Can anyone identify this old car?

[GUMBALL427]

Hi all,

I love the threads that come up on here where someone posts a picture of an unidentified old car and we try to identify what it is.

Well, I found this old photo and wondered what it was.....




Can't see enough of the number plate to search for it that way, anyone got any ideas??

Sean

[RichB]

It's a Humber 14/40 dating from around 1926/29.

[GUMBALL427]

Brilliant - and very quick too!!

Many thanks

Sean

[RichB]

Although having said that there appears to be two different radiator styles from that era while I've found a picture of that exact rad on a tourer body I can't find one on a saloon body, so it's a matter of 'life and death' don't take my word for it that it's a 14/40 but it's definitely a Humber from that era.

[GUMBALL427]

Hi Rich,

Funnily enough, I've just been looking at radiator grille shapes too!! Looks slightly different. Wheels look like four stud in my picture too, though can't be sure due to poor quality of photo. You're right though - the rest is Humber!!

Sean

[GUMBALL427]

Also, what the hell is that on top of the radiator??

Sean

[RichB]

Here's a Humber with the same shape radiator - the legend to the photo says it's a 14/40 but I guess could be wrong.

I think the wheels are 6 stud and it's just an illusion in your photo.

Who knows what's on the radiator, people put all kinds of mascots on there back in the day.

360 Humber 14/40 (1928) by robertknight16, on Flickr

[Roy C]

RichB said:

Here's a Humber with the same shape radiator - the legend to the photo says it's a 14/40 but I guess could be wrong.

I think the wheels are 6 stud and it's just an illusion in your photo.

Who knows what's on the radiator, people put all kinds of mascots on there back in the day.

360 Humber 14/40 (1928) by robertknight16, on Flickr

That's a Boyce Moto Meter (or similar) temperature gauge. Popular in the 1920s.

[RobMk2a]

Clyno



Rob

[RichB]

Good grief, and they say modern cars all look the same! Well done...

Here's a picture of a Humber from the same era and you can see that if it had the rad from the pic I posted earlier it would be identical to the Clyno.

Humber 9/20 Saloon (1926) by SG2012, on Flickr

Edited by RichB on Monday 26th January 17:51

[GUMBALL427]

Wow!!

Never heard of them!!

Absolutely spot on.

http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/Transport/C...

Many thanks

Sean

[jeremyc]

RichB said:

Good grief, and they say modern cars all look the same! Well done...

Here's a picture of a Humber from the same era and you can see that if it had the rad from the pic I posted earlier it would be identical to the Clyno.

Apart from all the things that are different.

- location of the spare wheel.
- number of wheel nuts.
- location of rear door handles and direction of door opening.
- "box" under the running board.
- arrangement of slats in the bonnet.

Let me guess: you don't win many 'spot the difference' competitions.

[RichB]

jeremyc said:

Let me guess: you don't win many 'spot the difference' competitions.

No, I gave up on those when I couldn't do them when I was 6.

[RobMk2a]

Rich,

As you say they all look very similar - the first photo you posted is a Sunbeam (taken at Prescott).

Rob

[crankedup]

Well identified. The quality of materials and build of the Humber is also far superior to that of the clyno. The Humber has the aura of a Gentleman's club lounge whereas the Clyno is rather more a car interior. Having said that I certainly wouldn't say no to a clyno on my drive!

[RichB]

RobMk2a said:

Rich, As you say they all look very similar - the first photo you posted is a Sunbeam (taken at Prescott). Rob

Such are the vagaries of finding images on the internet. The photographer has obviously mixed up his labels because, as you say, it was taken at Prescott but it is indeed a Sunbeam!

[john2443]

A confusing thing from the coachbuilt body era is that a coachbuilder would have a design and put it on any chassis they were asked to. Hence this pair, neither would win any beauty contests, but from the screen backwards they're the same. Healey and Alvis chassis/ Duncan body.