C. Spencer King in New York City Showing the Rover Gas Turbine Prototype Car T.4, 1962

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Artifact Overview

The Rover Company, Ltd., a British-based car company, experimented with passenger-car gas turbine engines after World War II. This 1962 publicity photo shows Spencer King, Rover's chief designer, pointing out the engine's features in this Rover T4. The car had been shipped to America for display at the New York International Auto Show. The car never went into production.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1962

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.O.17048

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in

C. Spencer King in New York City Showing the Rover Gas Turbine Prototype Car T.4, 1962