Re: SER1 Center Steer Brochure

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I may be wrong (and don't have a copy to hand to check) but I think there are 
details of the brochure in Tony Hutchings "Land Rover: The Early Years" book

Jon

In message <A1B7A3E6-22A1-11D9-A122-000393A1CA5A@xxxxxxx.xxx> 
series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx writes:
> 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
> > South Lane Farm, Moorsholm
> > SALTBURN, Yorkshire  TS12 3JE,  UK
> > Phone: +44(0)1287 660515  Fax: +44(0)1287 660255
> > www.teeafit.co.uk/sxf
> >
> >
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