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Letter of the month British Racing Blue I was intrigued by the reference in your test of the Delage D6 (December 2005) to an apparent request by French race promoters…
THE ROVER 100 SALOON
THE ROVER Too SALOON
Engine : Six cylinders, 77.8 92 mm. (2,625 c.c.). Overhead inlet valves operated by push-rods, side exhaust valves. 7.8-to-I compression-ratio. 104 (net) b.h.p. at 4:750 t.P.m.
Gear ratioS 1st, 14.51 to 1; 2nd, 8.78 to 1; 3rd, 5.92. to I: top, 4.3 to ; OVCI-driVe top, 3.35 to s.
7:vres : 6.0016.40 it Avon ” H.M. Ribbed” on bolt-on steel disc wheels.
Weight :I ton 9 cwt. 3 qtr. (without occupants but ready for the road, with approximately of a gallon of petrol).
Steering rat, : lock-to-lock. b’ttel capacity iiA-gallons, inclusive of approximately 1-gallon reserve. (Range approximately 276 miles.)
Inge/base. : 9 ft. 3 in.
Track : Front, 4 ft. 5 in.; rear, 4 ft. 3& in.
Dimensions : 14 ft. tot in. 5 ft. 5i in.., 5 ft. 2i in. (high). Price : r,,105 (LI,53 los. 7d., inclusive of purchase tax). Makers : The Rover company, Ltd., Meteor Works, Warwickshire, England.
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