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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1900 Daimler' Kimberly' Tonneau
Photo received from Alun Pugh in Leeds (UK) who
obtained two intersting photos in a house clearance in Leeds. This one took
some identifying. I could find nothing like it. Our Tony Oakes guessed
Daimler from the scuttle. Our veteran expert Tim Harding did not know,
but when Daimler was mentioned went off furkling through his books.
Turns out it is indeed a cca
1900 Daimler 'Kimberly' Tonneau with a 4.5 HP two cylinder
engine. These were made for only one year. So, quite unusual.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1904 Darracq Tonneau
Photo received from Averil Thornton (UK) who
is the Editor of Yorkshire magazine "Down Your Way" for whom
we have identified cars before. We do not have the story on this
one. Our Tim Harding is quite sure this is a cca
1904 Darracq Tonneau. My researches seem to indicate the
same. The radiator shape was only produced during a short period 1903-4.
Very similar to the "Genevieve", of the film. There seems no
numberplate visible, which suggest photo was taken
before Jan. 1904.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1907 Singer Tricar
Fabulous set of very period photos showing a very unusual car received
from John Church (UK).
Registration P 3220 was issued by Surrey CC but no records to help in
dating. John's best guess from the wings on the AA badge, post
1911, and either a Riley Tricar or Phoenix. Not Riley because of the
radiator but similar tower rads to Phoenix. Our Tim Harding however
identified it as a cca
1907 Singer Tricar which also had two tower rads,
one each side. Photo and AA badge therefore
later.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1907 Rex 3.5 HP Motorcycle
Interesting photo received from Steven Roehead (UK) of
his Gt Gt Grandfather Sid Dyke (left) and Gt Grandfather Joe Dyke
(right). He would like to try to build a replica of the bike on
the right. The forks are relatively unique and our Geoff Morris with
John Waghorn both agree that the bike on the right is a cca
1906 Rex 3HP or 3.5. Doubt about the bike on the left. The
frame is Charter Lea of cca 1906 with different engine and made by one
of many individual small makers. Newer forks.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1911 Humber Tourer
Smashing Photo received from Alan Stroud (UK) who is the author of
"Yesterday's
Papers" relating to Victorian life on the Isle of Wight.
This is one of a number of glass plates depicting the Cheverton family
who owned Afton Manor at Freshwater. We can advise that the Registration
DL 488 was issued by the Isle of Wight County Council in about 1909. The
car is newer so plate was transferred. It is a rather nice cca
1911 Humber Tourer, probably the bigger 16/24, which
cost £425 when new.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1911 Darracq Tourer
Lovely Photo received from Opal Taylor
(France). The man in the bowler hat was her
grandfather and he died in 1936. Many years ago her mother told her
that her father had been involved with Ford in inventing a car
battery. The photograph was probably taken around Manchester UK where he
spent the latter years of his life. Originally he was from London and
also lived in the USA and Australia. We can advise that the car is
a big cca 1911 Darracq
Tourer, possibly the 16HP.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1912 Panhard Levassor
Photo received from Alun Pugh in Leeds (UK) who
obtained two intersting photos in a house clearance in Leeds. "I
have a postcard of super quality but cannot identify the car [because I
know nothing about them!!!]. I hope you can help". Our Tim Harding,
like me, feels this is a picture of a cca 1913
Panhard & Levassor Coupe Chauffeur. The numberplate has
the identification letters hidden by the front wheel so not much
help there. Smashing period photo, shame
no further info.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1914 Adler
Photo received from John McLean, Curator, Motor Museum of Western
Australia. The photo was supplied through the Western Australian
Motoring Historians who number some fairly knowledgeable members amongst
their ranks but they could not agree on the make, model or year.
Regretfully the quality of the scan is pretty poor with no detail
showing. While this is not a positive ident, we think it is German, just
pre WW1, and pretty sure it is a cca
1913-1914 Adler, possibly 7/17.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1914 Crossley 20/25
Another of the auto-political photos from
Ian Robertson (Vietnam),
interested in Crossleys and the Irish Civil
War. This one shows Free State General Sean Mc Eoin, his wife and a
Crossley. Malcolm Asquith of the Crossley Register advised the car is
indeed a Crossley
and either a late 20/25 or a 25/30. The 25/30 had a higher bonnet line
and the car in the photo seems to have this. However, the twin tyred
rear wheels are more typical of 20/25. Crossley supplied much of
the UK WW1 military.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1915 Isotta Fraschini
Enquiry received from Marten Rogers (UK)
saying "The attached is a photograph taken in 1915 and is
said to have been the Colonel's Car from a cavalry regiment in
Canterbury. I have been unable to identify it. Can you help at all?
Thanks". The photo has done the rounds of all our specialists and
the only person who is positive is Bryan Goodman who says it is an Isotta
a Fraschini. He is normally right, but I have not been able
to find a photo to confirm. Most records seem to be
post WW1.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1916 Ford Model T Special
Tiny blurry photo received from Peter
Lawford (Canada)
"which could have been taken in 1907 in Dorset. The Lagonda club
have ruled it out as a Lagonda and Bieulieu Motor Museum have so far
failed." We asked for better scan but got none.
"Apparently FX 3695 can be read on the original". Registration
is Dorset CC and car has WW1 headlamp masks. Tim Harding is sure this is
a cca
1916 Model T Ford Special with a coach
built body and a proprietary radiator. Transverse spring
is an indicator.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1920 Albion Lorry
Enquiry received from Edgeley
Thomas (UK)
who is writing a book on his village and has photo of a veteran truck,
possibly 1920's. He wants to find out when & to whom it was first
registered, - and DVLA were no help. This would be because BO 2143 was
registered with Cardiff CBC, who did not keep their records, so could
not pass any records to DVLA. Our Tim Harding, however, has a record of
an Albion BO 2481 which was registered Jan. 21, so this one would be a cca
1919/20 Albion, in period.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1921 Daimler Charabanc
Photo received from Brett
Payne, Tauranga, (New Zealand) showing
grandparents on a charabanc outing. They lived in Amsterdam, Holland, but his
would have been taken in England. DL 2362 is an Isle
of Wight registration, but dating information seem no longer available.
Our Tim Harding from own records suggests the reg is about 1921. The
vehicle shown would be a 1921
Daimler Charabanc, very much of the WW1 period, solid tyres.
Dating the vehicle, however, does not date
photo.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1921 SEAL
Photo received from Pauline Adams (UK) hoping
we can identify the car make model and year. She inherited the
photograph, a postcard with four notches as though from a machine, from her mother and
became the custodian of the family
history. Interestingly, we already have a picture of this very
vehicle with a Mr. Wheetman in
it. As there is no apparent connection, we assume this was a
photographer's prop in Blackpool. The vehicle is a cca
1921 Seal, a sort of motorcycle combo.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1922 Bean 11.9 Tourer
Photo received from Brian Owen (UK) which
was originally "subjected to a double exposure on an old "Box
Brownie" ! I have cleaned it up a little and wondered if it could
be identified? Photographed in Bristol circa 1936. Interesting website,
just discovered." Car is a 1922
Bean 11.9 Tourer registered at Somerset County Council. Bean
took over Perry and had the first moving assembly line in the UK. 14 HP
model in 1923. Peak production 505 vehicles in 1920, but
stopped cars in 1929.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: Lenin's
1922 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost
Interesting photo received from
Stanislav Kiriletz (Germany)
trying to firm up the history of "Lenin's Rolls Royce"
currently in Gorki Leninskie Museum. Chassis plate 79 YG. Two existing
scenarios: 1/. Built 1916 for Tzar Nicolaus II, rebuild in Petrograd
1919 by Poutiloff works as half-track "Kegresse"; 2/. Car came
to Russia in 1920 and had half-tracks added. We can advise that
RREC have the build date as 1922, client "All Russian Co-Operative
Society". Lenin died 1924, so did not have it long.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1923 Enfield-Alldays
Photo received from friend and Austin Seven specialist John Caddy
(UK) who wandered if
we knew the make and the drivers. Yes! The cars were the only ones known
to have manufactured in Lingfield, and were built by AC 'Bert' Bertelli
for Wolf Barnato. These were cca
1923 Enfield-Alldays. Bertelli went on
to design Aston Martins and Wolf Barnato to win three consecutive Le
Mans in Bentleys. 'Old Number 1' Bentley was present at Woolf daughter
Diana's 90 recent local funeral.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1928 Stutz Convertible Coupe
A rather grainy and damaged photo received from
Lyle Brand, Forest Lake, Michigan (USA)
saying it shows his grandmother and great grandmother photographed in 1935
in front of the state capital building. Father has
never seen photo, so Lyle is having it restored for Father's Day. The
photo is very pixly but we have had a quick repair ourselves and think
the car is a well used cca
1928 Stutz Convertible Coupe,
possibly a BB. It seems to have a
Lincoln radiator mascot ?
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1929 Studebaker
Photo received from Roel Otten (Holland) of
his grandfather driving what was said by the family to be a 1914
Maxwell car. This car was in use by a rich baron (van Heeckeren van Kell
) in Holland, where his grandfather was driver etc. His father
also mentioned a Panhard (or Packard) but it is not one of these brands.
We have had some difficulty in positively identifying this car, but a
1914 Maxwell is most certainly is not. General feeling is that it is
most probably a cca
1929 Studebaker.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1929 Ford Model A Van
Photo received from Rosemary Groves (UK) which
was a scan of a relatively bad home printer dotted original. We emailed
requesting a better copy and more info but did not get the courtesy of a
reply. The registration CB appears to have 891 with the last digit
hidden. Registrations 85xx to 96xx were issued by County Borough Council
of Blackburn during 1929. Despite the grainy photo, our Tim Harding is
relatively sure this is a cca
1929 Ford Model A van. We
improved photo.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1935 Willys 77 Sedan
Photo received from Mara Du Toit (South
Africa) who writes family histories. She is working on one involving
Andrew Coats, from the "Coats Cotton" family who made their
money in cotton mills outside Paisley, Scotland. See photo of him in his
wheelchair. His wife was the granddaughter of George Rex, an
extremely colourful character in South African history. The car could
have belonged to son-in-law or grandson. The car, in SA, is American,
being a cca
1935 Willys 77 Sedan.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1939 Humber Snipe
Photo received from Margaret Welch
from (New Zealand) showing
her Great Uncle having just been fishing in Lake Taupo, New
Zealand. Great Uncle had a farm at Waipukarau also on the North Island.
The car is relatively easy to identify being a Humber Snipe but is
difficult to date. We have consulted the PV
Humber Club whose David Clark
confirmed that Humbers changed little between 1938 and 1948 because a
lot of this period was in wartime. Would the registration
help in NZ locally??
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1954 Morris Cowley Pick-up
Bit of a sad photo received from Daryl
Fraser from an isolated part of North Queensland (Australia)
of a ute “rusting in peace” in a Mareeba paddock, and
which he hopes to restore. Our friends at The
6/80 & MO Club advise this is a 1954
Morris Cowley Half-ton Pick-up Truck which
left the factory in Cowley England as a CKD (Completely Knocked down
Kit) no. 29540 between June and Sept 1954,
and have been assembled in Zetland (the 38670 bit). Also very active 6/80
& MO club in Australia.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1956 IFA F9
Photo received from Konstantine (Greece)
saying Hi, I'me Konstantine from Greece. I need some help
identifying a classic. Pictures attached and I have plenty more if
needed. Thanx K. Relative easy this one although I initially looked at
the wrong maker. The car is in fact a cca
1956 IFA F9. This car was manufactured in the German
Democratic Republic by Industrie-Vereinigung Volkseigener Fahrzeugwerke
(1948 -56) and was based on a pre-war DKW prototype. DKW was the
F89-91.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: pre
1904
UNIDENTIFIED
Fascinating set of photographs received
from Mrs. Joan Green from Lancashire (UK). They
are all from an album discovered in her late great aunt's loft. Being
into family history she was hoping it was from her family from
Lancashire, but they all seem to be around London and the Thames so the
album may have been there when aunt moved in. The name on the album is Allvey.
The car has the very distinctive protrusions on the radiator tank.
Any
help would be much appreciated.
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