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1955 Rover P4 60

United Kingdom • 12 Feb 2025

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This 1955 Rover P4 '60' is a rarer iteration, with approximately 50,700 miles displayed (possibly 150,700). It's been off the road since the 1980s, making it an ideal restoration project for a P4 enthusiast. Includes original logbook and maintenance notes.

Condition

5

The car has been off the road since the 1980s and is described as an ideal project, suggesting it requires reconditioning. While the engine has been running recently, the handwritten maintenance notes and odometer reading (potentially 150,700 miles) point to moderate wear and tear.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

53300164

Odometer:

50,700 miles

Reg Number:

TUR 590

RHD/LHD:

RHD

Unveiled to great enthusiasm at the 1949 Earls Court Motor Show, the Rover P4 was another brainchild of Spencer and Maurice Wilks and only 9,261 examples of the '60' variant were built from 1954-1959 .

Said to be influenced by Raymond Loewy's designs for Studebaker, the P4's transatlantic lines clothed a highly competent chassis equipped with independent coil-and-wishbone front suspension and a Panhard rod located leaf-sprung rear axle.

Various engine options were available during the P4's model life including the '60' a 1997cc OISE four-cylinder engine developing some 60bhp and 101lbft of torque, it had been used in the early Land Rover , although it now had modifications including an SU carburettor .

With the standard four-speed plus freewheel manual transmission, this gave a respectable top speed of 80mph.

Only marginally slower (2mph) than its '75' big brother, the '60' was also rather too close in terms of list price.

First registered for the road in Hertfordshire on 18th Feb...