Price: €19,500 (negotiable) (net price for enthusiasts / self-collection)

Location: Cala Pi, Llucmajor


Viewing and test drive possible at any time by arrangement

Contact: Peter Gries
pege@mac.com
+34 627265825

This rare Rover 8 built 1/1/1921 is in very good condition and running order. Air cooled. Believed to be one of only 40 remaining, some can be found in museums/car collections. The 1919 Rover 8 light car was designed by Jack Sangster largely before he joined Rover and was built in a new factory in Tyseley, Birmingham and driven to Coventry to have its body fitted. It was a great sales success for the company. The air-cooled, side valve, engine was a horizontally opposed twin and was originally of 998 cc capacity, with a bore of 85 mm and a stroke of 88 mm, but this was increased to 1134 cc with a 100 mm stroke in 1923. The original engine had a peak output of 13 bhp (9.7 kW) at 2600 rpm. Although there was a conventional looking radiator it was a dummy. Cooling was supplied through air scoops on the side of the bonnet and it was rumoured that after hard driving at night the cylinder heads could be seen glowing red through them, although this was likely to be an exaggeration ( no current owners report having experienced this phenomenon. The three speed gearbox, with reverse, was in-unit with the engine and drove the rear wheels via a worm wheel type rear axle. A dynamo was belt driven from the propeller shaft. An electric starter optional from 1923. The car was based on a simple perimeter frame.

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​Country of Registration: Spain

Licence plate: H0677BBD

RadioGroup: Automatic

Miles: Unknown

HP:  8

Year: 1921