"I could still remember the Reg. No JHW 400"

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We are searching for a particular car. The car we are looking for is (very likely a 1938) Rover 10.

”The story of the car is partly a story of our family. The real inheritor of the car was my wife in 1970. Her grandfather had died and her mother asked whether we would like to have the car. As a young couple with a mini van which had travelled to Dubrovnik and back without a problem on our honeymoon in 1968 was super but the arrival of our son caused a problem. We needed a car. We travelled to Herefordshire and found the car in the garage at my wife’s grandfather’s house swathed in a blanket. His housekeeper told us that it possessed headlamps if we wished to drive at night. We fell in love with it instantly and were very sad when the time came to sell it as our daughter arrived in 1972 and we needed something which would suit our family’s needs for every day. The car had to be sold a few years later but I have always regretted that action! But life moved on.”

”I have never lost my passion for it but in 1970 it was a little more difficult to keep such a car on the road for everyday use. It is still the only car that I have ever owned on which I could work with some knowledge. We once broke down, with my son in his car seat, fourteen times between Ipswich and Bristol but I knew that the mechanical petrol pump was at fault and was, with the odd burn on my arms, able to get us home. Thereafter our days of Rover 10 transport were numbered as you may imagine. I have never lost my love for the car and was talking to a friend one night in the pub. He owns 3 lovely cars of yesteryear and I mentioned the Rover and said that I could still remember the Reg. No JHW 400.”

"The week after he produced a picture or a Rover 10 that he had discovered in a volume about Industrial Britain and amazingly it was clearly JHW 400. Further search discovered that it had been sold by a museum which closed in 2009 and that it was still registered and hopefully still loved. That is as far as I can go and it would be wonderful to find it and know more. The Rover was sold in Bristol in 1972 and I was a member of the Rover Sports Register then."

"I should love to find the present owner and share information about its history if that is acceptable. I have photos from then which may be enjoyed. Many thanks for your help and interest."

Please comment below if you can tell us more about this Rover 10, Reg. No JHW 400.

Photographs sent in by Robert Nurton.

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