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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1896 Cannstatt Daimler
Small photo found by accident in our SPAM
dump file because the enquirer had not complied with our request
relating to emails: If you are writing to us, it is important that
all emails have SVVS-MAIL in the
'subject' line
otherwise the email is auto-deleted with the literally thousands of SPAM
emails we receive. Not possible to open every email just in case! As to
the car on the photo, - our Tim Harding believes it to be a
cca 1897
Cannstatt Daimler, believed
to be the world's first taxi.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1903 James & Browne 9HP
Great photo received from Peter
Metcalfe (UK) showing a relative driving a
car whose details they had obtained from the licensing
authorities. He was not sure they had the right name and asked clarification. We can confirm that the car is a
1903
James
& Browne 9HP Tonneau. It had a 'claret body'.
Registration DM 9 was issued on 16th December 1903 by Flint County
Council to a Mr John Lloyd Price. A similar
9hp car, also in 'claret colour', goes on the annual Brighton run.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1905 Rexette Forecar
Photo received from Tony Hart Dyke (UK) showing
his Grandfather (2nd left) and his brother and sisters. It was
taken in Penrith in 1911. They had apparently won the car in a raffle!
Nobody in the family seems to know much about the car. We can advise
that it is a cca 1905
Rexette Forecar. These tricars were made between 1903 and
1906 by the Rex Motor Manufacturing Co in Coventry, later ones with V
twins. Started in 1901 with motorbikes, then cars and reverted to
bikes, ending in 1914.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1906 Chambers 10/12
Another Photo received from James
Rankin, Co Antrim (N.Ireland) of a car
owned by the Hon. Arthur O`Neill of Shanes Castle, Randalstown County
Antrim. Could we identify? Our Tim Harding positively identifies it as a
cca
1906 Chambers, probably a 10/12. Chambers
was the most important car to have been manufactured in Northern
Ireland. Originally named Downshire, it was designed by Jack Chambers in
Belfast, who earlier designed the first Vauxhall in
London. 500 made.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: Possibly
a Canterbury 1907
Gorgeous Photo received from Carolyn Heathcote (nee Weatherley) (UK)
showing her Grandfather's garage in
Greenwich (?) around 1910 (?). Can we help with identification of the
vehicle (reg FN 21). All help gratefully received. FN 21 is
Canterbury Borough Council registration of around 1906/7. Our experts
could not give a positive identification. Suggestions put forward were
Panhard, De Dietrich, Gladiator, MMC, Little Star, even
possibly a Canterbury, but none seemed quite right.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1911 Belsize Landaulette
Photo received from Jan Bradley (UK)
which is a scan of small photo on a stereocard purchased by her husband
while buying cards for his streo-view picture viewer. The definition is
a bit iffy but we are pretty sure this is a cca 1911 Belsize Landaulette.
Probably not a Taxi as the driver is not wearing a chauffeurs hat, or
uniform. Belsize cars were superficially similar to Humbers. Landaulette
bodies are identified by the fold down section to the back of the
roof, frequently seen on Taxis.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1911 Darracq Tourer
Photo received from Alan Reilly from
Bracknell (UK).
The lady in the driving seat was a Great Aunt, Annie Taylor, who
lived from 1852 -1925 in Derby. From the lady’s age, guessed at around
60, it would make the photo about 1910. He was interested in the make
and suggested date of the car. Slight hesitancy due to the indistinct
badge but both of our primary experts feel this is a French Darracq.
Side on dumb irons seem to confirm that this is probably indeed a cca
1911 Darracq. Pity no reg.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1911 Rover 8
Email received from Peter Williams
with an Isle of Man email address advising
that he is attaching a photo of his great uncle Ferdinand Gompers in his
car. He believed that Ferdinand Gompers was a notorious gambler. No date
on the photo but thought probably 1900. No subsequent responses to our
emails. The registration number RS 1352 was issued by Aberdeen Borough
Council but no records are available to assist in
dating of the registration date. The car is a cca
1911 Rover 8.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1912/13 Stoewer C2
Photo received from a friend of our Alan
Benewith (UK) requesting
identification. This has baffled all our experts so was also sent to our
friends at Prewar Car
who got no further either. While perusing Georgano I came across a car
which had striking resemblance to the photo. I then contacted the make
museum who's expert confirmed 'I am quite sure. It is a Stoewer
model C2 built in 1912 or 1913. Regards Manfried Bauer, Stoewer
Museum'. The web community really can
work!
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1912 Humber 11HP
It can be disheartening to receive a
request for help in denitrifying a car and subsequently to receive no
further answers to emails sent. It costs us time and money to provide
free information ! We know nothing about this photo . We
can however advise that the car is a cca 1912 Humber 11
HP.
An enquiry about a very similar car was received in 2006 which was
accompanied by a number of photos from various angles and can be seen mid way
down on http://www.svvs.org/help5.shtml
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1912 Peugeot Two Seater
Three lovely period studies of the same car
received from Andrew Gordon (UK)
who is writing
a biography of a naval officer who owned the car in the photos in 1914.
Seems a very friendly bunch of people.
Registration BK908 was a Portsmouth County Borough Council issue of
about December 1912. The car is French. It is a 1912
Peugeot possibly a model a 138 or 139.
Peugeots were a very good quality cars and the Peugeot car company was
at the time into successful grand prix racing.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1913 Cadillac Touring
Photo received from Tony Averil
Thornton (UK) the
editor of a nostalgic Yorkshire magazine 'Down
Your Way' in which readers write about the past. They
recently featured a story about the Leeds Fire Station which prompted
another reader to send in a photo of his Grandfather (left at the back)
who served with the Leeds Police/Fire Service. We presume he was a
policeman ! The car must have been relatively unusual for Leeds because
it was a cca
1913 Cadillac Touring. A 'de-luxe' Squad Car !
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1913 Hupmobile Model 32
Photo received from James Rankin, Randalstown, Co Antrim (N.Ireland)
taken c1916 in the Shanes Park Convalescent Camp near Randalstown. He
believes the people in the car, possibly a Hupmobile, were entertainers,
probably from Belfast, who performed concerts for the soldiers in the
camp. We can confirm that the car is indeed a cca
1913 Hupmobile Model 32 made by the
Hupp Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1908 by Robert
Hupp, ex of Oldsmobile and Ford.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1923 Mystery Motor
A batch of photos received from Nigel Matthews
(Canada) of a
car that nobody seems to be able to identify. Car was owned
by an Australian aviator Sidney Pickles who imported the car from
England to Canada. Our Bryan Goodman says positively that it is a highly modified Model T
Ford; rarely wrong. Others that it could be a four seat Eric
Campbell, or an ABC (All British Ford). Other 'Rolls' radiators
including Moon are out due shape of bonnet hinge and big
stub axle protrusion on front wheel.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1924 Citroen B2
Two lovely photos received from James
Rankin, Randalstown, Co Antrim (N.Ireland) showing
his grandfather who can be seen sitting on the bonnet of his car. It
seems the car was also used as a taxi and for weddings etc. The
registration number is IA-4515 was issued by the Antrim County Council.
Unfortunately no records are available to assist in dating of the registration.
The car is a cca
1924 Citroen B2. Being right hand
drive, was probably assembled at Citroen factory in Slough.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1925 Singer 10/26
Photo received from Bruce Welch (Australia).
His mother (born 1919) tells him it was a
Singer. The photo was taken on Newport Plateau (near Sydney, Australia)
in about 1939. The registration number was ME 261. Petrol was gravity
feed and when almost empty the car would stall going up hills. During
WWII when petrol was rationed, she had to drive backwards up the
northern approach to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Our Singer expert
Simon Bishop advises that it is a cca
1926 Singer 10/26.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1925 AC 12HP Royal Four Seater
A further lovely period photo received from
Andrew Gordon (UK)
who is writing
a biography of a naval officer who owned the car in the item below. This
photo shows him sitting in another car which looks inter-war, possibly
late 1920s. Can we advise of the make. The car is
cca 1925
AC 12HP Royal Four Seater. The AC
Company (Auto Carrier) started in 1908 with a commercial three wheeler,
then the AC Sociable, - but by 1926 they won the Monte Carlo Rally in a
rapid sports car similar to this.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1930 Manchester Six-wheeler
Photo received from David Clifford (UK)
showing his Grandmother next to a
truck belonging to his Grandfather. The truck appears new and the
photo was probably taken in Beeston, Nottingham around 1927-8. We requested a better resolution
photo but could not
get one. Subsequently contacted by Michael Walters who has a site Walter's
Vehicles where he has a section
which deals with Willys Overland Crossley who made " Manchester
" lorries in Heaton Chapel, Stockport.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1938 Austin Big Seven
Photo received from Mike Cowell of
Northill (UK) showing
him aged about 3-4 (cca. 1950) sitting on the back of a car which
he is not sure it it was his Uncle's or his Grandfather's. If the
latter, it may have been a Riley. Therefore it is probably his Uncle's
because the car is a cca
1938 Austin Big Seven. These were manufactured between 1937
and 1940. The registration PY is a North Riding of Yorkshire County
Council issue. APY would have started October '37, BPY would have
started July '39.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1940 Ford V8 Pilot
Photo received from Charmian Griffin of
TATE etc (UK).
They are publishing a photograph by Oliver Sacks in Kilburn,
London, in 1947, and would like to know make/model of the car featured.
We think it is probably a cca
1940 Ford V8 Pilot. Pilots were manufactured in various forms
from the late 30s to the late 40s. Seems the photo is either reversed or
of a left-hand drive car. Numberplate appears to be on the left
whereas it would normally be on the right.
Difficult to be precise.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1913 Douglas 350
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. Our motorcycle expert Robin Vince has
identified the motorcycle as a 1913/4 Douglas
350cc, 2.75hp
horizontally opposed twin. He is sure on this because he has restored
and rode one for several years. These machines were extensively used
by British Army in France by First World
War Despatch Riders (DRs).
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1917 Sunbeam 770cc
Photo received from Roy
Spencer (Jersey
C.I.) showing
Charles Maurice Keyworth who flew Farman Shorthorn, Avro and Sopwith Pups with the
RFC/RAF in the First War. Later a successful businessman in the fabric chemical trade,
retired to Jersey. Subsequently his wife set up the Keyworth Institute. Our Robin Vince
thinks the bike is a cca
1917 Sunbeam with a 770cc JAP V twin. Many were supplied to
the forces in Italy and Russia, and the French. Registration
is Glasgow cca1916/17.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1923
Mystery 350cc
One of a number of photos received from
Alan Mack (UK) showing a motorbike and a
car. The car was an extremely rare Eric Campbell and the motorbike is no
easier. Our motorbike experts agree that the engine is a Blackburne but
think the bike was made by one of many small bike manufacturers in mid
twenties. Not a Levis, not a Douglas, the frame like AJS but wrong
fuel tank. Could be a Chater Lea, a Cotton or an Excelsior, or AJS
with a Blackburne engine. Reg is 1923 London.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1927 Triumph 500cc
Photo received from Stephen Casley (Australia)
of his great grandfather Charles Pressling.
Photo was sent to son (grandfather Arthur Pressling) with some
loving words. Our Chas Moody advises that 'Rudge
Multi' can just be made out on the petrol tank. Belt drive, stirrup
front brake, pedaling gear to the engine, and frame top tube slopeing
down to the saddle, point to 1919 / early 1920's. Registration DN 3123
was issued by York CBC in 1921, so, it is a 1921
Rudge Multi 500 or 750.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1927 Triumph 500cc
Photo received from Len Greyling (Australia).
We know nothing about it, apart from that it
was take in the mid 1930's, as no subsequent
reply. Our Chas Moody advises that the name Triumph can just be
made out on the engine. It is a 'flat tank' model, tank fits between the
upper and lower frame tubes, which dates it as pre-1929. Front forks
with the centre spring were typical of 1927 models. The engine is a four
stroke side valve, probably 500cc, so, a cca
1927 Triumph 500. Photo is later.
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PHOTOS NOT YET IDENTIFIED:
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H E L P IS NEEDED PLEASE !
As can be seen from our Help Pages we
normally do succeed in identifying practically all vehicle photos which
we receive. Occasionally some photos may take time and very occasionally
we get stuck. Clicking on the photo on the right opens the page
containing some photos we are yet to crack ! Any
help would be very much appreciated.
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