by Richard | Tuesday, 1 January, 1963 | Timeline (Brochures Magazines), Timeline (News) |
1963 – Classic Rover P5 (3 Litre) and P5B (3.5 Litre) The biggest news this year is the assassination of the US President Kennedy on November 22nd . The continued campaign in the US for civil rights by the black community caused violent reactions from whites...
by Richard | Monday, 1 January, 1962 | Timeline (Brochures Magazines), Timeline (News) |
1962 – Classic Rover P5 (3 Litre) and P5B (3.5 Litre) The Cold War continues to chill, and for a short time the world is on the brink of nuclear war and self destruction when the Russians place Ballistic Missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the coast of Florida....
by Richard | Sunday, 1 January, 1961 | Timeline (Brochures Magazines), Timeline (News) |
1961 – Classic Rover P5 (3 Litre) and P5B (3.5 Litre) East German Authorities close the border between East and West Berlin and construction of the Berlin Wall begins. USA finances anti-Fidel Castro Cubans for an invasion at the Bay of Pigs, which is an...
by Richard | Friday, 1 January, 1960 | Timeline (Brochures Magazines), Timeline (News) |
1960 – Classic Rover P5 (3 Litre) and P5B (3.5 Litre) The cold war intensifies as USSR and the west become increasingly distrustful of each other, and a Russian missile shoots down an American U2 spy plane. John F Kennedy becomes US President. OPEC is formed by...
by Richard | Thursday, 1 October, 1959 | Library, Media Brochure, Timeline (Brochures Magazines) |
Rover Brochure Rover, 1959 1960 model year. 8 pages, landscape, full colour, folded. Rover Brochure 1959. Rover brochure for the 1960 model year, believed to be produced around October 1959. Most manufacturers used illustrations in their brochures at this time –...
by Richard | Thursday, 1 January, 1959 | Library, Media Brochure, Timeline (Brochures Magazines) |
Rover Brochure Rover 3-Litre, 1959 Rover 3-Litre Brochure 1959. 1960 model year. 8 pages, larger than A4, portrait, full colour, folded. A beautiful brochure for the Rover 3-Litre, featuring some very high-quality illustrations. Saloon only at this time (the Coupe was...