Rover Light Armoured Car

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

Robin,

I've never found an official explanation as to how the names were arrived at,

Mike

But it is almost certainly unlikely to have any connection with the UK's Rover Car Company, which is what you were leaning towards, Robin?

[Robin Craig]

Tony and Mike thanks for the replies.

Tony I was by way of exclusion mentioning the Rover Car connection as there was no mention of it, that was my drift.

Interesting project and nice once again to see history getting preserved.

[Lynn Eades]

Early V hull, with some input by Pininfarina?
Great find Wayne.

[Wayne Henderson]

As mentioned, nothing to do with Rover Car Company but may have been some design influence on the Rover P5B...

Went and had a look at 4 other Rovers on the weekend for research purposes. Came home with some hatches, a bonnet and armour wheel arches.
Now have a better understanding of the changes between long and short wheelbase variants.
Bonnet is very crude but effective design, minus the farmers circle cut out.

[Lynn Eades]

Wayne, you now at least have a pattern "in hand".

[Wayne Henderson]

Laser cut plate to fill the holes.

[Wayne Henderson]

I ordered a photo in hi res of this Rover, from the Australian War Memorial Collection.
The caption says Puckapunyal in Victoria, but markings are 1st Armoured in WA and I think the photo was taken at Northam, judging but the bushland.