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PART SIX – Final Season
My best guess is that the 14” thoroughbred was discontinued
at the same time the 16” was given a colour change – to a
hammertone green. This appears to have occurred in late
1979 for the 1980 season.



That would be the final season for the Rover Thoroughbred.

The reason is simple: the new Rover-Scott Bonnar Company
could not offer a range divided. The Thoroughbred had to
give-way to the mighty Scott Bonnar Model 45.

The rest is history.