1972 Rover 3500 S MkII [P6B]

1972 Rover 3500 S MkII [P6B] in EastEnders, TV Series, 1985-2024 Ep. 4703

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dsl ◊ 2021-05-22 18:33	Dodgy plate info We've identified this vehicle using the details you provided ROVER 3500 S 1969 Registration number: DVW 216G Body type: Saloon Colour: Blue Date of first registration: May 1969 DVLA MOT says blue 1969, MOT expired on 27 November 2013 3500 S did not arrive until Oct 71, a year after Mk2 update. DVW was not issued with a suffix during 70s, so probably a DVLA re-reg with incorrect and irrelevant G, and its "69" date is misunderstanding. The only way this red could be a 69 3500 S is a rebuilt US Federal spec Mk1, which has been Mk2-ised (grille, bonnet, vinyl roof), lost the US trim bits and switched to RHD. All of which is feasible, but improbably extensive to switch over the steering. Rover forums have picked this up as well - apparently it gets wrecked, so a dodgy screen dress-up seems likely. "the producers have just spent over £1 million on writing off a Rover P6 and not even managing to kill off Phil Mitchell! This major ratings stunt has been reported in the papers, but no explanation of the use of DVW 216G, a red V8 auto in series2 trim. She looks very tidy in the press pictures until she is wrecked in a front-ender which sends Phil through the windscreen and into intensive care..." "If he's gone through the screen where's all the glass then?" "DVW 216G started off life as a blue 1969 S1 V8 auto (would a blue '69 car have had a Huntsman vinyl roof - it seems like an unusual combination?). In 2006 it was a white "S2" "3500S" with Huntsman roof and now the BBC or production company just happened to have popped this 1969 reg. plate onto a red car that's looks to be a post 1970 V8 auto. I wonder if, for the production, they bought/hired more than one P6 including T&T'd DVW 216G to cobble together a car that they thought looked right" https://classicroverforum.net/index.php?threads/eastenders-p6-crime.35427/ , Link to "classicroverforum.net"

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dsl

◊ 2021-05-22 18:33

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We've identified this vehicle using the details you provided
ROVER 3500 S 1969
Registration number: DVW 216G
Body type: Saloon
Colour: Blue
Date of first registration: May 1969
DVLA MOT says blue 1969, MOT expired on 27 November 2013

3500 S did not arrive until Oct 71, a year after Mk2 update. DVW was not issued with a suffix during 70s, so probably a DVLA re-reg with incorrect and irrelevant G, and its "69" date is misunderstanding.

The only way this red could be a 69 3500 S is a rebuilt US Federal spec Mk1, which has been Mk2-ised (grille, bonnet, vinyl roof), lost the US trim bits and switched to RHD. All of which is feasible, but improbably extensive to switch over the steering.

Rover forums have picked this up as well - apparently it gets wrecked, so a dodgy screen dress-up seems likely.
"the producers have just spent over £1 million on writing off a Rover P6 and not even managing to kill off Phil Mitchell! This major ratings stunt has been reported in the papers, but no explanation of the use of DVW 216G, a red V8 auto in series2 trim. She looks very tidy in the press pictures until she is wrecked in a front-ender which sends Phil through the windscreen and into intensive care..."
"If he's gone through the screen where's all the glass then?"
"DVW 216G started off life as a blue 1969 S1 V8 auto (would a blue '69 car have had a Huntsman vinyl roof - it seems like an unusual combination?). In 2006 it was a white "S2" "3500S" with Huntsman roof and now the BBC or production company just happened to have popped this 1969 reg. plate onto a red car that's looks to be a post 1970 V8 auto. I wonder if, for the production, they bought/hired more than one P6 including T&T'd DVW 216G to cobble together a car that they thought looked right"
https://classicroverforum.net/index.php?threads/eastenders-p6-crime.35427/ , Link to "classicroverforum.net"

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