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Rover Jet 1 - The first turbine rover

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Created on May 1, 1985

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Hanspeter Gabriel / ZG

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Rover Jet 1 (1950) - at full speed

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Rover Jet 1 (1950) - Frank Bell, Spencer Wilks and Maurice Wilks

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Rover Jet 1 (1950) - two main actors - Frank Bell on the left, Maurice Wilks on the right

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Rover Jet 1 (1950) - gas turbine vehicle, photographed in Solihull

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Rover Jet 1 (1950) - gas turbine vehicle, photographed in Solihull

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Rover Jet 1 (1950) - The world's first turbine-powered car

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Rover Jet 1 (1950) - dashboard with many instruments, no clutch pedal, no gearshift necessary

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Rover Jet 1 (1950) - View of the turbine unit

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Rover Jet 1 (1950) - Turbine behind the front seat

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Rover Jet 1 (1952) - the gas turbine used - shown at the 1952 Geneva Motor Show

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Rover Jet 1 (1952) - the gas turbine used - shown at the 1952 Geneva Motor Show

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Rover Jet 1 (1952) - P6 with 100 hp at 40,000 rpm, P8 with 200 hp at 52,000 rpm

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Rover Jet 1 (1952) - the gas turbine used

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Rover Jet 1 (1952) - the gas turbine used

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Rover Jet 1 (1952) - a different perspective on the turbine

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Rover Jet 1 (1950) - at the presentation in Silverstone (?)

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Rover Jet 1 (1952) - in Jabbeke in Belgium

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Rover Jet 1 (1952) - world record (243.5 kmh) in Jabbeke, already with modified front end

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Rover Jet 1 (1952) - at the record attempt in Jabbeke

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Rover-BRM for Le Mans 1963 - lap of honor together with the T4 road prototype, the Jet 1 and the T3

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Summary

Rover did pioneering work with its gas turbine vehicles. The Jet 1 was the first such prototype that could also be driven on public roads, albeit with compromises. This car did, however, set speed records. This article goes into detail about the Rover Jet 1, which was also Rover's first mid-engined car, and shows it in many historical pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Driving demonstration for the media
Echo as far away as Germany
The whinnying official bull
A bit much "must"
With cool air to 244.55 km/h

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The history of the first Rover gas turbine vehicle is so interesting that it is worth recalling in detail. Until 1948, the turbine idea was a matter for the test bench. In 1949, Gordon Bashford was commissioned to install the extraordinary engine in an automobile. The basic concept of the P4 served as the basis. Bashford packed the turbine behind the front seats. And so the first "mid-engined Rover" was born. More precisely, the engine was located in front of and slightly above the normal rear axle and drove the spiral-toothed bevel gears of the rear axle via a reduction gear and a short cardan shaft.

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