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[Rick]

12hp Rover circa 1920 has been suggested for this one, correct?



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[roverdriver]

Rick, as no-one else has offered an opinion, here is what I see.

The body could be one of several cars of the period, as can the wheels, which look like Sankeys to me. Even the lamps are generic (C.A.V.?)rather than make-specific.

Rover had a distinctive shape at the header tank to core joint on the radiator, it was 'stepped' at the corners, representing the upper part of a shield. The photo is not quite the right angle to prove or disprove, in a definite way, existence of the steps, however there is no real evidence of them.

At one point I thought maybe a Crossley, but even though it has a moulding on the top tank just below the filler neck, it lacks the 'dip' in the centre of the tank/core junction.

Still hunting!
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[Salopian]

Of course it is correct Rick because I suggested it on the VSCC site! The give away is the mounting of the headlights to the radiator shell.

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[Rick]

[47p2]

I may be wrong but the body looks too rounded for a Rover

Some early Rover adverts here (scroll to the bottom of the page)
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