Rare Rover - 1947 P2 12hp Tourer - 1 of 200 made!

[@alasdairboyd7299]

My first thought when I saw the Thumbnail was All Creatures Great and Small, but that was a Rover 12 , Great Vid

[@bobspeller2225]

This is a fantastic car, My first car was a P2 saloon sport 14 and that performed as you reported. sold it to a friend for £5. great Video. Thanks for the memory All the best Bob

[@kevinnye5132]

What a lovely little old car Matt and perfect British racing green colour and that alone makes it go 5mph faster 👌🏻.

[@grrfy]

I think the fast jet pilot at 52 seconds thought they saw the ghost of one of their predecessors cruising down the lanes.

[@wollaminfaetter]

The patina, the sound of straight cut gears, the precise gearshift... oh baby, I'm in love

[@danielrussell446]

Such a beautiful car back when designers knew style and grace

[@davidhinkson8856]

This car is well used and well maintained by the look of it. That gearchange is indeed very smooth.

[@robertngreen6]

This sounds glorious! Especially in first gear, with the whine! Super video, you obviously had a great time in this!

[@nygelmiller5293]

This really is an all-time classic. What a beautiful car.

[@bubbabb8464]

I think this is definitely your sort of car for you and mrs furious for a night on the town.

[@peterharness5192]

Lovely car, looks to drive very nicely 👍, my wife & kids spotted you filming in the farm yard at Tumby! Come to Lincolnshire more often!!

[@furiousdriving]

Did you message the owner? He said Id been spotted!

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

A excellent review Matt of a Gorgeous looking Rover.

[@furiousdriving]

thanks!

[@peterking2794]

BEAUTIFUL!!

[@paulscountrygarage9180]

Great video of a great car. One slight correction is the chassis lubricator system was vacuum driven from the manifold and used oil not grease.

[@michaeltutty1540]

Absolutely spectacular automobile. Beautiful condition. Not quite perfect, but perfectly serviceable. Ideal, really. I love your enthusiasm for the old girl. Well done video.

[@anthonystevens8683]

What a cracking little roadster Matt, I knew nothing about the freewheel bit so I've leaned something today. Like so many owner aids like the self lube system those systems required more maintenance than maintaining the bits that they served. Thoughts of the automatic cam chain tensioners come to mind on some motorcycles many years ago. Many thanks for sharing this great car with us.

[@nygelmiller5293]

To Anthony Stevens. There was ALSO built- in jacks on some cars. I think they automatically jacked up cars, if I'm correct. (Maybe!) One make that featured that, was the no- longer in existence make STAR. Fabulous make! DO look them up on the internet!

[@Mariazellerbahn]

There seems to have been a lot of these P2 Tourers for sale in last couple of years ..... 18 in fact plus yours makes 19. That's 10% of them. Bound to be more. DPN 242 / BXK 440 / JPO 848 / YS 4737 / ETV 99 / BVP 106 / COA 550 / LLO 73 / ACH 809 / FOD 590 / FAM 192 / KPP 733 / KCV 678 / BPX 346 / DRV 15 / AJV 14 / LUA 733.

[@James-ld2jc]

I have never heard of this car before. Thanks for the introduction to it Matt.

[@peterriggall8409]

Beautiful Matt. Not really into this era of car but this one is not typical.

[@PaddyWV]

I have a photo of my grandparents P2 saloon. Unfortunately my Dad was being "arty" at the time so it's just a close up of the front from a low angle. Even with this one's rarity, I wonder what prices are like. Thirties and Forties and fifties cars are fast becoming forgotten by (some) folk today. A great shame.

[@MarcusTDM]

Never understood the difference between hp and bhp! Lovely old car that.

[@arieplomp8906]

Wow what a beautiful car Matt! 👍🏻👍🏻 🆙 like allways!

[@850glt]

There was also a 20hp Rover P2 which was not continued when production resumed after the war

[@furiousdriving]

yes, they decided there was no market for it post war with petrol rationing in place

[@TheMileswin]

Excellent road test Matt. I love the old Rover.

[@geoffnoyes520]

Gordon Bennett, it looks very much like a pre war car! But it was far from alone in that many cars were very much pre war cars in most respects. But of course these were just prior to the post war designs appearing on the roads. Lovely car, sounds great, interesting review as usual thank you.

[@foxstrangler]

A friend of mine's father has a maroon example of this. When I first saw it, I had to look it up. It's immaculate.

[@matthewroberts1828]

My Dad purchased a one owner pre war example in the same colour, he restored it for my Mother, we sold the car and now it feature in the new version of All Creatures Great and Small.

[@furiousdriving]

small world! The owner and I talked about that car when we were filming this

[@maxidyne]

What a beautiful car, very interesting engineering! Great review Matt. 👍

[@furiousdriving]

thanks, its high on my list of cars I need in the garage now!

[@dennisnichols2411]

Can't wait for you to try a pre-war Alvis! I love this video!

[@ImpalamansGarage]

11:37: I swear that looks like the Mississippi Delta where grew up. lol

[@marksimmons5886]

Without doubt one of the most beautiful cars

[@richardhewitt.easyvanlife.6957]

An aunt of mine ordered a new Hillman Minx in 1950 took 3 years to get ,because of exporting cars. She kept it until about 1985 had to give up driving. Then gave it to me. I ran it for couple of years but spares were impossible to find so I sold it on. I think it was scrapped.

[@williamwales6619]

Lo Matt,. Every day is a school day. Never seen or heard of one of these. Lovin the Trafficators . Reminded me of my dads Austin A6. Not much else to add. Back to the Toyotas of the 70/80's next time maybee..😂

[@pdunn1871]

U r right it is very pretty Love tthe dashboard design

[@paulchenery8013]

It was a great review, and I like the car.

[@nygelmiller5293]

By the way, the "curious dip" along the top of the doors, is for leatherette flaps, matching the hood. The flaps at the doors, for decades, was to put your arm out - and do hand signals, should the indicator fail (or just because it would be easier for other motorists to see than the orange plastic trafficator arms. Those arms could not compete with today's indicators - which are at EACH end of a car

[@lesklower7281]

A very nice older British car l do like the tool kit draw very classy

[@nygelmiller5293]

Just how much would this car be worth now? In principle PRICELESS, in my view!

[@danieleregoli812]

Beautiful motorcar ❤ and it's a Rover 👌👌👌

[@69Phuket]

Suits You sir! You're gonna buy it, I predict !

[@furiousdriving]

if it was for sale..

[@allanriches9381]

Now that is a Rover

[@franciscarabini7660]

Great video .. thankyou

[@markboyle9941]

I'm sure I recognise some of those roads. Are you anywhere near RAF Conningsby in this one? Nice car as well BTW! 😊

[@furiousdriving]

yes, you can see the Typhoons at one point!

[@markboyle9941]

@@furiousdriving Thought so. I'm a yellowbelly and I used to drive those roads a lot back in the day. Moved away up to the (very rainy) northwest for work.

[@alanpeachey4085]

Thank you for being you. We have to save history. It’s everything to us and our culture. The UK culture is very important. It belongs to old London town. We need a lot of maintenance on old London town. We need stonemasons carpenters and electricians who really know what they’re doing. Maintenance has to be done, and if you’re not a stonemason or an electrician or a carpenter and you’ve come to the island, we really don’t need you at all

[@greghill7759]

....Or a nurse or doctor. And a care home worker. Or a waitress or waiter. And maybe an office cleaner, or hotel worker. Or even a fruit or vegetable picker.

[@peterwilding1203]

Lovely car. I remember thse old Rovers, but only saw saloons. Amazing that the gearshift is so good, I could see how easy it was. The sound of the engine is rather surprising, almost rattly; in any other car I'd be worrying about the big ends. Are Rover trafficators supposed to flash, or is that a (sensible) modern upgrade?

[@TrustyMechanicUK]

It has a noisy cam follower when it's cold , when it's thoroughly warmed up it's quiet

[@drstrangelove4998]

A sound, solid car. I wouldn’t call it ‘pretty’ though. And I’ve always been a Rover fan 👌🏻

[@AndyThom]

Lovely car, imagine doing 80 with that steering !! 😮😅😁

[@Mariazellerbahn]

There was one for sale at Chesterfield 1940's event yesterday (JPO 848). So another 198 yet to be accounted for.

[@furiousdriving]

theres a brown one for sale as well! Thats a big % of them

[@lynnecromack4933]

Its very like the Sunbeam Talbot 2 Ltr. Tourer.

[@patrickh7368]

Proper little motor…😊 LandRovers were made from Birmabright … (aluminium-magnesium alloy) after the war and I understand it was Spitfire Alloy, similarly the green paint was Spitfire paint that was also left over…🤔

[@user-ih7gc7dt9l]

Hey , can someone explain how that leaf spring thingy at the front works?

[@furiousdriving]

lke a cross between a harmonic balancer and an anti-roll bar

[@andyarmstrong1493]

Beautiful.

[@fhwolthuis]

That's a nice one 👍😀

[@jasoncornell1579]

Did u use the tea shelf

[@allanmollison6971]

great car 😊👍

[@MyHumanWreckage]

You got me at Rover

[@drivingandflying]

Like alasdairboy7299, I also thought the P2 was the type driven by Sigfried in All Creatures Great and Small. Although a P5 driver, I know nothing of the P2 or the Rover 12 he mentions. I feel some learning in my future! Great video, like the others you have produced that I've watched. Thanks.

[@furiousdriving]

thats right, he does, I believe hes meant to have a 37 but a post war car was used

[@drivingandflying]

@@furiousdriving : Thanks.

[@888johnmac]

oh what a beauty , suicide doors are the cherry on top

[@Daz_Stap]

What is that flying at 0:50??????

[@furiousdriving]

A Typhoon....

[@furiousdriving]

A Typhoon...

[@tonys1636]

I think that a new addition in the pipeline but you may have to sell one or two of the fleet to pay for one. Auto lubes should be filled with SAE 90 gear oil, they work perfectly then unless the pipes have been squashed. Everyone knew where my Rileys had been parked by the oil drips on the ground.

[@tonys1636]

P.s. I see the owner has changed the trafficator bulbs for flashing LED ones, makes them more visible without spoiling the original looks.

[@furiousdriving]

Yes, Id love one! Its a fabulous car to be in and just looks perfect, but yes a bit pricy to impulse buy

[@jonniepotter1194]

What’s the jet that flies past early in the video? Looks like a Typhoon?

[@furiousdriving]

it is a typhoon

[@jaysteele1031]

@@furiousdriving is there any chance you might be able to take a Typhoon for a test drive?

[@laskos02]

Pretty nice, I like

[@giulianomarco]

Have you seen the new Alfa Romeo Milano EV/Hybrid in the press, Matt? It's a £34K "compact" SUV. 🤔👍

[@furiousdriving]

yes...find my reaction on Twitter for a one word review

[@badscrew4023]

Fabulous

[@andymcgeechan8318]

Those doors are "Rear Hinged", the other term is callous and not to be found an any car brochure.

[@furiousdriving]

it dates from the '30s and has been in common use ever since

[@andymcgeechan8318]

@@furiousdriving I understand that. I lost my brother to it and my niece lost her brother to it very recently. You Tubers use it rather too gleefully, yet males are the most likely to resort to it. Rear hinged is still the correct term.

[@Luke-PlanesTrainsDogsnCars]

Ahhh Cut down doors ..the real reason for leather elbow patches on Tweed jackets.

[@nickhaag7803]

Were you near Coningsby?

[@furiousdriving]

did you spot the Typhoons?

[@nickhaag7803]

@@furiousdriving Yes, I'm not too far on the the coast near Louth. Next time you're up, pop in, a few cars you may be interested in.

[@Farney-gy1qo]

Whats that plane flying at the beginning of the video?

[@furiousdriving]

An RAF Typhoon, they didnt get me

[@Farney-gy1qo]

@@furiousdriving It was quieter than the Rover We have them Flying over our village, they come from Lakenheath. Very noisy, but they are flying at a high altitude. You just see a dot, if you're lucky.

[@saikumarkhan]

i like made in England 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🚗🚗

[@123jrh1]

what a cool car , shame you didnt try and put the roof up , it could have been entertaining lol

[@Rjhs001]

Isn't this Siegfried's car from All Creatures Great and Small?

[@furiousdriving]

virtually, its the same model

[@smiffysmurfy8057]

After the war steel was rationed but I don't believe that aluminium was. This might be one of the reasons Rover opted for it.

[@furiousdriving]

also part of the reason, and why Land Rovers were made of it, but it was handy to have stacks lying around!

[@rogerhudson9732]

No ignition advance/retard control on the steering wheel ? Our P2 Sports Saloon had it. Rovers were superb cars , until the end of the P6 (SD1 fans need to go back in time).

[@christianbattestin9747]

An extra radio in 1947....hmmmm...that was the year the CB was invented....

[@andic6676]

Furious!

[@cappaculla]

At least its not an automatic 😂

[@furiousdriving]

the good old days when they weren't forced on us!

[@bmwman1981]

@@furiousdrivingthere is nothing wrong with a modern auto now old automatics were awful eventually you won’t be able to buy a manual as they are being discontinued gradually

[@onkelmicke9670]

How is 12 hp = 50 hp?

[@furiousdriving]

dont even try to work it out, it makes literally no sense

[@saxon-mt5by]

12hp was the fiscal rating, using a formula based on bore and number of cylinders and ignored the length of the stroke. In the early days it closely matched the power in bhp, but even by the 1920s it bore little or no relation to the power output. A 12hp car was typically around 1500cc although it could be as small as 1300cc and as large as 1800cc!

[@Roger.Coleman1949]

12hp referred to the VED rating for cost, developed by the RAC , a formula based on 2/5 of the bore squared x the number of cylinders.Nothing to do with bhp.To keep costs down , narrow bores were the order of the day with a long stroke .It was universally hated and disbanded in the early 1950s to the same cost across the board.Nowadays , we have gone back to this earlier system !.

[@LeftIsBest001]

How is a 12 hp vehicle able to drive at anything more than a walking pace??

[@nigelrudd670]

All creatures great and small channel 5 Siegfrieds car 🤔

[@LeftIsBest001]

Push button start in a 1947 vehicle?

[@mickywilliams7454]

ASH. TRAYS BEHIND The FRONT Seats THAT'S AN Old Car 😅😅😅

[@billgriffiths1685]

Yipee I'm 2nd today

[@dennisnichols2411]

Can't wait for you to try a pre-war Alvis! I love this video!

[@furiousdriving]

me too, I ned to get a couple of those on here