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TX 1 |
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Original design 2 seat open top sportscar |
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Fairthorpe |
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1965 to 1966 |
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| Although offered for sale the TX 1 was pretty much a prototype for what was to become the TX GT. The price at the time was £1,175 before purchase tax.
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History of the Rochdale Marque
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rochdale Olympic was a glass fibre monocoque British sports car made by
Rochdale Motor Panels and Engineering in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England
between 1957 and 1973.
The company was originally founded in 1948 by Frank Butterworth and Harry Smith
in an old mill building in Hudson Street, Rochdale where as well as general
motor repairs they made some alloy bodies for Austin 7s and other cars. In 1952
they turned to glass fibre and produced a body shell for the owner to fit to a
chassis of his choice. The next bodyshell, the GT[Read More]..... |
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