Can anyone identify the car on the left?
Can anyone identify the car on the left?
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Thankyou4calling

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Monday 5th July 2010
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It belonged to my Great grandad, anybody have an idea what it is?

pilchardthecat

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208 months

Monday 5th July 2010
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are you sure there isn't a fking great horse tethered to it, just out of shot on the left?

MGJohn

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212 months

Monday 5th July 2010
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Some kind of "Shooting Brake" ~ one of the larger marques ~ possibly American. Hudson ... maybe not. They were not a rare sight on UK roads when I was a nipper ~ a long time ago now.... The name will come to me eventually ~ just as soon as I get my few remaining memory cells lined up.

I believe there was even a 'Dinky' toy made of one of those larger shooting brakes....

The one on the right is a Morris Oxford Shooting Brake/Estate car. Yes, I know... that's the easy one ... wink
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pilchardthecat

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Monday 5th July 2010
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>1 hp?

zollburgers

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212 months

Monday 5th July 2010
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Shooting Brake S-Line. This is where it all started.

pilchardthecat

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Monday 5th July 2010
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zollburgers said:
Shooting Brake S-Line. This is where it all started.
I would strongly advise against throwing a can of red bull at that fking massive horse.

Thankyou4calling

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That is great info. Can anyone be specific?

no-worries88

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Monday 5th July 2010
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pilchardthecat said:


>1 hp?
Good lord...............

useyourdellusion

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219 months

Monday 5th July 2010
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Quite a big vehicle for the time. Austin Sheerline based by any chance?

Looks like the Q7 of its day. wink

pilchardthecat

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Thankyou4calling said:
That is great info. Can anyone be specific?
Problem is there were a lot of little coachbuilders around back in the 20's and thereabouts.

Looks a bit like one of these


Paul Drawmer

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296 months

Monday 5th July 2010
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Alvis on the left, Morris Minor Traveler on right.

http://www.themotor.net/index.php?option=com_conte...

edit - it's an Alvis

Edited by Paul Drawmer on Monday 5th July 23:11

Pothole

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311 months

Monday 5th July 2010
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could be a 50s Humber Shooting Brake.

useyourdellusion

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219 months

Monday 5th July 2010
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Paul Drawmer said:
Alvis on the left, Morris Minor Traveler on right.

http://www.themotor.net/index.php?option=com_conte...

edit - it's an Alvis

Edited by Paul Drawmer on Monday 5th July 23:11
Great link!

dan19evans

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196 months

Monday 5th July 2010
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pilchardthecat said:


>1 hp?
yikes Holy fk !

Petemate

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220 months

Monday 5th July 2010
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Lea Francis?

Pothole

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Monday 5th July 2010
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nah, wood is wrong. These guys will no doubt be able to tell you:

http://www.woodiecarclub.com

Petemate

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220 months

Monday 5th July 2010
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On second thoughts (too many ribs above the wing, although the filler cap seemed to be in the right place) Rolls?

Flintstone

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276 months

Monday 5th July 2010
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Pothole said:
could be a 50s Humber Shooting Brake.
Spot the deliberate mistake?

no-worries88

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Monday 5th July 2010
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Flintstone said:
Pothole said:
could be a 50s Humber Shooting Brake.
Spot the deliberate mistake?
An inbred reg plate?

pilchardthecat

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Flintstone said:
Pothole said:
could be a 50s Humber Shooting Brake.
Spot the deliberate mistake?
it's a mirror image