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Bexhill 100 Motoring Club
Bexhill on Sea - The Birthplace of British Motor Racing (1902)
Address.
The Bexhill 100 Motoring Club
PO Box 159
Bexhill - on - Sea
East Sussex
TN39 3XE
Bexhill 100 Motoring Club
Copyright 2011-2012 Bexhill 100 Motoring Club
Bexhill on Sea - The Birthplace of British Motor Racing (1902)
e-mail: bexhill100@bexhill100mc.co.uk
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Rover P6 1971 V8 3.5
Engine
Aluminium block
8 cylinders OHV
Bore: 88.9mm, Stroke: 71.12mm
Displacement: 3,528cc
Valves:OH 16, hydraulic lifters
Compression ratio: 10.0 to 1
Carburettors: Two SU HS6 1.75in
Power output: 160.5bhp at 5,200rpm
Torque: 203 lb/ft at 2,600rpm
Construction
Non-stressed steel outer panels bolted on unitary steel body with safety cage
Transmission
3-speed automatic B/W 35 and
later B/W 65
Brakes
Power assisted
Front: discs, Rear: inboard disc
Steering
Rack and pinion
Suspension
Front: Independent coil,
anti-roll bar
Rear: de Dion tube suspension
Wheels
5 stud, 16in pressed steel
6.50 x 14in radial tyres
Dimensions & Weight
Wheelbase: 103.3in
Track - front: 53.4in
Track - rear: 51.7in
Overall length: 179.8in
Overall width: 66in
Overall height: 55.7in
Ground clearance: 6.1in
Turning circle: 35.8 ft
Fuel tank: 15gals
Kerb weight: 26.3cwt
Production
1968–77
81,057 produced
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Heidi’s granddad had a Rover P6 from new and she said that she would like one by the time she was 50 (this year!!!). We saw the car advertised on ebay but we had the Cortina 1600E and the Austin 100 Vanden Plas to sell first. Heidi sold the Austin and the Rover wasn’t sold, it came up for a second time but we still hadn’t sold the Cortina, when it came up for sale for the third time Heidi told me to buy it even though we still had the Cortina. Who could argue with her, so we bought it, sight unseen, then drove to North Torrington in Devon to pick the car up. Heidi loves her!!! Car and lets me drive it occasionally, if I’ve been good. The car has the Rover V8 3.5litre, it has a 390 Holley Carburettor fitted a bug-catcher scoop. It also has spiders and webs on the body work, in the paintwork, wasn’t sure at first but love it now. Designer Spen King, Gordon Bashford, David Bache.
LIFE ON MARS
This 1971 Rover P6 SDX 119J was used in Life on Mars Series 2 Episode 4 “Suburban Swingers”.
John Simm (Sam Tyler) and Liz White (Annie Cartwright) are seen driving up to a party posing as “Tony and Cherie Blair”.