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1910 Rover 8 HP tourer
France • 6 Feb 2014
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This is a 1910 Rover 8 HP tourer, chassis number K143 and engine number 9390. It has been in the same private collection since the 1950s and has been restored twice, most recently in the mid-1990s. The car comes with extensive documentation, including invoices for over £25,000, restoration photographs, and technical notes.
Condition
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The car has been restored twice, most recently between 1994 and 1996 by Arthur Archer. Works included rebuilding the engine, clutch, cooling system, gearbox, chassis, steering, front and rear axles, differential, rear brakes, magneto, water pump, etc and fabricating a new vinyl roof. There are associated invoices on file totalling more than £25,000 (approximately €31,250) together with restoration photographs and Arthur Archer's technical notes and starting/driving instructions. This suggests a car in very good condition.
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Châssis n° K143 Moteur n° 9390 Ce qui allait devenir la marque Rover débuta en construisant l'un des jalons historiques du transport humain – la 'bicyclette de sécurité'.
Création de John Kemp Starley, la bicyclette Rover avait deux roues de mêmes dimensions et un entraînement par chaîne de la roue arrière, rendant instantanément la peu sûre traction avant 'ordinaire', plus connue sous le nom de 'Penny Farthing', obsolète.
La première incursion de la marque dans le transport motorisé arriva en 1888 avec un tricycle électrique, mais il faudra attendre encore seize autres années, époque à laquelle le fondateur J.
K.
Starley était mort, avant que la Rover Cycle Company ne s'attaque au moteur à combustion interne.
L'ingénieur Edmund Lewis, débauché chez Daimler, dessina la première automobile Rover de série, la 8 HP monocylindre sur un châssis en aluminium, un concept audacieux et novateur qui resta en production jusqu'en 1912.
Lewis continua ensuite avec une 6 HP plus conventionnell...
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£106,512
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£106,512
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£106,512
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