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Solved - NEH 2483: Tover-Rover 3.5 V8
« on: February 19, 2013, 07:17:17 AM »
Identify this vehicle correctly for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 2483
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2013, 05:01:47 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 2483
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2013, 06:37:43 PM »
Is there a Vindicator Sprint under the delightful bodywork.
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Re: NEH 2483
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2013, 04:47:07 AM »
Quote from: gilescooperuk on February 26, 2013, 06:37:43 PM
Is there a Vindicator Sprint under the delightful bodywork.

Pretty sure there isn't no.
I believe it's just a home-built one-off; someone's vision of beauty....!
I don't know a great deal about it to be honest despite searching endlessly for info.
I know its motive power and its name, so that's all I'm looking for.
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Re: NEH 2483
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2013, 02:10:05 PM »
No joke, I was just about to submit this same car as my own Puzzle.
This is called the Tover Rover.
I'll provide more info shortly.
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Re: NEH 2483
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2013, 02:21:34 PM »
Ok, well, a New Zealander by name of Don Flowers built this car over a multi-year period using a Hilux van chassis and a Rover 3.5-liter V8.  The theme was definitely function over form, and it apparently performs quite impressively.
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Re: NEH 2483
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2013, 04:38:50 PM »
This car suggest me an idea only: how could someone built something so terribly howfull...was the maker blind?
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Re: NEH 2483
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2013, 06:22:00 PM »
Quote from: bubenator on February 27, 2013, 02:21:34 PM
Ok, well, a New Zealander by name of Don Flowers built this car over a multi-year period using a Hilux van chassis and a Rover 3.5-liter V8.  The theme was definitely function over form, and it apparently performs quite impressively.

Yes!  You've found out more about it than I could find...
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Re: Solved - NEH 2483: Tover-Rover 3.5 V8
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2013, 12:16:50 AM »
Here's an interior pic.
I guess if you're endeavoring upon building a two-seat roadster on a Hilux van chassis with a Rover V8, you probably don't have very many ready-made kits in the handy fiberglass catalog.  I wonder though: why that particular combination?
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