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The Rochdale car started life as just another assembled or kit-built small car, with tubular frame and such body styles as the Rochdale Riviera drophead coupé and the Rochdale Olympic two/four-seater saloon. Then the Rochdale car firm distinguished itself by developing the Rochdale Olympic into a true monocoque body-chassis Rochdale car, comprising a one-piece fiberglass moulding. At first, BMC mechanical parts were fitted on the Rochdale car, the Riley 1.5-litre engine proving most popular. From 1963 the Mark 2 Rochdale car was available, with Triumph front suspension, and the Ford 116E engine was most in favour. Although no longer sold as a complete kit, this Rochdale car model was still available as a body-chassis unit in 1972, priced at £328, and altogether some 600 Rochdale cars were sold.
Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; DF
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