The only Rover 75 DHC on earth.

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When Rover had introduced their P4 model in 1950, they remembered an earlier project by Tickford who had produced a drophead coupé on a Rover chassis. It was an attractive design, so Tickford was asked to produce three prototypes, two dropheads and one fixed-head coupé. Tickford went to work, the conversion of the 3-position drophead involving cutting-down and removing the bodies, and replacing them with a two-door coupé body designed by Bert Thickpenny. The aluminum doors were wider than the original ones, to allow easy access to the rear seat. They looked very nice, but Rover decided not to go ahead with the production, probably because the high cost of the Tickford coachwork would make it a difficult car to market. In the end the fixed-head coupé was scrapped in 1970 and of the dropheads only one survived, the one you see here. A truly unique automobile, this Rover will be offered by Coys during their “True Greats” Auction on December 7th. (source: Salmons & Sons by Dennis Mynard, main photo also from this book, other photos courtesy Coys)

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