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London - Brighton Commercials:
Date of 2003 London-Brighton
Commercial Run ?: On May 4th.
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London-Brighton Veteran Run:
Date of 2003 London
- Brighton Veteran Car Run?: Novemb.
2nd
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MONACO MOTOR MUSEUM:
Click here for more info on the Prince
Rainier
Car Collection.
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Need info on
L. M. BALLAMY
SVVS Hon. Tres. Tony Russell needs for book any
info, anecdotes, pictures adverts etc in connection with L.M. Ballamy who was an engineer and designer of split beam axles, most
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Lingfield Steam Show:
Enquiries to Joan/Brian Donkin
Tel: 0208 295 1510 |
Ardingly Vintage Vehicle Show:
Maurice Drew, 12 Springfield Rd, Larkfield, Kent ME20 6JE
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:: [ SVVS NATIONAL
AND INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION ASSISTANCE
SERVICE ] ::
The SVVS Website currently
receives approximately 500,000
hits a year and the "HELP
PAGE" is internationally the most
visited 'page' on the site. We receive numerous e-mails from historians
and motoring enthusiasts from all over the world with the request to
identify vehicles from old photographs. We can help with identification
of Classic cars because most of us are old enough to remember them as
new, and owning Vintage or Veteran vehicles, many of us, and/or our
associates, are also specialists in own make or type of vehicle -
These Help Pages are therefore devoted to some of the interesting
enquiries received, and information that we have provided :
Page 02 below relates to enquiries received
during 2003/4. Click
on picture to enlarge
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 
cca 1906 Wolsey-Siddeley
Photo received from Judy Hall of Dorking
(UK) trying to get
more info about her grandfather seen driving the car. We were able to
confirm that the car is a cca 1906 Wolsey Siddely registered in
Middlesex. Wolseley-Siddeleys were only made between 1904 and 1910.
There is no trace of this car in any of the registers nor any specific
historic trace of this car. We suggested Gaydon Motor Museum and other
avenues.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1908 Stanley/1910 De Dion-Bouton
Intriguing photos received from Leslie Ann
Murray from the American Chamber of Commerce of the
Philippines
requesting dating and information on De Dion-Bouton busses and lorries,
which resulted in some in depth research uncovering a
fascinating story
of the building of the infamous Kennon Road and introduction of Stanley Steamers
and later De Dion-Bouton road trains to the new summer capital of Baguio.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
cca 1910/11 Renault 10/12 CV
Photo from Barrie Trotter of Waihi
College (New Zealand) asking
for assistance in identifying the car in the photo. Photo was
printed on parchment type paper which doesn't magnify well. It was taken
in Christchurch, NZ, and identifying the car would assist in
identifying the people. The bonnet design strongly suggests a
Renault of 1910/11 vintage, either a 10CV or
12CV. Any advice would be much appreciated.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
cca 1911/12 Haynes
Photo received from
Roger Jones (Holland)
asking us to identify a car in which his ancestors were sitting. The
photo was taken in Bath, in Somerset. His great-grandfather, in the front passenger seat, died in 1917, so it must have been
taken prior to that. The problem is the photo does not show the complete
car or the important bonnet. On present info we feel the car is American
and possibly a
1911/12 Haynes.
HELP !
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
cca 1912 Lanchester
Rather poor grainy photo
received from Nigel Barraclough from Southampton (UK)
of his grandfather with his car in about 1913/14. His grandfather
died in 1918. Identification
commenced by cleaning up the photo as little detail could be seen. Short
bonnet, the hub detail, lamp arrangement and rounded mudguard suggests that this is
probably a 1910/13 Lanchester 4 seater with separate hoods for front and
back.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1913 Sunbeam GP
Lovely photo
received from Bill Hibbert (France) who is
putting together a book of stereo photographs taken by Jacques Henri
Lartigue in the early part of the last century. Confirmed by a number of
our Members that the photo was taken during the 1913
French Grand Prix showing a Sunbeam
driven by Dario Resta which came in sixth. Four cars were entered,
driven by Caillois, Resta, Chassagne (came 3rd) and Guinness.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
cca 1914 Lagonda 11.1
Lovely photo received from Tim Ensor of
York (UK)
believed taken between 1911 and 1919. The car is a Lagonda model
11.1 probably 1914 as it has electric lights. Lagonda was started in
Staines Middlesex by an American Wilbur Gunn and named after a
creek in his home town of Springfield, Ohio. Lagonda made most classic of British sports cars, some designed by W O Bentley.
Lagonda became part of Aston Martin.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
cca
1926 Sunbeam 14-40
Enquiry from Jane Bonin
(UK) researching the
history of the Dossor/Dosser family in Yorkshire asking us to date car
and photo. Picture taken in Slingsby, Yorkshire showing Fred Dosser,
proprietor of the business. We could add that the car was a
Sunbeam,
probably a 14-40 of approx 1926, registered in London and, judging by
the condition of the hood and fashion, was probably photoed in the
early thirties.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
cca 1927 Voisin C11 Saloon
Interesting photo received from Julian
Weaver of Brighton, Sussex (UK)
taken in the 1930s at Poissy near Paris. Identified as a Voisin. Airplane
style wing supports suggest it could be a C11 (1926-1928). Later contacts provided photos and
drawing of Le
Corbusier designed Villa Savoye which
are worth seeing. Building is radiused to a turning circle of a car
which has been suggested as taken from a 1927 Citroen.
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REQUEST FOR PHOTOGRAPH:
1936 Ford 10 Alpine
Request from Jeanette Tonks (UK)
for a photograph and information on a 1936
Ford
Alpine Tourer 4 seater 2 door body
and 8 HP engine. This
type of car was purchased by her sister in 1950 from Rugby Autocar for
£175, registration no was OY 810. SVVS Ford 10 expert Tony
Russell provided the photo right and lots of other useful information.
Alpine bodies were made by at least two companies and in two type
models.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
cca 1936 Dodge Sedan
Fascinating photo received from Mike Hogh
of Richmond, Surrey, (UK)
taken during a recent holiday in Northern Goa, India. The car was
in a garage beside the presbytery, the priest having long
since forsaken it in favour of the scooter! The whole car was covered in
a remarkably even layer of rust but there was no maker's name, nor
indeed any marks at all. It is in fact a
1936 Dodge
Sedan made by the Chrysler
Corporation.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
Bradford in Australia
Photo received from Shirley Reushle of Queensland (Australia)
who saw this car with a Bradford
badge for sale in a yard in Queensland.
From the appearance of the radiator grille, the small headlamps and
wheel pattern, we would say that the car in the photo is a home
made 2 seat 'special' based on a mid/late forties Jowett Bradford
commercial chassis. Bradfords were based on a two cylinder 7HP 1939
Jowett car.
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VALUATION OF VINTAGE CAR :
1947 Alvis TA14
Saloon
Contacted by Mike Keep of Reigate, Surrey (UK)
who has a fully restored
1947 ALVIS TA14
Saloon finished in Old English White which makes it ideal as a wedding
car. Only some 3000 of these cars were manufactured between 1946 and
1950. Current values are between £9,500 and £4,500. This one has all
the MOT certificates including excellent history file & log book etc. Asking price seems
fair at £5,000.
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AVAILABLE in Spain:
1929 Ford Model A Phaeton
Contact from Stuart Brown in the UK who is helping a friend sell
his lovely 1929
Ford Model A Phaeton convertible with a 3.3 engine. The
vehicle is a Right Hand Drive model. It was fully restored about 4 years
ago and is considered to be in mint condition using all original
parts. The vehicle is located in Spain and
is available for viewing. The asking price is £17,500. If anybody is interested,
let us know. HISTORIC
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
cca 1950 ZIS 110
Series of photos received from Barry Ngai,
from Beijing, (China)
requesting identification as to the manufacturer, model, and year of
production of a car now in Xinjiang, China. Closer identification of the
photos confirmed that the car was of
Russian origin. It was in fact a car made by "ZIS" (Zavod
Imieni Stalina) in Moscow and it was a 1950 Model "110",
made between 1945 - 1958 in very much the same form.
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SOURCE OF RUSSIAN BUILT CARS &
SPARES: GAZ, ZIM, ZIS, UAZ
A couple of emails have been received from Andres who has contacted us
from Estonia advising that he has a number of Russian made cars for
sale, some part restored and some fully restored. These include GAZ, ZIM, ZIS and UAZ etc.
He also has an early Buick and a Dodge, as well as Opel and BMW. Click
here to see Photos
of some of the Russian cars. He also has some spares
available. If interested, please contact direct.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
cca 1956 ' Surrey 03 '
Enquiry from James Sellitto (USA)
for info on the US Surrey. Known as
Surrey '03,
it was a replica kit car
made by E W Bliss Company, Canton, Ohio, between 1958 and 1959. It was
based on the 1903 Curved Dash Oldsmobile and fitted with a Cushman
scooter engine with current brakes and lighting, available as a kit or
could be purchased fully assembled. Only photo I could trace is a
miniature publicity photo right.
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INFORMATION ON REFURBISHMENT:
1925 Belsize R/M
Request for assistance from Chris Gaskell
and father (in France) who
are about to undertake the rebuild of a 1925
Belsize last running in the
60s. They believe the car was on the Robbialac Paint stand
at the 1925 Olympia Motor Show after being passed on as an asset when
Belsize went into liquidation. It may have been one of the first
applications of cellulose pain. SVVS Belsize owning member Tim Harding
is assisting.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
Triumph TR10
Friend of David Kuhn (USA)
has found a
1959 Triumph TR 10 in a barn and asked for info on history/value.
Puzzling as TRs were made only up to TR8? Research eventually
established that "Triumph TR 10" was a name used only in the
USA for the Standard 10, a small family 4 seat saloon with few frills.
Zero value barn find, £800 running and £ 1,400 good ($1200 and
$2200.) US value: Triumph TR10 1959 1200.00 $US.
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AVAILABLE in India:
1947 Morris 10 Series M Saloon
Contact from Mr Govidan from Bangalore (India)
advising his car is for sale and
asking for some idea on value. This is a Morris
10 Series M Saloon, made1939-48, Morris' first monocoque. In
the UK the prices are about £4,500 in excellent condition, £3,000 in
good condition and £1,500 in poor condition. Not likely to be
commercial to import a car from India. If anybody is interested, there
or here, please let us know.
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REBUILDING IN SRI LANKA:
1937 Austin 12/4
Contact from Mr. Niluksan (Sri Lanka) searching
for more information on Austin
12/4s. His father has a one-owner one and
they are about to refurbish it. The engine was rebuilt a few years ago
with a new crank and runs with that proper 12/4 sound. The car is going
to have a respray and then they will start on the interior. Work
is being done with a 1947 instruction manual. They also have a Morris 8
and Morris Minor.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1934 Armstrong Siddeley Model 17
Enquiry from Arie Steenkamp (South
Africa) who has a derelict late thirties
Armstrong Siddeley. Having provided Body, Batch, Chassis and Engine
numbers this enabled SVVS Armstrong expert Simon Pearce to identify it
as a Model 17 (lengthened 15) manufactured on 13th December 1934 and
fitted with a Burlington coachbuilt body painted two tone green and
delivered to client ASM Cape Town, similar to right.
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IDENTIFICATION OF CAR TRUNK: UK
Made Trunk
Interesting photos received from Byron
Jones from Bristol
(UK) of a Car
Trunk he has had for the last 30 years
and wondered if we could help to establish what sort of vehicle it was
designed for. It has been kept in his music room so it is in very good
condition. The small brass label says 'BREXTON. Registered Trade
Mark'. He may consider selling, if asked. It has not yet been
identified, so help would be appreciated.
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IDENTIFICATION OF TOOL: Made in France
Two photos received from
Dan Phenicie Tipton, Indiana (USA)
showing a tool which was manufactured in France.
The part number on the main unit appears to be 399655N There is another
plate for it, which appears to be part number 39959Y. A logo
beside the number looks like a diamond with wings on it. The request was for identification and dating.
To see
picture full size, click here. Dan has
a 1932 Chrysler Imperial CL.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
Radiator
Cowl
Interesting photos received from Rex Rogers
(USA) of a rad
surround believed not American, perhaps
Citroen? Citroen it is not, but our experts are baffled. Many '20s cars
had rounded cowls but few had the small ' V ' below where the badge
would be; a recess for a central division bar? Suggestions: early
racers Maserati, Diatto, Alfa, FIAT. My guess, possibly a late 20s
Auburn. Any suggestions would be welcome.
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The information
contained in these pages has come from many different sources including
books, magazines, advertisements, sales brochures, web sites,
manufacturers and personal contacts. While we have tried to make sure
that any information given is as accurate as possible, we cannot take responsibility for any errors or omissions. If you
know of any facts which are incorrect or any subjects or details which can be elaborated on,
please
contact us.
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