockwise lap of Manchester's M60 orbital motorway with ease.
This footage starts at the Shell on the A57 Regent Road - heading first out on the M602 then back into central Manchester along the same road.
The sound was recorded with the built-in microphone - even by modern standards the P5b is a quiet car.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCUboswL_A0
A 1970 Rover 3.5 Litre Saloon, DPK797J shows that she has no difficulty keeping up with modern traffic as she completes an anticlockwise lap of Manchester's M60 orbital motorway with ease.
This footage starts at the Shell on the A57 Regent Road - heading first out on the M602 then back into central Manchester along the same road.
This section is from J25 to J22.
The sound was recorded with the built-in microphone - even by modern standards the P5b is a quiet car.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgXXqJRoehY