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December 28, 2022
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- Roveratorium
- Fitchburg, MA 01420
The Cars at the Roveratorium
1933 Meteor
1910 Single Engine
P3
1970 P5B Coupe
1926 Rover 9
P4 Cyclops
celebrating rovers Cars In the USA for over 20 years
RoverAmerica (RA) is not a club, it is more of a meeting point for North American Rover car owners. That said, WE do strongly recommend you join as many Rover clubs both here and abroad. The owning and restoration of a Rover really says more about what you feel is import in life than it is about a classic car. So, supporting the Marquee is naturally part of the mission of RA.
rover history
In the Beginning
The first Rover was a tricycle manufactured by Starley & Sutton Co. of Coventry, England in 1883. The company was founded by John Kemp Starley and William Sutton in 1878.
Early Rover & Pre War Cars
In 1889 the company became J. K. Starley & Co. Ltd and in the late 1890s, the Rover Cycle Company Ltd. Three years after Starley's death in 1901, the Rover company began...
WWII & Gas Turbines
IIn the late 1930s, in anticipation of potential hostilities which would become World War II, the British government started a re-armament programme...
Post War Cars
After the Second World War, the company abandoned Helen Street and bought the two Shadow Factories. Acocks Green carried on for a while making Meteor engines...
British Leyland Years
In 1967, Rover became part of the Leyland Motor Corporation (LMC), which already owned Triumph. The next year, LMC merged with the British Motor Holdings (BMH) ...
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Rover / Car Projects
April 29, 2023
Are you working on anything new in your garage? Please feel free to comment
RA2023 “The 17th Annual Rove America Gathering”
June 1, 2023
Agenda Rover motorcar collectors and enthusiasts are set to convene at Rove America 2023,