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11th August 2019, 15:31 | #1 |
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Quiz, where did the name Rover come from
where did the name Rover come from?
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11th August 2019, 15:49 | #2 |
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11th August 2019, 20:39 | #4 |
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The first Rover was a tricycle manufactured by Starley & Sutton Co. of Coventry, England,
I need not say any more
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12th August 2019, 15:42 | #5 |
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Hmmmm .... tricycle ....... 3 wheels .... Reliant Robin. ....
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13th August 2019, 12:56 | #6 |
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And a perfectly good car they are too 👍👍
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13th August 2019, 15:21 | #7 |
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The Rover Safety Bike Released in the late 1800s Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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14th August 2019, 08:32 | #8 |
Precise
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Of much greater interest was their work on jet engines.
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16th August 2019, 17:31 | #9 |
Posted a thing or two
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16th August 2019, 21:21 | #10 |
Gets stuck in
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James Starley was a fascinating chap and its thanks to one of his inventions that cars go round corners ok.
He's also the chap who reinvented the wheel :¬) And one of the reasons I'm a fan of Ariels as well as Rovers.
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