Practically Classics Forum

The first and last Rover Tourer I saw after 1964 was in Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex, in the mid '90s. It was a 1936 10 hp, ever rarer than the 12 hp, and was owned by a garage owner who insisted he was going to restore it. He wouldn't discuss selling it despite my asking him on several occasions over...

My first car was a 1936 Rover 12 tourer, bought from a fellow student in 1960, and sold on with the arrival of my first company car, a 105E, in 1964. The Rover had the standard steel bonnet and wings back to the scuttle; from the doors back it was aluminium over ash frames. The windscreen was half t...

[quote=".....but the value of these things to participants in the national sport out there means that there are thieving scumbags"[/quote]

Which particular national sport over here are you refering to?

Seen last year at a show in Co. Kilkenny:



V12 twin turbo.....

A couple of pics taken earlier in the year:

- the runabout,

now undergoing an engine rebuild.

- the weekend cruiser,

finished for the time being.

Cheers,

Ian

Excellent effort Neil, glad to have you back.

Cheers,
Ian