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1956 Rover T3 Gas Turbine Coupe

Rover's gas-turbine development programme stemmed from work on Whittle jet engines during the Second World War. Their first turbine car of 1950, Jet 1, achieved more than 150mph in speed tests.

T3 was Rover's third turbine car, designed by Spencer King and Gordon Bashford. The turbine is rear-mounted and the chassis incorporates four-wheel-drive and De Dion rear suspension. The modified IS/60 gas turbine has a centrifugal compressor which rotates at up to a maximum of 52,000 rpm. All this new technology was clothed in a pretty glass-fibre coupe body.

Many ideas found a place in the Rover 2000 range of saloon cars. Among these were four-wheel disc brakes, all coil spring suspension and De Dion suspension at the rear.

The car is a perfectly practical road car, even though paraffin consumption is unacceptably high. With fuel economy of just 13-14 miles to the gallon at most, gas turbines have never been practicable as production cars.

Engine: single shaft turbine Top Speed: 100mph (161km/h) Power: 60bhp Coachwork: two seater coupe Price New: not quoted

Registration Mark: VAC 905
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Source British Motor Museum 09-2016
Author Karen Roe
Camera location52° 11′ 20.7″ N, 1° 28′ 48″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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