Lot details Registration No: OH 5059 Chassis No: 8807 Mot Expiry: Aug 2005
The Rover Twelve was designed by Owen Clegg, a brilliant designer and engineer from Yorkshire, who came to work for the Rover Company in Coventry in 1911. The engine he employed was a four with 75x130mm, the cylinders being cast en-bloc. Lubrication was by a gear pump and trough system, the galleries formed above the three main crankshaft bearings collected oil from whence it splashed to all internal parts. So successful was this one model that from 1912 to 1915, Rover turned over more of their facilities to producing it, the car remaining in production until 1924, albeit with many improvements.
Offered here is a 1921-dated Rover Twelve with three-door open bodywork to provide roomy accommodation for 4/5 people, rear passengers protected by an original second screen. Indeed, with hood erected and side-curtains in place, the car is said to be extremely weather-proof.
The right-hand drive Midland-made tourer was purchased by the present owner in August 1976 from a farm in Worcestershire. It has taken eleven years to restore. The 12,276 miles displayed can be authenticated from old MOT certificates as being the genuine total from new. Chassis condition is reportedly very good with ivory painted bodywork also good.
The four-cylinder engine, technically rated at 13.9hp, was fully reconditioned in 1988 and is claimed to be very good. The radiator was re-cored in 1990. Reportedly it drives well and will be driven from its Derby motor home to the auction and, although not in concours condition, this motor car does provide an owner driver with a certain automotive panache. The MOT is valid until next August.
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