can you ID this old car please?

[phil1979]

Thanks... it's for a family album thingy my mum is doing

[stevensdrs]

Austin 10 maybe a 10/33 or similar.

[LarsG]

Austin of some kind, has the winged badge and there is a shadow on the grill that could be the Austin name which as slanted.
Austin Healy also used a similar badge for the Austin Healy 3000 I think.

Edited by LarsG on Tuesday 5th June 18:21

[TooMany2cvs]

LarsG said:

Austin Healy of some kind

Seriously?

[phil1979]

Austin 10 is a great shout. Thanks!

[LuS1fer]

phil1979 said:

Austin 10 is a great shout. Thanks!

The badge seems to be some form of wing but thinner than the normal Austin 10, the grille has no obvious Austin script and there appears to be a radiator cap on top or at least a plinth for a hood ornament but could be an Austin 10/4 Sherborne looking at the screen, wipers and shape of the bumper.

[MikeyC]

Probably an Austin 10 Cambridge (rather than the Lichfield) - the bumper matches

[phil1979]

LuS1fer said:

phil1979 said:

Austin 10 is a great shout. Thanks!

The badge seems to be some form of wing but thinner than the normal Austin 10, the grille has no obvious Austin script and there appears to be a radiator cap on top or at least a plinth for a hood ornament but could be an Austin 10/4 Sherborne looking at the screen, wipers and shape of the bumper.

I think you've cracked it... thanks!

[eccles]

Looks more like a Hillman Minx to me going by the badge and radiator shell shape.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C84602

[Roy C]

eccles said:

Looks more like a Hillman Minx to me going by the badge and radiator shell shape.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C84602

That badge is the wrong shape for an Austin. It should be quite chunky wings with a steering wheel on top.

The picture does look like a Minx winged badge to me.

[phil1979]

Roy C said:

eccles said:

Looks more like a Hillman Minx to me going by the badge and radiator shell shape.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C84602

That badge is the wrong shape for an Austin. It should be quite chunky wings with a steering wheel on top.

The picture does look like a Minx winged badge to me.

Hmmm, I think you may be correct! They all looked the frikkin' same!

[2xChevrons]

phil1979 said:

Hmmm, I think you may be correct! They all looked the frikkin' same!

I concurr. The grille is definitely not Austin (wrong shape, proportions, colour, and no 'Austin' script badge on the grille itself). The way the grille/radiator shell curves forward at the bottom is a classic early Rootes group touch. It's a Minx from between 1934 (when the curved grille was introduced) and 1936 (when the restyled and much more American 'Minx Magnificent' was launched). The 1934 Minx was the first mass-produced car in the world with an all-synchro gearbox. This car has a painted radiator shell rather than chrome, which I think marks it out as a Deluxe model - in those days painted surfaces were usually optional extras because paint incurred more production costs than chrome-plating.

[phil1979]

Thank you - nice info

[LuS1fer]

phil1979 said:

Hmmm, I think you may be correct! They all looked the frikkin' same!

Oh yes, certainly a Minx now I've seen that, complete with rad cap on top. They do all look the same though...