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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1906 Star 7HP
Lovely photos received from Robert
Gillespie of Sheffield (UK)
who had bought a magic lantern slide
projector with five wooden boxes of slides, - no family connection. Two
were showing a car with reg D-2402. He thought they would
be interesting and that we could identify make and date. Can advise
registration D-2402 was issued by Kent County Council in 1906. Car has
been confirmed by our Star expert John Warburton as being a 1906
Star 7 HP twin cylinder, which gained the radiator in
1906.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1906 Rover 6
Another of a series of photos received from
photograph collector David Cox (UK) with
a request for dating and for identification. This one is a a bit of a
puzzle. Registration AB 1783 is a Worcester County Council registration
issued 1911 (numbers 1673 TO 2169). The car, however, is much older than
the registration. The car is a cca
1906 Rover 6. We can only assume that
the car was sold and re-registered in 1911, and previous
owner probably may have wanted to keep the
registration.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1909 Rover 15
Some of our enquirers can make our life
difficult. Tiny photo received from Frances Miller (Ireland)
and no responses to our requests for
better scans. We need high resolution scans please especially
if the photos are small. Photo was taken in the Totteridge area
of North London and the registration is LD
9425. The registration LD was issued by the London County Council
between May 1909 and April 1910. The car is a 1909
Rover 15. They are trying to reunite the album with the
family.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1910 Peugeot
Another of a series of photos received from
Maggi Wilson (USA).
We had asked for a better resolution photo but had not received any.
The car in the picture is a 'boy racer' conversion on a large chassis,
so is a 'special'. Subsequent photos have defined that the car is a cca
1910 Peugeot. The
unusual hub of the
rear wheel had suggested a Vinot & Deguingand. Common component
supplier? This could be a
later photo of the conversion of a similar car shown
on one of her earlier photos.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1910 Hotchkiss
Another of a series of photos received from
Maggi Wilson (USA).
This is a left-hand drive car photographed by the cable car station at
Charlannes, France. The car is a French
cca 1910 Hotchkiss. Hotchkiss was an American weapons maker who came to
France and eventually developed the heavy machine gun adopted by many countries.
The company started car manufacture in 1903 and also had an armored
machinegun vehicle in 1909. The company logo was two crossed
guns.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1910 Sunbeam 12
One of a series of photos received from
Maggi Wilson (USA) whose
family owned an apartment complex in the USA and the
photos belonged to a tenant who died without any family. The car
again has the 'C' registration which were issued by Yorkshire County
Council. The precise dating records have now been lost. The car is a
1910 Sunbeam 12 next to the Humber previously identified. The owners
must have been motoring enthusiasts because most photos show
groups of cars.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1911 Rover 6
Photo received from Nigel Gibbins (UK)
showing his great grandparents car. From
the age of his grandmother he thinks it was taken around 1910. The
picture was taken in London. We can advise that the registration shown
as LE 5046 was issued by London County Council between June 1911 and May
1912. The car, which is a Rover, looks quite new, and would therefore be
a 1911 Rover 6.
There is no record of car on the DVLA database so unless abroad,
it has probably not survived.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1913 Metallurgique 10/12
Photo received from Steve Walters (UK)
removed from an album with another dated 1919, taken in the
village to Kirby Muxloe, and found on Ebay. The
car in the photo is a cca
1913 Metallurgique 10/12 made in Belgium by a railway engine
manufacturer much of whose production came to the UK with Vanden Plas
bodies. The ' V ' type radiator stayed as their trademark from 1908 to
the end in 1927. Metallurgique were the third most important car
maker in Belgium, after FN and Minerva.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1913 Berliet 25 HP
Photo received from Carlos Tarrico Villafañe
(Argentina) showing
his grandfather Pedro Tarrico which has taken a long time to identify. Suggestions were put forward as to the make but we
are now pretty sure that this is a cca
1913 Berliet 25HP with possibly a local sports two seater
body or made by Locomobile. Berliet was a French manufacturer who started in 1894 and was
subsequently better known internationally for manufacture of large
lorries, merged with Saviem/Renault in 1978.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1913 Ford Model T
Another of a series of photos received from
photograph collector David Cox (UK) with
a request for dating and for identification. The car is a
1913 Ford
Model T. FP 340 is a Rutland County Council registration issued in 1913
(numbers 330 to 412). It was spotted by our Tim Harding that the
mudguards are non standard and he also noted that in his records of
Rutland for this period, FP 340 is the only one that is shown blank? Check with
DVLA advises that car is no longer on their
database.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1913 Leyland Charabanc
Photo received from Ruth Baumberg (UK) advising
she is writing a book about Joseph Walmsley, designer of ceramics
and tiles at Burmantofts in Leeds. Picture shows a works outing she was
trying to date. Joseph Walmsley left Leeds in 1917 for Manchester as
wallpaper designer so it must be before that date. We can confirm that
the vehicle is cca 1913 Leyland
Charabanc, see similar
bus. Registartion BT 391 was
issued by County Council of the East Riding of
Yorkshire, but no dates available.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1916 Maudsley Charabanc
Another of a series of photos received from
photograph collector David Cox (UK) with
a request for dating and for identification. This is a lovely photo of a
gents only outing in a
cca 1916 Maudsley
Charabanc. This took a bit of
identification because the photo is very low resolution providing little
detail.
We need hi res photos
please.
When the radiator section
was enlarged it was still confusing because it was eventually
established that a AA badge is positioned as would be a radiator
badge.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1919 Hallford Lorry
A Photo received from Annette Hughes
(UK) from her
grandfather's collection. It shows a vehicle depot, possibly
railway or removals, with some very unusual heavy vehicles for UK. We
have already identified the vehicle on the right as being 1919
Kelly-Springfield but have now enlarged and our Tim Harding thinks the
vehicle on the left is a cca
1919 Hallford, made by J & E Halls, the smaller lorry
being a Ford Model T, and the one with the large radiator from reg. no.
to be a 1920 Maudslay.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1921 Calthorpe 10
Another tiny photo received from Frances
Miller (Ireland) and
no responses to our requests for better scans. We need high resolution
scans please especially
if the photos are small. No registration is indicated so no precise
dating can be obtained from it. The picture took quite a lot of
searching to identify, but our Tim Harding has come up trumps again and
has advised that it is a cca 1921 Calthorpe 10 Two Seater.
Calthorpes were made in Birmingham between 1905 and 1926.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1922 Mercer Raceabout
A Photo received from Robert
Rioux (Canada). The
image comes from a Buster Keaton movie called Seven Chances that was
made in 1952 in Los Angeles. Robert is a big fan of silent movies,
especially Buster Keaton, and just loves this car which he believes was
from around 1925. He wanted to know what it was, but came back with the
answer before we got back to him. He identified it as a cca
1922 Mercer Raceabout but we think it is a
little earlier because it has the
shallower headlamps.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1923 Sunbeam 24/60
Photo received from
Gerald Peake of Vancouver (Canada) who
is doing some investigations for the family history tree. His Grandfather
Fred Peake seems to have lived an
interesting life so he is trying to learn everything about him, -
including what he drove. The picture was probably taken somewhere
in Staffordshire. We can tell him the car is a
magnificent cca
1923 Sunbeam 24/60 (24/70) Light Sports.
We cannot see enough of the numberplate to determine reg area or confirm
year.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1925 Eric Campbell
One of two photos received from Alan
Mack (UK) showing
a motorbike and a car. We have twice requested an enlargement of
the bike but no answer. The car is a mystery; it was not owned by the
family and except for his mother, he does not know the people. Photo shows an
extremely unusual car identified by Tim Harding
as a cca
1925 Eric-Campbell. Made initially in
Handley-Page aircraft factory Cricklewood, then in Southall, London, these polished ally sports cars
raced in the 1919 Targa Florio.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1926 Morris Cowley Bullnose
Another of a series of photos received from
photograph collector David Cox (UK) with
a request for dating and for identification. Unfortunately the
registration number and the photo is not clear so precise dating is not
possible. Our Tim Harding suggests the car is the last of the Bullnose
Cowleys and therefore the car would be a 1926
Morris Cowley Bullnose. We originally
thought earlier. The boot carries a Dickey Seat. About
150,000 'Bullnoses', including Oxfords, were made
1919-1926.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1927 Morris Cowley Flatnose
Another of a series of photos received from
photograph collector David Cox (UK) with
a request for dating and for identification. Interesting to note the
quite dramatic change in fashion of car body design as indicated in this
photograph compared to the one below, despite these being only one year
apart. The car in this photo is also a Cowley but is a cca
1927 Morris Cowley Flatnose. These were
made until 1930 and with Oxfords accounted for 185,000. The 27 Cowley
still had no front brakes.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1934 Vauxhall Light Six
Another photo received from
Gerald Peake of Vancouver (Canada) taken at
one of his great grandfather's properties in Staffordshire. The man in
the car is his great uncle. Registration AVT 494 was issued by
Stoke-on-Trent County Borough Council. Identifying cars from the back is
very difficult but from the motif on the right rear wing, our Tim
Harding has identified it as a 1934
Vauxhall Light Six. There is another car reflected in the
paintwork, but not enough detail to try to identify.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1938 Vauxhall Light Six
Photos received from Chris Hevey (UK)
who is trying to work out who the people in
the pictures are as part of a project to reunite my family spread apart
in the 1940-50s. Dating the car would really help date the pictures. Can
advise that the car would appear to be a cca
1938 Vauxhall Light Six. Made just
before WW2 so not used during the war and would be 'new looking'
when taken out in 1945. My guess on fashions is that the pictures
are post war, possibly even early 1950s.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1933 Citroen 10 CV
Another of a series of photos received from
photograph collector David Cox (UK) with
a request for dating of the numberplate and for identification of the
car. He did not recognise this one although the massive double chevron
should have given it away. The car is a 1933
Citroen 10 CV Saloon. Registration ANO
261 was issued by Essex County Council between June and August 1933. No
longer on DVLA database so unless abroad, has probably not
survived. Citroen had a base in the UK.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1933 Pierce-Arrow, Silver Arrow
Photo received from Kerry Coulter
from Ottawa (Canada)
of a car that has been intriguing him. The photo came from a friend who
collects/restores old Citroen cars and they thought it looks a little
like a Citroen DS. Could we determine
the make, model & year? This one is relatively easy as the car is
one of the design icons used in styling discussions. It is a
cca 1933 Pierce Arrow, Silver Arrow. These were introduced
for the New York Auto Show, and only five were ever made.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1936 Austin Ascot
Two more photos received from Ian
Todd (UK)
showing other cars owned by Brenda Colvin (see
below). Photos are a bit blurred. The car shown right is an
earlier car. The photo shows an Austin with a painted radiator
shell, it has a boot lid, and has individual bonnet vents, which
suggests an a cca
1936 Austin Light 12/4. These also had the name
Ascot. The photo of a 'later car' taken in about 1946 would appear
to be a cca
1937 Hillman Minx. Identifying feature is the
quaterlight window.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1936 Wolseley 12/48
Photo received from Ian Todd (UK)
showing a car and Brenda Colvin (garden
designer and landscape architect, 1897-1981). Ian's sister-in-law is currently
writing a book about Brenda Colvin who drove this car in 1938 from England to Zywiec in Poland
where she was
working for Archduke Charles Albert Habsburg on his summer palace
gardens. We can advise the car is a 1936 Wolseley 12/48, S2, Sliding Head
Saloon. Registration was issued by the London
County Council, June/July 1936.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1937 Austin 10 Cambridge
One of a series of photos received from
photograph collector David Cox (UK) with
a request for dating of the numberplate and for identification of the
car. This he thought was a late 1930s Austin 7 Saloon. Nearly right. The
car is an Austin but a 1937
Austin 10 Cambridge Saloon.
Registration DXA 331 was issued by London County Council during February
1937. Check with the DVLA advises that the car is no longer on their
database so unless gone abroad, it has probably not
survived.
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