Rover 80

A very attractive "classic" seen in Gifford on 24th October 2007.
Apologies for the photo quality... it was a very low sun at the time.

Note which way the rear doors open. This was a fairly standard practice on many cars from the thirties, forties and fifties
and were known by drivers as "suicide doors" as, of course, if you didn't look whilst alighting on the "traffic" side and
a vehicle was coming it would knock the door towards you rather than away.   "Goodbye legs"!!

The Rover 80 was produced from 1960 to 1962, during this period 5900 cars were built alongside the new Rover 100
with which it shared common features with the exception of the engine.

The power unit of this model was a 2286 cc, four cylinder pushrod engine - the only P4 to deviate from the overhead inlet/side exhaust layout.
The carburettor was a single Solex and the unit developed 77 bhp. The engine was a version of the 2 litre diesel and 2.25 litre petrol engines introduced for the Land Rover and its use in the 80 rationalised the engine manufacturing lines.
The car performed far better than the rather inadequate 60, which was the only other four cylinder P4, and due to
the decreased weight at the front the car handles better with less understeer.
Alongside the contemporary Rover 100, the 80 had overdrive and disc brakes as standard fittings.
 

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