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Old 12th September 2020, 21:24   #10
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Originally Posted by SD1too View Post
I think I've found it Nicholas!

Searching through my copy of Eric Dymock's book "Rover, The First Ninety Years" I came across this:

"Some Speed Fourteen Sports Tourers wree made as jaunty open four-seaters with cutaway doors. They were more refined than most sports cars of the period, although less fast and no more than 150 were made between 1933 and 1936."


I particularly like: "... more refined than most sports cars of the period, although less fast ...". Well of course!


The first Rover car dates from about 1905.

Simon
Thanks so much for your fascinating research, Simon 😊

All the best,

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