Description
Stunning 1960 Rover (P4) 100 Saloon
From the golden age of Rover engineering this prize-winning showcar is a real crowd puller in rare Dover White over Light Brown paint scheme with cream hide upholstery. Drives like a Swiss watch too.
Nice woodwork, headlining, carpets, engine bay. Fitted overdrive. Worthy of inclusion in any collection of British cars, you won’t see another like it! Will definitely be in demand for relative’s Weddings and School Proms!
Features the upgraded Rover 6 cyl, 2, 6 litre, sloping head engine with 7 bearing crankshaft and front wheel disc brakes.
Full ownership history from new.
Original buff logbook.
Re-upholstered in Cream Ivory Hide in 2014..
Recent professional refresher bodyworks
Original Driver’s Handbook and Rover Workshop Manual.
Owner’s toolkit.
Road tools and starting handle.
Push button wireless plus modern radio/ tape player in glove box.
History folder with past maintenance bills.
Spare keys.
Old tax discs.
For more information about this very special P4, call John on number above anytime. Car located in Lytham St Annes, Lancs, Transport arranged at £1. 60 pr loaded mile.
Model Info
The Rover 90 and Rover 105 were replaced by the more powerful 100 announced on 24 October 1959. Its new but similar 2. 6 litres (160 cu in) IOE straight-6 engine was a short-stroke version of the P5 3-Litre unit. The 100 could reach 100 mph (161 km/ h). The interior was luxurious, with wood and leather accents on traditional English car elements like a curved "Shepherds Crook" handbrake lever. A bench front seat or individual front seats could be ordered. A heater was a standard fitting. Like the smaller 80 version, the 100 was fitted with servo-assisted Girling disc brakes at the front, keeping drum brakes at the rear.
Production ended in 1962, by which time 16, 521 had been produced.
Testing the 100 in 1960, The Motor magazine recorded a top speed of 92. 1 miles per hour (148. 2 km/ h), acceleration from 0–60 miles per hour (97 km/ h) of 17. 6 seconds and a fuel consumption of 23. 9 miles per imperial gallon (11. 8 L/ 100 km; 19. 9 mpg‑US). The test car cost £1538 including taxes.
