is this rover? can anyone date it for me

[andyc]

I've had this in a draw for years and was told it is off a rover radiator

http://ultrax.org/andyc/pics/viking/

ill be honest I'm not a rover owner or anything I am just curious as to what it is and if I can put an age to it

 

[keanej]

Looks like the optional extra radiator cap off an early car perhaps P2 / Rover 12. Although it should be chromed

Not sure of the age, I suspect pre war.

 

[rockdemon]

That's a fabulous part to exist on any car. I hope it is Rover :O) Totally pointless, and almost the definition of class :O)

 

[chrisyork]

I also have one of those! Mine was the radiator cap from "Old Faithfull" our family's first car and a 1929 Rover 10Hp with Weyman fabric body. I don't think they survived into the Wilkes era - so latest would probably be 1932 model year. I'm told there are a lot of reproductions around though. Ours is definitely not chromed. Whether or not it was coloured is now uncertain.

This is Old Faithfull with me as a toddler:



And here he is stood alongside "New Faithfull" at Farm Close Solihull in 1947:




Chris

 

[andyc]

Thanks for the replies guys, talking to a friend yesterday, he mentioned his father worked for Rover back in the day and hinted it may be as old as 1933.


I love those photo's