Topic: Solved - NEH 4387: Graber Rover 3500 V8 Coupé

[Carnut]

What's this, built by whom - for 1 point?:

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[Carnut]

Easy Expert point..

[frederick59]

Rover P6 by Graber?

[Carnut]

Rover P6 by Graber?

Correct.
Locked for you to be more specific about which Rover P6 model for the point.

[frederick59]

1974 3500 cc V8

[Carnut]

1974 3500 cc V8

Quite so!

[Djetset]

This Series 1 Rover P6 is earlier than 1974 as Hermann Graber died in 1970, when all coachbuilding work ceased. I believe this car was converted in 1967.

[Carnut]

This Series 1 Rover P6 is earlier than 1974 as Hermann Graber died in 1970, when all coachbuilding work ceased. I believe this car was converted in 1967.

OK, thanks.
The 3500 was in production until 1976 so I thought the date was feasible but perhaps it's wrong then..

[Allan L]

Since the P6 structure was a skeleton which was more of a spaceframe than a straightforward chassis, I wonder what Graber did to retain the bending strength.
Here's a picture of what I mean:

[Djetset]

This Series 1 Rover P6 is earlier than 1974 as Hermann Graber died in 1970, when all coachbuilding work ceased. I believe this car was converted in 1967.

The 3500 was in production until 1976 so I thought the date was feasible but perhaps it's wrong then..

When Rover withdrew Alvis (TF) passenger car production in 1967, Graber was left needing a new base vehicle to continue its coachbuilding business, so chose the Rover P6, with its first 2-door P6 Coupe appearing at the 1967 Geneva Salon.  The V8 model illustrated is a Series 1 model, which was replaced by the facelifted Series P6 range in 1970, if this helps.

[sixtee5cuda]

I thought the numerous hood vents/scoops on P6 3500's were necessary to clear the engine?  I don't see these vents on the puzzle image.

I have only found one online source indicating this is a V8 coupe.  All other sources say it is a P6 2000.

[Carnut]

I thought the numerous hood vents/scoops on P6 3500's were necessary to clear the engine?  I don't see these vents on the puzzle image.

I have only found one online source indicating this is a V8 coupe.  All other sources say it is a P6 2000.

Graber did make a 2000 TC convertible in 1967, which had wire wheels.
I understood this car, with its US-market Rostyle wheels, was a later V8-engine car.
If you study the pictures the badging on the front wings is different, so it's definitely not the same car.
Whether it's a 3500 V8 though I can only go by the information that's out there..

[Wendax]

And here is the 1967 2000 TC Coupé by Graber (with wire wheels). Is it the same car which was modified later to look like a V8 or did he make more than one?

[Wendax]

According to the Austrian Rover club, at least two 2000 coupes were built by Graber in 1967/68 and one single 3500 V8 coupe in 1969.

[Carnut]

According to the Austrian Rover club, at least two 2000 coupes were built by Graber in 1967/68 and one single 3500 V8 coupe in 1969.

Thanks.  Hopefully we've got to the bottom of it!

[grobmotorix]

In 1968 it looked like that...