1960 Rover P4 80, 2286cc. Registration number VVY 444. Chass...

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£3,800

1960 Rover P4 80, 2286cc. Registration number VVY 444. Chassis number 645002433. Engine number 645002571.
Sold with the V5C, 4 x keys, large history folder.
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.
VVY is a three owner car, the first being Mrs Wheelwright of York, then Harold Hind in 1971 followed by our vendor in 1991. There are MOT's on file to confirm the current mileage of 41,944 as being correct, she has only been used sparingly by the last two owners. She is remarkably original and carries her age very well. Driven to the saleroom she has had a battery conversion, with cut out fitted, to allow a modern stereo, hidden in the glove box and still retains the original under dash toolkit.