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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING: 1901
Locomobile Locosurrey
Another cinema screen grab of a vehicle which appeared in a film
"Og så kom toget!, (And then came the train) a Short Movie made in
1979 where the vehicles are being investigated by IMCDB.
-- We can advise
that this interesting not-so-little vehicle is a cca
1901 Locomobile Locosurrey Steam Car
made by the then new company which had purchased the first set of
patents from the Stanley Brothers to make steam
cars. Newer wheels as originals would
probably have been wires.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1903
Belsize Rear Entrance Tonneau
Photo received from Jim Derham-Reid from
British Columbia (Canada) of
his mother's Grandfather Forrest Liversey, mill owner, outside his home
Shade House, Pendlebury. He thought the car was a 1903 De Dion --
Definitely not
a De Dion Bouton. Our John Warburton immediately identified it as a very
rare Manchester-made cca
1903 Belsize Rear Entrance Tonneau, probably a twin cylinder
model. Identifying feature is the curious horseshoe shaped
gilled tube radiator at back of bonnet.
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INTERESTING AND UNUSUAL VEHICLES:1904
Sunbeam Tonneu
Very interesting photo received from Malcolm Fare
(UK) who is writing a
history of the parish of Hanley Castle.
Photo shows Sir Edmund and Lady Katherine
Lechmere (1865-1937) of Rhydd Court. -- Registration
AB 155 is Worcester CC who started at 101; this therefore is the 55th
car registered in Worcestershire. Car is a Wolverhampton built 1904
Sunbeam 12 HP Tonneau. It had a 2.4 litre 4 cylinder
water-cooled engine and leather lined cone
clutch. It sold for 500 guineas. 76 built.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1905
Vinot & Deguringang perhaps
Two photo received from Tony West (UK)
of an Edwardian car probably 1905-06, and the driver is his
grandfather William Collins, the son of the author Wilkie Collins.
-- We have so far not been able to
confirm identification and have requested re-scan of the radiator badge
area. We are sure this will provide some info. Body would have been made
by external coachworks. So far we
think French and possibly a cca 1905 Vinot & Deguingand. Registration
LC 250 says about June 1905.
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INTERESTING AND UNUSUAL VEHICLES:1906
Pilain Tourer
Very interesting photo received from Malcolm Fare
(UK) who is writing a
history of the parish of Hanley Castle.
Photo shows Sir Edmund Lechmere
(1865-1937) of Rhydd Court, suggested as 1906.
-- Registration
unclear but has four numerals suggesting possibly later, and if C, then
Yorkshire. Car is very unusual being a French Lyonais built cca
1906 Pilain Tourer. Pilain had the
circular radiator and bonnett and should not be confused with the
Rolland & Pillain of Tours, separate co .
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1906
Gilburt Light Car
Photo received from Pauline Dolling (UK)
who had read an article in the Practical Family History magazine, which
says that we are willing to help identify cars. She attached a photo of
two of her female ancestors Ada and Annie Halton in a car believed to be
a Ford Model T. -- Definitely
not a Ford. Our John Warburton identified it as
a
a very rare car indeed, a cca
1906 Gilburt Light Car, only made between 1904 and 1906 in
West Kilburn, London. Registration DC97; Middlesborough1906.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1909
Humber Tourer
Somewhat damaged section of a photo received from
Ivor Davies (UK) which
we have repaired. Ivor tells us the picture was taken at Potto
Hall in North Yorkshire and has his Great Grandfather Thomas Carter
Danby standing next to a car owned by James Richardson Esq. J.P.
(Justice of the Peace). Great Grandfather was his domestic servant and
chauffeur. Believes incomplete registration is Middlesborough circa
1904. -- DC
is
Middlesborough but the car is bit later and is a cca
1909 Humber Tourer.
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INTERESTING AND UNUSUAL VEHICLES:1911
SCAR Brougham
Very
unusual car we identified recently is this cca
1911 Scar Brougham. The S.C.A.R. car
was manufactured in the Marne region of France perhaps best known for
the 'Taxi de la Marne' when Paris Renault taxis ferried the army to
battle in WW1. The SCAR works were indeed subsequently blown up by the
Germans in 1915 ending production started in 1906. Also in common with
Renault, the SCAR had a similar bulkhead radiator after 1910. Sold
in UK. After War marketed Mathis.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1912
Model T Ford Fore-Door
A somewhat pixly blurred photo received
from Alan Williams (UK) saying he is
trying to identify the motor car. The occupants in the photograph are
his Gr Gr Grandparents living in Porthcawl, South Wales. Photo was taken
in about 1900-1905. --
Dating is about ten years out. The Car is a
cca
1912 Model T Ford Fore-Door Touring
registered at Glamorgan CC. Front doors were introduced in 1912.
Probably built in April as it has the
outside rear door handles, later abandoned due cost.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1912
Napier Sport Roadster
Photo received from Jim Derham-Reid from
British Columbia (Canada) of
a car at his mother's parents home in Lynngarth, Brooklands,
Derbyshire in September 1912, the parents leaving on their
honeymoon in what was said to be a Napier. --
Although the photo as received was small
and much over-sharpened, the Napier radiator with the tower filler cap
can just be seen between the two standing men. Though not all clear,
general details would confirm a cca
1912 Napier Sport Roadster.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1912
Wolseley Landaulette perhaps
Photo received from Sonia Pegg (UK)
of late grandfather, born around 1889, standing by the side of a
car taken in the Glasgow area possibly in around 1920. --
We have not been able to provide a positive identification
because the all important radiator is hidden and bodies would have been
made by external coachwork companies. We requested a larger scan of the
wheel nut but have not received any reply. Bonnet handle is indicative
of a cca
1912 Wolseley Landaulette.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1913
Cyklon Cyklonette Delivery Van
Intriguing and very unusual photo received
from Lyton Jarman of Rugby (UK) of
a tri-car delivery vehicle, possibly to do with the English Communist
Party (??), with handwritten slogan on the side saying: "Unemployed
Demonstration Market Place Tuesday 3-0". --
No numberplate to show origin. We can however
advise that it is a German cca
1913 Cyklon 6HP Cyklonette Delivery Van.
Guessing photo is at least couple years later, WW1 would have been in
full swing v Germans?
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1913
Calthorpe Minor
Very interesting photo received from Malcolm Fare
(UK) who is writing a
history of the parish of Hanley Castle
and saying he would be grateful to
know what make of car is shown. -- Registration
is Worcester CC and the car is relatively unusual being a British 1913
Calthorpe Minor Tourer. The 'Minor' name precedes Morris and was
introduced 1913. A special version of this same model
averaged 68 mph in the 1914 Cyclecar Grand Prix. Calthorpes
ran successfully in many rallies in
the 1920s.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1913
Vauxhall Prince Henry
Photo received from Jim Derham-Reid from
British Columbia (Canada) of
a car at
his mother's parents home taken in 1913 in Lynngarth, Brooklands,
Derbyshire. Was it a Prince Henry? --
Although the photo as received was small
and over-sharpened, the famous Prince
Henry radiator can be plainly seen.
These 'C type' cars were designed by Laurence Pomeroy for the 1910
Prince Henry Trials. Replicas went on sale 1911 and about 50 were made.
Bigger engines in 1913 for 140 cars.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1914
Hudson 6'40 Touring
Another of a number of very interesting
photos submitted by Jan Lundin (Sweden)
showing vehicles in the 20s and 30s Scandinavia, for which he is seeking
identification and dating. Jan has habit of
unearthing unusual vehicles and this is no exception. -- With
the help of our friends at the AACA we can confirm that this is a cca
1914 Hudson 6'40 Touring. Confirmation of year is that the hinges are
concealed. Joseph Hudson owned 1910 Detroit most successful department
store.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1915
Ford T & 1915 Buick 36
Lovely period photo of a picnic sent in by
David Keller, Historian, Trans-Pecos and Big Bend region of Texas
(USA).
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vehicles have production chassis and hack bodies. Car on left is cca
1915 Ford Model T; transverse spring, LH drive and electrics. On right
did confuse by having an angle bonnet bit Hupmobile but would have been
rounded as is a cca 1915 Buick Model 36, from AACA, wheel hub nuts etc.
Difficult to advise date of the photo as cars would have been old
then to be so butchered.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1916
Overland 81 Touring
Two more pictures from Claire Dulanty (UK).
This photo was taken in Connecticut, USA. They are of her grandparents,
Claire's mother (born in 1913), and her nanny. Claire thinks they must
just have bought this car, probably their first, and were very proud of
it. -- Our
friends at the AACA got through the customising to a
cca 1915 Overland 81 Touring. Optional wire wheels, headlamps are too
big, airvents very strange, and has been hit from the back as rear
mudguard seems to be a little bent.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1918
Roamer Touring
Another IMCDB cinema screen grab, this of a vehicle which appeared in a
short American part-animated silent film 'Bubbles' made in 1922. The car
shown with the radiator header tank covered in a winter protector is not
a Rolls Royce despite the shape of the radiator. The car is American
made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and is cca 1918 Roamer
Touring. A number of American and other cars copied the Rolls
Royce radiator but what helps with the
identification is the largish rivets on the
bonnet.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1919
Pierce Arrow Touring
Photo received from Stephen A. Barneby
currently in (Iraq) with the Regional
Reconstruction Team in Erbil. The photo is marked 1912 which Stephen
thinks is too early. -- Indeed
it is. My thoughts were Cadillac but West Peterson of AACA suggested
Pierce Arrow. Further research confirmed it was a cca 1919 Pierce Arrow
Seven Seat Touring. Year pointer is the narrow louvers on the bonnet and
no bulkhead lights. Wheel hub nuts seem to
have the shape of the Pierce 'arrow' logo.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1920
Citroen 5CV Boulongere
Another cinema screen grab of a vehicle which appeared in a film
"Og så kom toget!, (And then came the train) a Short Movie made in
1979 where the vehicles are being investigated by IMCDB.
-- We can advise
that this little delivery vehicle is a cca
1920_Citroen C3 5CV Boulongere. One of the smallest and
earliest of Citroen cars, 88,000 were made in the production period 1922
to 1926, mostly cars and cabriolets. Commercials were Normande and
Boulongere. More
info on the Model C.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1923
Standard 11HP Two-Seater
Rather grainy photo received from Jane
Jones (UK).
She is researching her grandfather's life and found this photo
amongst family memorabilia. She thinks it could date from the
1920's/30's. Her mother remembered that she used to sit in the small
folding seat at the back of the car when she was a small girl. Could we
identify this car for her? -- We
would confirm photo as late 20's early 30s because the car looks
relatively new. It is a cca 1923 Standard
11HP Two-Seater & Dickie.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1928
Buick 6 Town Brougham
This picture originates from Ron Smith in
the UK who had sent it to Old Motors Club (Malta)
where Anthony Vassallo tried to help.
Photo is possibly 1932/33. The driver is Georgio DeSalvo who worked at
the Union Club in Sliema, Malta. The girl is Ruth DeSalvo and the
background is very Maltese. No DeSalvo now in telephone Directory.
Nobody in club could identify car. -- Fortunately
the radiator badge/wheel nuts are relatively clear, and headlamps advise
c1928
Buick Six Town Brougham.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1929
Erskine 6 Sedan
One of three photographs received
from Patrícia Carvalho or Paula Roque, we know not which, nor
what country she/they were writing from. We have tried emailing to find
out more but have received no replies. It is always a shame when our
work gets no feedback. All we know is that the cars belonged to her
Grandfather and that they were photographed in Mozambique in Africa
during the 1920s, fascinating in its own right. We can advise that this
car is a cca
1929 Erskine 6 Sedan.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1933
Plymouth Convertible
Two more pictures from Claire Dulanty (UK).
This photo is of a car that was her mother's. She was in London, and the
car had been shipped over from the States, - and she loved it. It was
apparently cheaper to ship than buy a new one here. She came over to
study in September 1935, if that helps. It is possible that it was a
bright colour? -- The
mascot shows a ship in full sail, the Mayflower. The car is a cca
1933 Plymouth Convertible. Poor sales
resulted in number of model changes.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:Lucas
754 Oil Side Lamp
Photo received from Lars Nielsen
(Denmark)
saying he has an antique car headlight, Lucas
serial number 754 " King of the Road ". Which
car would this lamp have come from? -- Strong
patents meant that Lucas lamps were on bicycles, motorcycles,
cars, and lorries. The number 754 indicates model which appears to have
been a 'side lamp' rather that a 'head lamp'. Brief investigation
suggests these lamps were used mainly on 'steam powered' vehicles such
as Traction Engines or Steam Rollers.
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