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With regards the DOU registration it was first registered on 1st Jan 1972 somewhere in Hampshire. The last but one MoT certificate was issued in Basingstoke so maybe it has spent most of it's life in that area. As for being a 'she' or 'it' I think 'he' might be the case given that the DOU6 part...

First impressions are that it's a solid old bus. It certainly looks sound underneath but it has had a recent (quite amateurish) respray which may well be hiding some horrors. The rear inner arches (D-posts?) and rear door bottoms look to have lots of filler under the new paint. It drives and...

Adding to the differences, the 10.5:1 engines have their engine number located at the rear of the L/H cylinder head adjacent to the bell housing mating face and the later ones the engine number is on the side of the engine near the dipstick tube. (can be seen by peering through the exhaust...

Here you go: The car is laid up for the winter now. Lots of jobs and general fettling to be getting on with over winter to make it more presentable and usable for next year. Simon H

Just a quick hello from a new forum member. I have recently bought a 1971 P5B Saloon, my first classic car. Well, that's if you don't count the Mk1 and Mk2 Escorts, Allegros and the like I owned back in the days when they were simply everyday cars... I'm new to the P5B but no stranger to the...