Rover Light Six
| Rover Light Six | |
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Rover swb Light Six sportsman's saloon genuine Weymann body available in standard or Regal trim its cycle mudguards were the height of fashion
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Rover |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Midsize car |
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| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 2,023 cc (123.5 cu in) straight-6 |
| Transmission | 3-plate clutch with cork inserts. three speed gearbox controlled by central lever, enclosed propellor shaft - bearing midway in torque tube, spiral bevel final drive, half-floating axle. |
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| Length | 159 in (4,039 mm) |
| Width | 63 in (1,600 mm) |
| Height | 66 in (1,676 mm) |
| Kerb weight | 26 cwt, 2,912 lb (1,321 kg) |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Rover |
| Combustion chamber | |
| Configuration | straight-six pushrod ohv |
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| Cylinder block alloy | cast iron |
| Cylinder head alloy | cast iron detachable |
| Valvetrain | overhead valves, pushrods, single springs, camshaft in crankcase silent chain drive |
| Combustion | |
| Fuel system | twin carburettors, vacuum feed, 12-gallon tank at back |
| Management | distributor driven from camshaft |
| Fuel type | petrol |
| Oil system | there is pressure lubrication to every engine bearing. clutch and gearbox share oil with engine |
| Cooling system | honeycomb radiator in a shell with stone-guard, fan and water impeller driven from crankshaft, thermostat |
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| Successor | Rover Light Twenty |
The Rover Light Six was a narrower lightweight short wheelbase variant of their Two-litre sports saloon produced from 1929 to 1930 by the Rover Company of Coventry. The following season it was sold with a 2½-litre 20 hp engine under the name Rover Light Twenty.
Announced in October 1929 the Rover Light Six was one of the Rover cars manufactured when Spencer and Maurice Wilks, who joined Rover's team in 1929 and 1930, introduced new management practices and engineering techniques to Rover.
The Light Six was powered by a watercooled 2 L straight-6 OHV engine with an output of 45 bhp at 3600 rpm designed by Peter Poppe, which provided the Two-litre saloon a maximum speed of 60 mph (97 km/h). The bore of 65 mm put the engine into the 16 hp taxation class.
The car was supplied with a three-speed gearbox controlled by a lever in the centre of the car. The lever was flexible, operated in a gate and had a stop to avoid engaging reverse.
The engine clutch and gearbox assembly was mounted and supported at three points, the single one in front, the rear pair by horizontally U-shaped leaf spring attachments.
The suspension was conventional for the time with half elliptic leaf springs all round mounted above the axles. The pedal brakes worked shoes in enclosed drums on all four wheels by rods but the handbrake used those on the back wheels and operated them by chain. There are shock absorbers fore and aft.
The body was very light weight rattle free fabric bodywork built by Rover under licence from Weymann. For the driver's comfort the clutch pedal is adjustable for travel and the front seat can be adjusted over a range of six inches using wing nuts in the cushion.
The Rover Light Six won attention when it was the first successful participant in the Blue Train Races, a series of record-breaking attempts between automobiles and trains in the late 1920s and early 1930s. It saw a number of motorists and their own or sponsored automobiles race against the Le Train Bleu, a train that ran between Calais and the French Riviera.
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