1960 Rover P4 80, 2335 cc. Registration number OSU 340. Chas...

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£2,500 - £3,000

1960 Rover P4 80, 2335 cc. Registration number OSU 340. Chassis number 645100445. Engine number TBC.
The Rover P4 series was a group of mid sized luxury cars produced from 1949 until 1964. They were designed by Gordon Bashford. Their P4 designation is the factory terminology for this group of cars and was not in day-to-day use by ordinary owners who would have used the appropriate consumer designations for their models such as Rover 90 or Rover 100. Production began in 1949 with the 6-cylinder 2.1-litre Rover 75. Four years later a 2-litre 4-cylinder Rover 60 was brought to the market to fit below the 75 and a 2.6-litre 6-cylinder Rover 90 to top the three car range. The P4 series was supplemented in September 1958 by a new 3-litre P5 but stayed in production until 1964 and their replacement by the Rover 2000. The new four-cylinder 80, announced on 24 October 1959 was a new Land Rover derived straight 4 overhead-valve engine entirely different from the units used in all the other models. With 80 hp available, the car could top 85 mph. Girling vacuum servo-assisted disc brakes at the front were new, and the car used wider tyres and had updated styling. Overdrive, operating on top gear only, was standard on the four-speed transmission. Options included a radio, two tone paint schemes, and either a bench or individual front seats. The four-cylinder cars were never popular, and just 5,900 had been built when, after 3 years, production ended. Its place was taken by the new Rover 95 announced September 1962.
OSU has been owned by our vendor since 2009 during which time it has travelled only some 2,500 miles. In 2015 he sold it but the deal was never completed so it came back to Yorkshire. Offered in two tone green with a solid chassis, good mechanicals and a tired green interior it runs well but would benefit with some improvement to the interior.
Sold with the V5C, various MOT's and tax disc, together with some paperwork.