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
Collection Title
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
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