'The new Marauder' - Pressemitteilung (1950, engl)
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... on this car is De Dion, designed by Spencer King and having several somewhat unorthodox features which I am sure Mr. King will be delighted to explain. We have this type of Suspension very much in mind for the MARAUDER and hope to incorporate it at a later date. It followed naturally from this that when the new "75" came out, with it's very substantial chassis frame, our thoughts turned to a sports car. Having failed to persuade The Rover Company to make such a car we asked whether they would be prepared to seil us certain units. The answer was in the affirmative and we were fortunate here in that Mr. S, B. Wilks, who is my uncle, had taken a personal interest in the racing car and had confidence that we could produce a car which would not härm Rover's reputation for workmanship. We therefore started work at the beginning of this year and in March had completed the prototype chassis, which was handed over to Richard Mead for coachwork, The body has been basically designed by us around certain Standard Rover pressinrrs and Mr. Mead has been largely responsible for the detail design and the actual coachbuilding. The prototype was completed three weeks ago since when we have done 2,000 miles on the continent, of which more anon. As you can see the car is a 3 abreast tourer. We were faced with the alternative of making either a fast ...Source:Archiv
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