Best of British Rover P5B 3.5 Litre T Shirt

Best of British Rover P5B 3.5 Litre T Shirt

£18.50

This Best of British Rover P5B t shirt celebrates the story of this iconic classic car which was introduced as the Rover P5 saloon in September 1958 and was Rover’s first foray into unitary bodywork construction. A significantly more modern design styled by David Bache, it featured a traditional wood and leather interior. It was dignified and well appointed but was hardly sporting with around 115bhp from a 3 litre version of Rover’s inlet over exhaust straight six engine at introduction.

A coupé version was introduced with the Mark II in 1962, still retaining 4 doors but with a lower, more rakish roofline, but the big news came in 1967 with the introduction of the P5B featuring the now famous 3,528cc all aluminium Rover V8 developed from a Buick engine. This gave the P5 a much needed power boost, giving the car excellent performance for its time.

The P5b or 3.5 Litre became a much-loved mode of transport for government ministers and was a familiar sight carrying Harold Wilson, Edward Heath, James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher to and from 10 Downing Street well into the early 80s, some ten years after it was discontinued in 1973.

In recent years, the Rover P5B has become a much loved classic car, epitomising all of the best aspects of the British car industry, and this t-shirt graphic highlights this perfectly.

The car featured on this t-shirt is from a hand-drawn ink illustration, transferred onto my computer and digitised. It is a three colour print, with highlights on the bodywork represented by a white tint which allows the colour of the shirt to show through, making the colour of the car’s bodywork.

You can read more about the Rover P5’s history at the excellent aronline website. You may also be interested in our personalisable Rover P5B T Shirt.

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Description

The design is printed onto Gildan Heavy Cotton t-shirts, which are a good quality 185 gsm, regular fit garment.

Sizes

Size guide as follows: Small 34/36” chest; Medium 38/40”; Large 42/44”; XL 46/48”; 2XL 50/52”. We have provided a size guide to help you – if possible compare the sizes to a well fitting t-shirt that you own already.  Please choose your size carefully.

Additional information

Weight 350 g
Dimensions 350 × 248 × 24 mm
Size

2XL, Extra Large, Large, Medium, Small

Colour

Cobalt Blue, Charcoal, Forest Green, Maroon, Red, Royal Blue, Sport Grey (Marl)

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