Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset 1047 - 1999 Rover Group patent application GB2351051; rear engine, front-wheel-drive  (Read 776 times)

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An unusual puzzle for a point, so what is this, proposed by which Company, and in what year?
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Re: Djetset 1047
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2020, 08:00:32 AM »
Some Expert engineering required.
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Re: Djetset 1047
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2020, 10:59:50 AM »
A snowmobile?
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Re: Djetset 1047
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2020, 11:37:47 AM »
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Re: Djetset 1047
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2020, 02:53:31 AM »
An interesting drive arrangement. A patent by Michael Basnett for Rover in 1999 for a rear engined front wheel drive car.

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Re: Djetset 1047
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2020, 07:18:26 AM »
An interesting drive arrangement. A patent by Michael Basnett for Rover in 1999 for a rear engined front wheel drive car.
Very well done, as that's the unusual beast. It's one of just a handful of proposed (with even fewer actual) rear-engined vehicles with a front-wheel-drive configuration. The patent was taken out by the Rover Group 1999 with the patent application number GB2351051; for a rear engine, front-wheel-drive, in-line four engine mounted on its side.

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