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1971 Rover 3.5 Litre Saloon (chassis 840-07057D) [P5B] Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2020-06-13 01:46 |
One of Liz's royal P5Bs - she was a P5B fan. Both JGY 280 (registered 1971) and JGY 280K (registered 1974) were on her fleet and now live at Gaydon. She previously had JGY 280 on one of several 3-Litre P5s (also VUL 4 and 155 HYU) - http://nice-reg.co.uk/number-plates/a-z/J/JGY280.html , http://nice-reg.co.uk/number-plates/a-z/J/JGY280K.html . Apparently JGY 280 (London issue, June-Dec 1947) was the registration of her first car in 1947 when she was just a princess, possibly a Daimler DB18 as a 21st birthday present from her dad (the king) on her official birthday (usually the second Saturday in June) rather than her actual date (21 April). The first P5B was delivered in Jan 71 (chassis 840-07057D), and my book says it was registered JGY 280K, but that does not work as JGY with K was not issued until Aug 71. So it may have started as JGY 280 before being later switched to JGY 280K as the suffix-less plate made her feel too conspicuous when wanting to drive un-noticed. The 1971 car was then replaced with another dark green (chassis 841-00723D), delivered in March 1974 and the last P5B made. This inherited the JGY 280K plate, and is now displayed with it at Gaydon. Presumably therefore Gaydon's other dark green P5B displayed with JGY 280 is the 1971 car (chassis 840-07057D). /vehicle.php?id=1242394 etc |
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