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1907 ROVER 6hp TWO SEATER

Christies • United Kingdom • 3 Dec 2002

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AI Listing Summary

This 1907 Rover 6hp is a charismatic example that has recently been discovered in remarkably original and complete order. While it features refurbished upholstery, stripped and primed bodywork, and requires mechanical servicing and a repaint after long storage, it presents an attractive opportunity to own a usable Edwardian car.

Condition

6

The car is in remarkably original and complete order. The upholstery has been refurbished, and the bodywork stripped and primed, though never repainted. It was made to run within an hour or so, and certainly has good compression. After its long period of storage, a more in depth service of the mechanical aspect would be advisable, but with this completed, and a sympathetic repaint, it would no doubt make an attractive usable small Edwardian car.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

1449

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

[Reg Number]

RHD/LHD:

RHD

1907 ROVER 6hp TWO SEATER

Registration No.

Not registered

Chassis No.

1449

Engine No.

A1449

Engine: single cylinder, side valve, 780cc, 6hp; Gearbox: three speed manual with reverse; Suspension: front and rear, semi-elliptic leaf springs; Brakes: contracting band on two rear wheels, operated from foot pedal.

Right hand drive.

Rover had a background in the Coventry cycle industry of the 1880s and progressed to car manufacture through the familiar route of motor cycle and tri-car production from the turn of the century.

The 6hp Rover with a 95mm by 110mm bore and stroke (780cc) single cylinder engine, three speed with reverse gearbox, wire wheels, with a two-seater body on a conventional chassis frame was first shown to the public at the Birmingham Motor Show of January 1905.

It was a well-engineered machine that could average 18-20 mph (the legal limit in Britain was 20 mph) and was priced at 100 guineas.

Mechanically it closely paralleled Rover's first four-wheel car, the 8...