interesting, the keeble has essentially the same powertrain as the Opel Diplomat. It also came with a 5.4liter corvette sourced V8, DeDion rear axle and disk brakes. Later also the Diplomat based Bitter CD.
At 25:18, you show (briefly) the weekly classic car and motorcycle evening on Weymouth Esplanade. It's still going strong every Thursday, April - September, and whilst you won't see many Rover P5s there, there are some lovely classics to be seen each week.
The good old days of auto manufacturing when you could tell year,make,and model at a glance. Every car was DIFFERENT in shape, contour, and design. Unlike today when the only difference in cars now is attachment points of body parts.( same fender different bolt locations...etc).😢
As a kid I would walk to school (very common early 80's UK) and I would walk past a Gordon Keeble (as well as a couple of Bristol's and a gorgeous Ford Consul mk II 375, this was NOT a seriously posh area, more very middle class). The Gordon Keeble in the flesh, it just looks right. The Rover P5 is another one that 'looks right' and was known as a poor mans Rolls Royce. Poor being a relative statement
A great video, spoiled by inaccuracies and random images of a Jensen Interceptor. Also the Lancia Flaminia did NOT have four slightly sloped headlamps. The Pontial 455 cube V8 engine as not a marvel of automotive engineering, instead it was an underperforming lump, with points and a carburettor.
There were smallblock engines making more power than the majority of those Pontiac 455s. It also never had a Mikuni dirtbike carburetor nor did it have crank/cam sensor type electronic ignition... somebody got lazy when they put this video together. Anybody spot that "cameo" silhouette of what appears to be Pres. Obama earlier in the video (0:43) masquerading as Gordon? And how many times was the Chevy engine's specs repeated again and again? If you wanna pad the video, at least use accurate and useful info.
I owned the P5B great car had it for a number of years but it needed a bit of work sold it to someone from Blackpool regretted is as soon as he took it away
your wrong about thatcher , she got rid of them in favour of new Jags , she was quoted as sayin they looked to old or somthin ti that effect , just like she did ti Brittsh industry , aye !
People who start new brands should be certain that there's a demand for what they're intending to produce. Aiming for the La-Dee-Dah fat wallet market kills a lot of these over the top attempts.
Pontiac's idea of "clean lines" only serves to underline how great the preceding Gordon Keeble design was.
1969 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ 428 was no joke either.
interesting, the keeble has essentially the same powertrain as the Opel Diplomat. It also came with a 5.4liter corvette sourced V8, DeDion rear axle and disk brakes. Later also the Diplomat based Bitter CD.
Thanks for this wonderful video!
This channel stands as a testament to standing at a testament!
I WANT A GK1❤...beautiful body with Chevy mechanicals...PERFECT.
Proud owner of a 69 GP sj 428 and I cherish it
I've owned a Rover P6B for 10 years putting nearly 50,000 miles on it. Nice motors those old Rovers.
the keebler would look great in my driveway ❗️
At 25:18, you show (briefly) the weekly classic car and motorcycle evening on Weymouth Esplanade. It's still going strong every Thursday, April - September, and whilst you won't see many Rover P5s there, there are some lovely classics to be seen each week.
The good old days of auto manufacturing when you could tell year,make,and model at a glance. Every car was DIFFERENT in shape, contour, and design. Unlike today when the only difference in cars now is attachment points of body parts.( same fender different bolt locations...etc).😢
What a gorgeous automobile.
That Gordon-Keeble is one beautiful thing ! (Just for reference; I'm born in 1968).
- And came here to say:
I WANT ONE !!!
That 8.5 CR 455 was perfect for turbocharging...we added 7psi to a 69 455 GP and got 584 rwhp and even with highway gears it ran in the 12s.
Who cares? Is this about you?
21:23 you mean the 215 c.i. engine? To best of my knowledge GM or Buick never made an all aluminum 350.
3.5 litre, not 350 cu.
2:05 Also the first car to be fitted with a CD player.😄
And American aluminum V8 and a classic British saloon. No wonder the Queen drove one.
The tortoise symbolised "Speed and Endurance". WHAT? Shome mishtake shurely?
I'm guessing here, but I think it's based on the tale of the tortoise and the hare. The tortoise won, hence the surrounding victory laurels.
British humour. Absurdity at its finest.
The rear of the car resembles the Rover P6.
Bertone is with a final 'E' not 'I' as misspelled at 1:40 approx.
As a kid I would walk to school (very common early 80's UK) and I would walk past a Gordon Keeble (as well as a couple of Bristol's and a gorgeous Ford Consul mk II 375, this was NOT a seriously posh area, more very middle class). The Gordon Keeble in the flesh, it just looks right.
The Rover P5 is another one that 'looks right' and was known as a poor mans Rolls Royce. Poor being a relative statement
us v8 powerd iso grifo , Monteverdi , jensen interceptor ,
Already covered them in previous videos
Add Bristol, TVR, AC and many more.
@@paulrobinson3649 like them to
It's Bertone, not Bertoni--though both have similar pronunciations.
P5B had torsion bar front suspension, not coils.
is the Gordon Keeble designed by Touring? I would swear that was Lancia Flaminia Touring coupe coming at me if I saw it in the wild.
Edit; never mind . you said it was Bertone later in vid lol
The 62 Grand Prix 2+2 Was the fastest car available that year with a 0-60 in the 4sec range if traction was there.
The Grand Prix and the 2+2 were 2 different models.
A great video, spoiled by inaccuracies and random images of a Jensen Interceptor. Also the Lancia Flaminia did NOT have four slightly sloped headlamps. The Pontial 455 cube V8 engine as not a marvel of automotive engineering, instead it was an underperforming lump, with points and a carburettor.
There were smallblock engines making more power than the majority of those Pontiac 455s. It also never had a Mikuni dirtbike carburetor nor did it have crank/cam sensor type electronic ignition... somebody got lazy when they put this video together.
Anybody spot that "cameo" silhouette of what appears to be Pres. Obama earlier in the video (0:43) masquerading as Gordon? And how many times was the Chevy engine's specs repeated again and again? If you wanna pad the video, at least use accurate and useful info.
I owned the P5B great car had it for a number of years but it needed a bit of work sold it to someone from Blackpool regretted is as soon as he took it away
The Grand Prix was not first, others like the Buick Riviera created that niche before, coke bottle design included
Do the elves come with it?
Send me a P5b!
That's not how Bertone is spelled.
I know where there are two off these covered in tarpaulin .
I would hate to do a brake job on it. The rest Like.
The Obama silhouette.
your wrong about thatcher , she got rid of them in favour of new Jags , she was quoted as sayin they looked to old or somthin ti that effect , just like she did ti Brittsh industry , aye !
People who start new brands should be certain that there's a demand for what they're intending to produce. Aiming for the La-Dee-Dah fat wallet market kills a lot of these over the top attempts.
Was John Gordon black? Oh sorry. Was he a person of colour? I presume not. Why to depict him than as such?