Sitting in the 75 waiting on my wife coming out from a appointment, when this popped up, sounds so good playing the video through Bluetooth, people must have been starring at me as I was willing the P6 to start.
If you had been in American in 1972, your car might be a '72 Chevy Impala. My parents had one. Huge, but gas was cheap and the car was affordable, Lots of room for 6 people, a 350 (5.7 litre) V8. Very smooth and quiet, nice interior, power steering and power brakes, disc in the front and automatic transmission standard.. No manual choke. Manual chokes were done in the '50's. I really enjoy seeing cars from other parts of the world that fill similar needs, but have different environments to compete in.
Keep going at it mate! It's such a lovely car - amazing colour combination too, with the 'toledo red' leather, and ET headrests. She's a '72, like me, and like my mexico brown P6 3500 (my cameron green TC 2.2 is a '74). They are the BEST cars. They drive so well, and they are so beautiful. They should not be left un-driven for such a long time...mainly because it's such a pity to miss out on the driving experience!!! Take care mate. Greetings from Florence, Italy.
👍Keep at it. I took my 1972 P6 2000TC from 20,000 to 120,000 miles before I passed it on without any significant mechanical faults. I have had top of the range BMWs and Mercedes since (many from new) but still consider it the best car I have ever owned. In many respects a better drive and more ergonomically designed than the current generation of vehicles that rely software and have a distracting iPad instead of an instrument panel with controls that you can feel without taking your eyes off the road. If I could buy a P6 new I would willingly have one now instead of the modern rubbish. Take care of it. 👍
Oh man, I so agree with you. I have two P6s, a 4-pot and a V8, and they really are the best cars. One initially falls in love with the shape and elegance of the cabin, but the true love is found once driven! They are wonderfully engineered and such an amazingly rewarding driving experience!!
I sit down on day 1 of my holiday and low and behold you've gone back to my favourite! Make sure the earth strap is very clean otherwise you can get intermittent firing issues, have the same issue on mine wouldn't start, then I cleaned them in my parts washer, no issues, the fact its getting hot suggests too much resistance from dirty connections. Those starter motor wires I was always dubious about on my old P6, always seemed too close to the engine block or hot exhaust downpipe, the wires were brittle but intact. I'd personally chop as much of that wiring and solder/crimp new fresh cables. Also even if you can manual prime that pump using the lever, I still wouldn't rule out the pump - my pump was still pumping fuel to start but not enough to keep if running for more than a few seconds, turns out the diaphragms are not made as well as they used to be! Can't wait to see it running. Any advice you from one P6 man to another don't hesitate (despite not owning one for the last two years - too long), I will most probably be at the NEC next month so I will definitely come and say hello!
Im sure one of those wires might have been touching the exhaust once, very dodgy placement! Ive replaced that pump diaphragm before, seems OK but may well be crispy again
1972 what a great year ! I should start videoing my LandRover fixes almost a full time job lol 😂 Hope you get the gremlins sorted and get her to fire up! Good work mate!
It is such a cool car and it's how I discovered your channel. I learned to drive in my Dad's 1972 2000TC in the 80s. Looking forward to seeing it up and running!
When you come back from the Rover Club meeting and this the same thing every other Rover owner deals with....the two forbidden Rover phrases: "too old" and "too many"!
Congratulations on the 50 year milestone. Just had a made the 25 year milestone with my car but of course 50 is twice as awesome. You said yourself in the past Matt about the squeaky wheel getting the grease. This car is very tidy and I suppose has caused you less issue than other cars on the fleet.
Almost! Once everything is sorted it will start and run! Off topic; saw on my Google feed a person got the use of a new Volvo because the 740 GLE he bought new went 500,000 or a million miles, I forget which. And I believe that classic Volvo still runs!
I'm being biased but this is the best car you have bar none. Such great cars. My father had loads when I was young. When I was 18 I bought a 2000sc. I couldnt afford to keep it though so sold it. I now have a mexico brown 2200sc and I'll never let that one go. Great video as always regards Thomas
Ahhhhh…this brings back memories of my late uncles Rover 🤗 His was a gorgeous grey colour with a lovely red leather interior, from memory it was an auto. He kept it (as he did all his cars) immaculately 😏🇬🇧
Matt, I've got the same old story with getting the fuel through on the pump on my P6 2200SC.. Hey Ho.. Trouble is the auto gearbox is peeing out fluid, so the sump gasket is going to need doing first.. Oh well.. Hope you get your wires sorted out.. (Phil - Lancashire)
Mine was turning over the same and would not fire the other day stale petrol I took top off carb absorbed old stuff out with kitchen towel poured fresh in put top back on and put more fresh petrol in tank and away it went mine will be 50 in August and the paint is showing its age good luck with it 🙂
Aaahh! Missed this car, Matt! Fingers crossed you can get it up and running again. could this be the year we see 2000 make an appearance on the channel and running on the road again? 🙊🙊
I used to hate taking those four nuts off the SU carb, you could guarantee that I’d drop at least one as it’s such a narrow gap for your finger tips to go into. Of course the nut would disappear somewhere into the depths of the engine bay, never to be seen again lol
Torches, here in the land of cheese curds, they have a slightly different feel. I'm a fan of the term lantern myself, we use flashlight, but the first part of the word is a bit too busy, flash is a bit much. Lantern, is just a nice slow-pronounced word. IDK, may not fit, but it's nice.
A treat to see the 2000 getting attention. They are beautiful cars indeed. The shop I take my Volvo to has a red one in the office sharing space with a Jaguar E-Type Series 1. I prefer the Rover.
Good to see the old girl again, that's the only problem of having so many project cars that you can't get rid of. Finding the time for all of them. Did you enjoy your holiday? Did it blow the cobwebs away?
Great stuff! I'm admired this car since I first saw it in Classics Monthly in the early 2000s. It pleases me that it has a Canterbury registration plate, as Canterbury is the city of my birth :)
Was hoping, think you'd better get the wiring sorted first. You know what it's like, it'll run and all be fine and just think "Em, maybe I'll take it for a short trip around the block". Which will turn into longer than thought and getting stuck somewhere. Another one of those cars I wish I had no just thought "Been, seen, done and NEXT!"
I am not very mechanically minded so forgive a naive question. As there is so much vibration from a car engine, how does one ensure that the bolts and nuts mounting the engine don't become loose in use? I know that using a smaller nut before screwing on a larger nut is good for locking the arrangement.
Is the P6 a small car? Just seems a lot of room in the lockup unless it's a large one. Suppose it's smaller compared to newer cars. Forgetting about cars is something that's crossed my mind, I'm currently looking at renting two garages in Maidstone which is about 25 minutes from my house.
I was hoping it would start, but when you get to 50+ years old things get temperamental and need a little longer to get going before something else breaks.
@@furiousdrivingaccording to owners club common fault on 2.2 You can rebuild solenoid and contacts. I didn’t want to mess about as it’s the Wife’s everyday transport so just replaced the whole starter.
That starter wiring is sooooo suspect... what are those blue connectors doing? and the issue with the earth strap, classic. I had a car where it would all of a sudden cut out while driving, the bad earth connection would heat up to the point where no electrons flowed! Suggest you drain the tank and flush the fuel lines, after 2 years that petrol has to be bad. Good luck!
Ill have to cut it all back and replace, and get a new earth strap. Ive put a few gallons of V Power in there, as it was low before that usually dilutes and cleans the system (as I hate draining tanks!)
Start Ya B...a.. , does it really exist in Australia ? I remember growing up in the 1970s car batteries must have been crap. However, nobody ever used jump leads, it was always a push start or a tow start.
So what fuel do put in all these motor’s now everywhere has this tank rusting pipe/seal dissolving rubbish Petrol that we have to pay extortionate prices for here in the UK…?
You really need to be more methodical, slow down, make sure you have plenty of space by moving cars out of confined spaces, make sure you have the tools you need and make sure batteries are fully charged and in good condition. But mostly, stop jumping from one idea to another. Eliminate, each problem methodically and you will have far more success with these things. You seem to find it very hard to complete anything you start and sorting that will make the whole process far more enjoyable for you and your viewers. Just trying to help so please accept this as constructive criticism.
I cant move it out as its a slope up to the garage, so if it doesnt start its stuck outside. It would be nice to have more space, if it had started it could have run to the home garage
I don't think your qualified to lecture Matt on how to run his RUclips channel, seeing as it has gone from strength to strength over the years. The current formula is clearly working for him so why be so patronising?
Sitting in the 75 waiting on my wife coming out from a appointment, when this popped up, sounds so good playing the video through Bluetooth, people must have been starring at me as I was willing the P6 to start.
If you had been in American in 1972, your car might be a '72 Chevy Impala. My parents had one. Huge, but gas was cheap and the car was affordable, Lots of room for 6 people, a 350 (5.7 litre) V8. Very smooth and quiet, nice interior, power steering and power brakes, disc in the front and automatic transmission standard.. No manual choke. Manual chokes were done in the '50's.
I really enjoy seeing cars from other parts of the world that fill similar needs, but have different environments to compete in.
Keep going at it mate! It's such a lovely car - amazing colour combination too, with the 'toledo red' leather, and ET headrests. She's a '72, like me, and like my mexico brown P6 3500 (my cameron green TC 2.2 is a '74). They are the BEST cars. They drive so well, and they are so beautiful. They should not be left un-driven for such a long time...mainly because it's such a pity to miss out on the driving experience!!! Take care mate. Greetings from Florence, Italy.
👍Keep at it. I took my 1972 P6 2000TC from 20,000 to 120,000 miles before I passed it on without any significant mechanical faults.
I have had top of the range BMWs and Mercedes since (many from new) but still consider it the best car I have ever owned. In many respects a better drive and more ergonomically designed than the current generation of vehicles that rely software and have a distracting iPad instead of an instrument panel with controls that you can feel without taking your eyes off the road.
If I could buy a P6 new I would willingly have one now instead of the modern rubbish. Take care of it. 👍
I Totally agree with you about modern cars.
Same with my P5
Oh man, I so agree with you. I have two P6s, a 4-pot and a V8, and they really are the best cars. One initially falls in love with the shape and elegance of the cabin, but the true love is found once driven! They are wonderfully engineered and such an amazingly rewarding driving experience!!
@@danieleregoli812 Awesome man. I am 14 and I discovered UPL 870M on the CB channel. Beautiful car, too bad I couldn't buy it really. Amazing cars
I'm from 1972 and have trouble starting sometimes too Lol. Nice to see the Rover again.
The 2 foot high stack of Haynes "pron" was a treat :P
I sit down on day 1 of my holiday and low and behold you've gone back to my favourite! Make sure the earth strap is very clean otherwise you can get intermittent firing issues, have the same issue on mine wouldn't start, then I cleaned them in my parts washer, no issues, the fact its getting hot suggests too much resistance from dirty connections. Those starter motor wires I was always dubious about on my old P6, always seemed too close to the engine block or hot exhaust downpipe, the wires were brittle but intact. I'd personally chop as much of that wiring and solder/crimp new fresh cables. Also even if you can manual prime that pump using the lever, I still wouldn't rule out the pump - my pump was still pumping fuel to start but not enough to keep if running for more than a few seconds, turns out the diaphragms are not made as well as they used to be! Can't wait to see it running. Any advice you from one P6 man to another don't hesitate (despite not owning one for the last two years - too long), I will most probably be at the NEC next month so I will definitely come and say hello!
Good advice!
Im sure one of those wires might have been touching the exhaust once, very dodgy placement! Ive replaced that pump diaphragm before, seems OK but may well be crispy again
Great to see the p6 again. The restoration on my v8 over on my channel is getting there now.
Have a 67 2000tc to do after that.
1972 what a great year !
I should start videoing my LandRover fixes almost a full time job lol 😂
Hope you get the gremlins sorted and get her to fire up!
Good work mate!
I’m surprised you don’t have a magnetic tray to store all the tools, nuts and bolts you’re using, makes life so much easier!
It is such a cool car and it's how I discovered your channel. I learned to drive in my Dad's 1972 2000TC in the 80s. Looking forward to seeing it up and running!
Wow that's a beauty, far too nice to be secreted away in a lock up without being used, needs to be enjoyed! I feel a fire up is on the horizon!!!!
When you come back from the Rover Club meeting and this the same thing every other Rover owner deals with....the two forbidden Rover phrases: "too old" and "too many"!
good to see the Rover P6 again. On a white car, the only interior to have is red!
Don't you just love the way these classics tease and taunt us! All part of the experience :)
I has a complaint! 😀 We don't see nearly enough of this beautiful P6, Always a joy to see so thanks for the video.
Congratulations on the 50 year milestone. Just had a made the 25 year milestone with my car but of course 50 is twice as awesome.
You said yourself in the past Matt about the squeaky wheel getting the grease. This car is very tidy and I suppose has caused you less issue than other cars on the fleet.
Hi Matt, Better luck next time. I have a car sitting in my garage that needs the same.5 years no start. Great to see the P6
Almost!
Once everything is sorted it will start and run!
Off topic; saw on my Google feed a person got the use of a new Volvo because the 740 GLE he bought new went 500,000 or a million miles, I forget which. And I believe that classic Volvo still runs!
He didnt need a new one, the 740 would still be fine!
It's been a while for me, too... I prefer to count in leap ice-ages. 😁
Nice video Matt I'm in agonising pain today so it's a nice distraction thank you
oh no, hope it gets better soon
I'm being biased but this is the best car you have bar none. Such great cars. My father had loads when I was young. When I was 18 I bought a 2000sc. I couldnt afford to keep it though so sold it. I now have a mexico brown 2200sc and I'll never let that one go. Great video as always regards Thomas
Ahhhhh…this brings back memories of my late uncles Rover 🤗 His was a gorgeous grey colour with a lovely red leather interior, from memory it was an auto. He kept it (as he did all his cars) immaculately 😏🇬🇧
I look forward to seeing more on this car It's been so long since a video on this car that I had forgotten about this Rover.
Love the hockey puck solution and love the old Rover - looking forward to next time and finally hearing the old girl fire up 👍
Yes more P6 videos!
So much for the P6 specialist, your better off trying a sports shop!
Matt, I've got the same old story with getting the fuel through on the pump on my P6 2200SC.. Hey Ho.. Trouble is the auto gearbox is peeing out fluid, so the sump gasket is going to need doing first.. Oh well.. Hope you get your wires sorted out.. (Phil - Lancashire)
Mine was turning over the same and would not fire the other day stale petrol I took top off carb absorbed old stuff out with kitchen towel poured fresh in put top back on and put more fresh petrol in tank and away it went mine will be 50 in August and the paint is showing its age good luck with it 🙂
Aaahh! Missed this car, Matt! Fingers crossed you can get it up and running again. could this be the year we see 2000 make an appearance on the channel and running on the road again? 🙊🙊
I used to hate taking those four nuts off the SU carb, you could guarantee that I’d drop at least one as it’s such a narrow gap for your finger tips to go into. Of course the nut would disappear somewhere into the depths of the engine bay, never to be seen again lol
Every time!
Torches, here in the land of cheese curds, they have a slightly different feel. I'm a fan of the term lantern myself, we use flashlight, but the first part of the word is a bit too busy, flash is a bit much. Lantern, is just a nice slow-pronounced word. IDK, may not fit, but it's nice.
this one is gonna fight you till the very end. Keep up the good work.👍
A treat to see the 2000 getting attention. They are beautiful cars indeed. The shop I take my Volvo to has a red one in the office sharing space with a Jaguar E-Type Series 1. I prefer the Rover.
Timeless looking car. Keep going at it and get it running Matt
Hockey pucks! Genius!
Good to see the old girl again, that's the only problem of having so many project cars that you can't get rid of. Finding the time for all of them.
Did you enjoy your holiday? Did it blow the cobwebs away?
It was a good break, very bracing!
Great video, thanks Matt 👍🏻
Classic car ownership in the real world, great to see there’s nothing faked here. Some days you win, some days you’re a P6 owner. 🙂
I’ve watched every video you made enjoyed the 90s cars the most very entertaining & addictive 🙂👍🏻
What a shame, but hopefully those wires won’t be too hard to replace. Looking forward to see it running.
A great video of my favourite car. Looking forward to seeing it on the road again soon. Many Thanks Matt!
Fingers crossed!
Hi matey did you ever make another video of you getting it going? I can't seem to find anymore on this gorgeous Rover. Cheers
Hi Matt, Just put a Western Australian number plate in the post to you, be interested to see how long it take. Thanks Gary
Shame about the wire's you will get it Running yet.🤙
Great stuff! I'm admired this car since I first saw it in Classics Monthly in the early 2000s. It pleases me that it has a Canterbury registration plate, as Canterbury is the city of my birth :)
Sucking petrol through a pipe proper old school mechanic love it matt bet you can still taste it all the best donny
I could taste it again today just thinking about it!
Good video thanks for sharing 👍have had a few of these over the years ,great cars.
Was hoping, think you'd better get the wiring sorted first. You know what it's like, it'll run and all be fine and just think "Em, maybe I'll take it for a short trip around the block". Which will turn into longer than thought and getting stuck somewhere. Another one of those cars I wish I had no just thought "Been, seen, done and NEXT!"
yes, that quick test run that ends in disaster!
Definitely change that ground!
I’ve probably seen that car about at some time as it was registered in Canterbury (FN registration). Lovely cars P6s had a few myself.
I am not very mechanically minded so forgive a naive question. As there is so much vibration from a car engine, how does one ensure that the bolts and nuts mounting the engine don't become loose in use? I know that using a smaller nut before screwing on a larger nut is good for locking the arrangement.
Its never had a problem, just do up tightly. As the bolts face down even if the nuts were missing the bolts would stay in place
It might run on the old gas but not start. As usual Easy Start might do the trick. Earth lead not earthing? Attach negative jump lead to the engine?
🤞For next time we see the white rover matt, interior looks in beautiful condition.
How much can you run off the car battery/inverter? Is it only good for lighting or could you run a heater or dehumidifier off it?
It runs a battery conditioner for about 10 hours so can keep it topped up or have a light for a fair while
Wait, what? Where did this one come from! :o
Lovely to see another car!
I was sure it was black! But it is a different Rover...
Very appealing car! Can’t wait to see her on the road Matt
The P6 is probably a very good car but I prefer the P5 so whenever I see one I wish it was a P5!
Haven't been in a P6 for almost 49 years. Jesus ! That, I think, was a 2200 SC. The owner died donkeys years ago.
Beautiful looking car.
Is the P6 a small car? Just seems a lot of room in the lockup unless it's a large one. Suppose it's smaller compared to newer cars. Forgetting about cars is something that's crossed my mind, I'm currently looking at renting two garages in Maidstone which is about 25 minutes from my house.
Not very small, 4.6m long but quite narrow - its a very big lock up!
Have you tried a solar panel battery charger?
Genuine Durite ones are pretty decent
A P6 is on m bucket list of cars to own
I was hoping it would start, but when you get to 50+ years old things get temperamental and need a little longer to get going before something else breaks.
The Rover curse strikes again :(
So close. Great video again
I feel your starter pain. Just had to put a new one on the Wife’s Evoque. Contacts go inside the solenoid 🙄.
thats new for that sort of fail?
@@furiousdrivingaccording to owners club common fault on 2.2 You can rebuild solenoid and contacts. I didn’t want to mess about as it’s the Wife’s everyday transport so just replaced the whole starter.
That starter wiring is sooooo suspect... what are those blue connectors doing? and the issue with the earth strap, classic. I had a car where it would all of a sudden cut out while driving, the bad earth connection would heat up to the point where no electrons flowed! Suggest you drain the tank and flush the fuel lines, after 2 years that petrol has to be bad. Good luck!
Ill have to cut it all back and replace, and get a new earth strap. Ive put a few gallons of V Power in there, as it was low before that usually dilutes and cleans the system (as I hate draining tanks!)
The $64.000 question is what is happening with the Rover V8 !
ya got keep it going mate love them rovers
When I saw the description for this video I got exited as I thought it was the v8 😕 but this will surfice I suppose 😅
Are you not missing the carb heat shield ?
and the air filter, both on the floor
Those standard paper fuel filters work better on the blow side of fuel pumps rather than the suck I do believe 😵💫😇
3:53 wasn't that Manfred Mann? 😁
do a diddy
Bolting through hockey pucks is going to be completely rigid because the bolt will always be under tension. It will have no compliance.
12:21 "Ptooiee! EXXON!" 😁
Those over 50 will remember Bill Maynard starred in a tv show in the 70s called The Gaffer and he drove a shitty Rover 2000..
Wouldn't it be better to use a 12V light rather than an inverter?
I use it for a battery conditioner as well, and like the added complication!
This guy is a total cowboy! Lol! Goofs galore!
Start Ya B...a.. , does it really exist in Australia ?
I remember growing up in the 1970s car batteries must have been crap. However, nobody ever used jump leads, it was always a push start or a tow start.
What's happened to the V8 project?
waiting to be done
I wonder where the 4.6 V8 is now...
Hoo ha dilly should of been the title of this video 😂
Didn’t you used to have a V8 P6?
George Michael - Careless Washer
This was a very "HubNut" video.
Sponsorship deal from exide or bosch 🤔🤓 needed I think you should invest in a noco gx75 battery 🔋 😉 pack , i got one for Christmas 🎄 👍
That would be the dream sponsor deal!
Could not hear the bin lorry.
A Proper Car
So what fuel do put in all these motor’s now everywhere has this tank rusting pipe/seal dissolving rubbish Petrol that we have to pay extortionate prices for here in the UK…?
Shell V Power or similar
I got a p6 v8. Much better imp
How dare you neglect possibly the most beautiful car of all time! Shame on you sir.😤😤😀😀
I am getting frustrated just watching. BTW I have to send you that Pennsylvania plate.
please do!
There's always something isn't there? Mind you if it was easy any idiot would be able to do it.
One day something may go like clockwork and be very easy but that will make a very boring and short video.
You really need to be more methodical, slow down, make sure you have plenty of space by moving cars out of confined spaces, make sure you have the tools you need and make sure batteries are fully charged and in good condition. But mostly, stop jumping from one idea to another. Eliminate, each problem methodically and you will have far more success with these things. You seem to find it very hard to complete anything you start and sorting that will make the whole process far more enjoyable for you and your viewers. Just trying to help so please accept this as constructive criticism.
It's a bit infuriating to watch especially when you are shouting at your monitor.
I cant move it out as its a slope up to the garage, so if it doesnt start its stuck outside. It would be nice to have more space, if it had started it could have run to the home garage
I don't think your qualified to lecture Matt on how to run his RUclips channel, seeing as it has gone from strength to strength over the years. The current formula is clearly working for him so why be so patronising?
@@alexwilkinson4896 ??WTF?
@@alexwilkinson4896 I don't think you are qualified to lecture Carl.