Rover Meteor Works Celebration event - Saturday March 16th
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:39 am
We would like to invite you to a special event to celebrate the Rover factories in Coventry on Saturday March 16th, from 9am until 3pm.
Rover occupied several sites in Coventry from the late 1800s to the 1940s. One of the last remaining original buildings on the 2nd Meteor site, is the Rover Showroom on Warwick Road, which opened in 1910, and it is still due to close for redevelopment at the end of March this year, so this is probably the last chance before the area is inaccessible.
With the help of the organisers of Coventry Motorfest, you are invited to join the large collection of all later generations of Rover cars, based in Broadgate, in Coventry city centre.
To attend this event in your Rover, pre-booking is necessary. This is where you can book your place - https://www.coventrymotofest.com/breakiefest-bookings/ There is a small £3 fee to help with MotorFest's administration costs.
There will also be a collection of cars built at the 2nd Meteor Works (pre-1930) in the Bull Yard, next to the original Rover showroom.
If you happen to also own a pre-1930 Rover and would like to take part in the Bull Yard display, please PM me. If you know of somebody else who does, please get them to email me at john.batchelor@rover200.org.uk
The showroom building is now called the Litten Tree Building. This is a short history video of the building - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsbMI_uEozY
There will be tours of the Litten Tree Building during the day. More details will be available shortly
The short notice for the event is a result of changing plans for the redevelopment of Coventry's Lower Precinct.
Rover occupied several sites in Coventry from the late 1800s to the 1940s. One of the last remaining original buildings on the 2nd Meteor site, is the Rover Showroom on Warwick Road, which opened in 1910, and it is still due to close for redevelopment at the end of March this year, so this is probably the last chance before the area is inaccessible.
With the help of the organisers of Coventry Motorfest, you are invited to join the large collection of all later generations of Rover cars, based in Broadgate, in Coventry city centre.
To attend this event in your Rover, pre-booking is necessary. This is where you can book your place - https://www.coventrymotofest.com/breakiefest-bookings/ There is a small £3 fee to help with MotorFest's administration costs.
There will also be a collection of cars built at the 2nd Meteor Works (pre-1930) in the Bull Yard, next to the original Rover showroom.
If you happen to also own a pre-1930 Rover and would like to take part in the Bull Yard display, please PM me. If you know of somebody else who does, please get them to email me at john.batchelor@rover200.org.uk
The showroom building is now called the Litten Tree Building. This is a short history video of the building - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsbMI_uEozY
There will be tours of the Litten Tree Building during the day. More details will be available shortly
The short notice for the event is a result of changing plans for the redevelopment of Coventry's Lower Precinct.
