And the winner is...
I'm pleased to say that I'm now in touch with the last British owner, Mr. J.R.M.
He's unveiling some very interesting informations about the past of the car and mainly that he won the first prize in a Concours d'Elegance as stated below from a French daily paper.
'The Old Steering wheels enlivened the town centre
Sud-Ouest in 06/09/2019
In this last weekend of summer vacation, the old cars paraded in Jarnac as part of animations offered by the Old Jarnacais Steering wheels. From Saturday morning, the town centre was transformed into showroom with an exhibition of a hundred of vehicles which made happy passers-by. In afternoon, festivities concentrated on the place of Baloir with the Concours d'Elegance, an moment much appreciated by the public who came in numbers to discover cars of exception introduced by their owners.
For the cars after 1960, it was the Rover Coupé 3,5 l of 1968 of Jonathan Matthews which won the first prize...'
As you can see the P5B coupé, now mine, is behind.
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Rover 75 V6 2.5 Auto Connie born 1 July 1999, 24 kOhms resistor, 10 kOhms manual starter, full E85, modified airbox, full derestricted SS exhaust line, power & torque remap -> 202 bhp
- This vehicle was the 7,517th 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381
- This vehicle was the 1,190th 75 2.5 V6 Contemporary to be made out of 8,214
- This vehicle was the 2,032nd 75 in Atlantic Blue Pearlescent (code: JEY) to be made out of 2,572 Atlantic Blue Pearlescent 75s
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