Willy Eckerslyke
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The description mentions a few modifications so perhaps it has a 5-speed box from something else entirely.redrover said:
mth carpets are done
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Dave3066
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quattro said:v8guy said:........never realised that you could click on the photoI.T skills not so clever
Well I never did...... :shock:
I didn't know that either
Not sure creating a clickable photo link can be done in every browser though???
Dave
Willy Eckerslyke
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I did it by fiddling with the code which should be possible in any browser if you have the patience.harveyp6 said:
(Best not explain it here though as I'm already feeling guilty about hijacking Gareth's thread.)
v8guy
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quattro said:v8guy said:........never realised that you could click on the photo
Well I never did...... :shock:
I didn't know that either
Well Mr Q that makes me feel a little less of a computer dope
herts2000
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perhaps rover didnt go over board on the wood to save on weight? Cost? Or not to ruin the sports saloon style and not make it too rolls like? I say each to there own and if you make a nice job of it then good on ya. I think you now need to match the dash parts and choose a nice fur flux to finish her
JVY
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Quite possibly and in 1963 the P6 cabin certainly was forward thinking and plastics like vinyl and formica were all the rage. Strangely, perhaps, materials like formica and PVC had been commercially available for decades before the 60s? Not sure if it was cost or fashion that limited their use in car interiors? Like many of these techno fads it went too far and we ended up with nylon shirtsDaveHerns said:
. I suppose I am just drawn towards a bit of real wood and leather as virtually all modern cars are just awash with a sea of plastic. Even real metal is missing from many modern interiors which often sport lashings of plastic fake titanium and chrome trim. I'm not sure which I like plastic that looks like plastic or plastic that looks like something else? I would probably have to opt for not being too keen on plastic that looks like something else and that's why I sometimes eye the door trims on my P6 with just a little bit of suspicion .
redrover
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I agree. I think the plastic interiors we have today are the result of an approach that cars like the P6 helped to pioneer. It's just a pity that modern interiors are regarded as 'cheap' or 'soulless', as we end up retrospectively applying this mentality backwards to the pioneers! If you look at other cars of the time [1963], they were awash with a sea of painted metal and ill-thought-out switchgear. For more upmarket cars, it was a plank of wood with big holes punched through it for the dials - it was just the traditional coach-building approach that hadn't really changed for 50 years or more!DaveHerns said:
For me, it's the complex shapes of the individual P6 interior components, all sitting together in a homologous form, that shows Bache's real genius. It is a level of interior design that was only really seen in modernist city apartments in the early 60s - every component is aesthetically clean and functionally simple, but made up from quite complex shapes and (for the time) manufacturing processes. I agree the door trim does look a little 'minimalist', but the extruded door caps, with the clean-edged channels to seamlessly hold the glass seal, the wood fillet and hide the screw holes, is such an overly-thought-out solution to an issue that is never going to have occurred to other car designers. And what's the result? You don't even notice them - they're just clean and unadorned, just as intentioned. The air vents moulded into the same seamless extrusion as the dash-top is another example. And I think having a centre console was in itself a pioneering move. Every other car just had a gear lever coming out of a carpeted floor: the P6's console visually links everything together whilst providing a neat area for ashtrays to be located. My only qualm is that it doesn't feel very nice. It should have been made from the softer-grained, softer compound vinyl used for the dash top rail.
Michael
And Bache's "second thoughts" interior first seen on the '65 2000S and later standardised on the '68 NADA 3500S just put the gloss on it. He addressed both of Michael's dislikes - the centre console around the gearlever and handbrake got a soft vinyl cover and the minimalist door cards got a very neat sprung loaaded door pocket. And then there was that instrument cluster. Never mind how beautifully clear it is - still way up there with the best ever produced in my book - but also based on a printed circuit board. How far ahead of its time was that!
Chris
Chris
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And of course before that in the P5, he beautifully melded together the traditional wood trim with the more modern looking instrument binnacle enclosing the dials & switchgear with the door rails incorporating the (rather under-stuffed) crash pads to carry the dash line around the cabin, in the Saloon at least which has the more attractive interior. A lovely mixture of old & new.