found this very interesting albeit wrong in some parts
www.aronline.co.uk/concepts/concepts-and-prototypes/rover-p7/?fbclid=IwAR0T_EY6y140JVb2O1iutuFM_LLPs8oSox-Y9IAH0Ssvu3DLWeG3W0JvMc8
and this guy seems to own this one now
ยท 5h
Ian Glass
Ian Glass As usual, of course, there are errors! The 128 mph quoted is what Ted Eves achieved on the MIRA one mile straight before running out of road. The car was still accelerating at that point, which gives credence to the 149 quoted by the two Rover testers. The 128 was lifted from the 1965 article in Autocar by Ted Eves when he referred to the P7 as 'the thinking man's Healey 3000' and generally praised the machine. Another error is the statement 'the car was sold to Edward Eves' but it wasn't! Rovers NEVER sold their prototypes and this car was LOANED to Ted Eves by his friend Peter Wilks on the understanding the car would be returned when he'd finished with it and destroyed. Sadly Peter Wilks died and nearly ten years later (1974) Ted sold it to me, obviously assuming enough time had passed. I only discovered this fact after contacting the Rover Company for more information and subsequently getting a very irate Jack Swain on the phone demanding to know how I had the car! Difficult to see how the six would fit into a standard P6 shell without seriously modifying the bulkhead. The P7 has different inner wings as well as the front number plate acting as an air scoop to aid cooling. Oh, and nobody talking knowledgeably ever mentions the triple carb P7 engine. I have the only two other engines known to exist, one with single carb head, the other triple. I can say that when I had the car on the road in the early 70s it was VERY quick, pulling 100 in 3rd. I once left a brand new SD1 for dead on the Bala-
www.aronline.co.uk/concepts/concepts-and-prototypes/rover-p7/?fbclid=IwAR0T_EY6y140JVb2O1iutuFM_LLPs8oSox-Y9IAH0Ssvu3DLWeG3W0JvMc8
and this guy seems to own this one now
ยท 5h
Ian Glass
Ian Glass As usual, of course, there are errors! The 128 mph quoted is what Ted Eves achieved on the MIRA one mile straight before running out of road. The car was still accelerating at that point, which gives credence to the 149 quoted by the two Rover testers. The 128 was lifted from the 1965 article in Autocar by Ted Eves when he referred to the P7 as 'the thinking man's Healey 3000' and generally praised the machine. Another error is the statement 'the car was sold to Edward Eves' but it wasn't! Rovers NEVER sold their prototypes and this car was LOANED to Ted Eves by his friend Peter Wilks on the understanding the car would be returned when he'd finished with it and destroyed. Sadly Peter Wilks died and nearly ten years later (1974) Ted sold it to me, obviously assuming enough time had passed. I only discovered this fact after contacting the Rover Company for more information and subsequently getting a very irate Jack Swain on the phone demanding to know how I had the car! Difficult to see how the six would fit into a standard P6 shell without seriously modifying the bulkhead. The P7 has different inner wings as well as the front number plate acting as an air scoop to aid cooling. Oh, and nobody talking knowledgeably ever mentions the triple carb P7 engine. I have the only two other engines known to exist, one with single carb head, the other triple. I can say that when I had the car on the road in the early 70s it was VERY quick, pulling 100 in 3rd. I once left a brand new SD1 for dead on the Bala-
