The Rover 12 was designated P2 and first appeared in 1937 as a well-equipped vehicle in a range of derivatives from 10 to 20hp.

The chassis was stiffer than previous models and features included leaf sprung suspension all round, rod operated drum brakes and an overhead valve engine, which in the case of the twelve, was of 1496cc.

The very attractive Tourer was offered in 1947 with aluminium over ash four seat coachwork of which some 200 were produced.

Clearly this was a quality car very popular with the professional gentleman as evidenced in the TV series ‘All Creatures Great and small’ in which a green example can be seen being hurtled around the Yorkshire Dales by the vet Siegfried Farnon.

This example is body number 83 of the aforesaid 200 Rover 12 Tourer bodies built by A P Aircraft Ltd, the very same company that built Spitfires during World War II.

The model was really produced for export and was famous for its Freewheel operation, but a few remained in the UK and KCV 678 is...