Re: SER1 Center Steer Brochure

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It is an intriguing link to the legend of the missing prototype.  
Reading the steering description on the 3rd page it says optional left 
or right steering so it would seem that this was some earlier artwork 
that was a holdover at the time Rover decided to market it with 
conventional "sided" steering.
Wayne
On Wednesday, October 20, 2004, at 05:48  AM, Graeme Aldous wrote:

> An interesting piece of graphic artist's work, and an odd evolution.  
> Surely
> the famous photos of the centre steer prototype showed much more 
> rounded
> front wings... the one in the brochure has wings more closely 
> resembling the
> production ones.  The back body is also much nearer to the production
> version, whereas the centre steer photos showed a more 'woody' effect. 
>  So
> where does this fit in the timescale?  We have an artist's impression 
> of a
> pre-production vehicle which has lost the minor detail of front wing 
> shape,
> but retained the MAJOR detail of a centre steering wheel!
> If you look at all the pictures, the steering wheel seems to move 
> about a
> lot, sometimes being in the centre, sometimes nearer the right, and 
> once
> definitely on the left.  And what about that clutch pedal on 'sixth 
> page
> outside'?.
>
> I've checked my calendar, but April 1st is a long way off yet!
>
> Regards,
>
> GRAEME ALDOUS
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