Rover Holic

In the States, cars made in the UK between 1948 and 1980 seem to be, as a group, the most popular marques of all of the cars that were shipped to US shores. Though not all British marques and models were imported, the ones that were developed a fanatical following, well organized clubs, and have generated enough interest to spawn more than 150 British car events across the country each year.

Writing about the history of All British Field Meets (ABFMs) in the U.S. quickly generates a problem: Where was the first ABFM held? The answer depends on how you define the term "All British Field Meet".

In 1974, a San Francisco resident named Rick Feibusch organized a Morris Minor Registry meet at a small park called Stern Grove. Several other British car marques were invited, and turned out. Was this the first ABFM?

Ask the average American to name all the British cars he or she can think of, and you'll probably get a reply something like this:

"MG, and, ah, Triumph. (Pause) Oh, 'Austin-Martin' too, right? (Long pause) Jaguar. And, oh yeah, Rolls Royce. Uh . . . I guess that's all I know."

And what of the Morrises, Austins, Rileys, Rovers, Land-Rovers, Wolseleys, Vauxhalls, Hillmans, Singers, Sunbeams, Sunbeam-Talbots, ACs, Lotuses, Jensens, Austin-Healeys, Jensen-Healeys, English Fords of all sorts, and even Nash and Hudson Metropolitans?

Truly remarkable and uniquely British institution, Land Rover has become a name universally identified with the definitive four-wheel-drive vehicle.

The world of the mid to late 1940s was a very different one to today’s, global resources exhausted by World War II and markets in decline.

Great Britain found itself under harsh economic control, its industry short of orders, materials and factories. However, the 1945 General Election brought a change of government, and with it a steely determination to rebuild the economy.

The story is about how a Rover P6 3500s was used in the BBC police series.

We had a call from the BBc asking if we could supply a white Rover from the 70s, we told them we could supply a rover P6 they ask to see one, so we went through our memeber list, for a white Rovers, we found good ones, but not mint.

The Rover family Ten was the first British car to be assembled in NEW Zealand and anywhere in the Empire.It lasted a year.

ABOVE ROVER'S PETONE FACTORY, OPENED IN 1932 DIGITAL PHOTOS COURTESY NATIONAL LIBRARY .

The assembly of the Rover Family Ten would be of 'considerable' to both countries,predicted the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, on the opening of the Rover's Petone factory in February 1932.

Land Rover's are one of the most versatile and capable vehicles on the planet.

In 1904, the Rover Company Limited, whose logo is a Viking, came out its 1st motor vehicle. The Viking expresses the idea of going to the adventure and Rover means precisely nomad adventurer. Between the two wars, Rover becomes a great manufacturer of luxury cars. The company will cross with success the crisis of 1920. In 1929, Spencer Wilks joined Rover. Before he worked at Hillman where he hold the post of administrator. It is in 1931, when his brother Maurice joined the firm to run the Conception and Design department. Two years later, Spencer Wilks became manager of Rover.

At the London Motor Show in July, Land Rover has introduced a system fitted on the prototype vehicle diesel ERAD Hybrids to substantially reduce CO2 emissions while maintaining the traditional off-road performance, the highlight of the mark. Currently testing on Freelander 2, it will equip all models in the range. Several projects that reduce emissions and fuel economy are under consideration, among them the Stop-Start system will be available as standard from 2009 on Freelander 2 diesel manual transmission.

The Diesel ERAD Hybrid and e_TERRAIN TECHNOLOGIES

This car and engine grew out of the early '60's gas crunch. Up until this time, the American car market had consisted of big cars with big motors that used lots of gas. In 1961, Olds (and Buick and Pontiac, referred to collectively as "The BOP Cars") came out with their new small cars (Olds F-85, Pontiac Tempest, Buick Special). Available was a new, all aluminum V-8, displacing 215 cubic inches. This engine was standard in the Buick and Olds, optional in the Pontiac.