Can anyone identify this car?

[Junior Bianno]

My dad has this old family picture and is curious to know what car it is. It looked like a Bullnose Morris to me and there a lot of similarities, but the nose doesn't seem to slope enough and the grill looks a bit too thin. I also can't see a variant of it that only has 2 doors but front and back seats. Also the mudguards slope under the running boards which I've not seen in any other pics. The wheels are identical though...

Any help much appreciated!

[nicanary]

It could be almost anything. Most small family cars of that period (I'd say 1921/22) had wooden artillery wheels.

Could well be a Clyno or Swift. Or it could be one of about 100 marques which existed in those days.

[Willhire89]

Those wheels are not wooden - they are metal and of a type built by Sankey and Dunlop extensively. The wheels on this car also look to be wellbase and not beaded edge which to me sets the car into the mid twenties - note also five stud.

Agree it is not a Morris (Bullnose or Flatnose) - the radiator with the curved edge has a look of Jowett about it but their cars were lighter in design

[Willhire89]

Actually Jowett might not be too far off

[nicanary]

That's a really good call.

[Junior Bianno]

Brilliant! I think it's this car exactly - a Jowett Chummy short chassis tourer - this one is a 1926.

The arches and running boards match up, as does the window design, hood and split windscreen



I cleaned the image up a bit.



Anyway - amazing, thanks for that. He'll be chuffed

[Junior Bianno]

Don't suppose anyone has any knowledge of vintage British delivery vans?! He was so chuffed he sent me another one - bit later obviously, 1940s I think.

Last one I promise

[Blib]

Slightly OT. Using that Jowett ad, petrol in 1924 cost the equivalent of 10.5p a gallon.





Possibly.

[nicanary]

c.1937 Morris Commercial 10cwt.

[Willhire89]

What's with the offset starting handle? Did it have some weird engine configuration?

[Junior Bianno]

nicanary said:

c.1937 Morris Commercial 10cwt.

Fantastic work! Really very much appreciated. No more I promise!

[entwistlecymru]

The engines offset to make way for the drivers feet. See the passenger seat is further back as there's an engine in the way!

[oliverb205]

Junior Bianno said:

nicanary said:

c.1937 Morris Commercial 10cwt.

Fantastic work! Really very much appreciated. No more I promise!

Please don't promise not to send in any more, these threads are always fascinating and many of us learn loads!

As many as you like as far as I'm concerned!

Oliver.

[Allan L]

oliverb205 said:

Please don't promise not to send in any more, these threads are always fascinating and many of us learn loads!

As many as you like as far as I'm concerned!

Oliver.

There's a whole site dedicated to that sort of thing here

[nicanary]

Allan L said:

oliverb205 said:

Please don't promise not to send in any more, these threads are always fascinating and many of us learn loads!

As many as you like as far as I'm concerned!

Oliver.

There's a whole site dedicated to that sort of thing here

[oliverb205]

Please don't tempt me, I am wasting too much time on here as it is....

Oliver.

[threespires]

I thought Jowett too, here's mine - a Long Two 1927.