Another 'what car is this?'

[john_1983]

Any ideas? Photo was taken in Aberdeenshire, we have no idea what it is

[catso]

Bullet Proof Bomb... ?

[Milkyway]

Looking at the radiator grill... looks like it has two names.
( or Name + Model...of a manufacturer that may cease to exist.)

NB: I will show Milkyway Sr (93) this when he wakes up.
Update: SORRY... NO JOY.

Edited by Milkyway on Thursday 23 March 14:42

[ZedLeg]

The font and placement looks like what Austin used to do, I'm not good enough with pre war stuff to be any more helpful though.

[Milkyway]

ZedLeg said:

The font and placement looks like what Austin used to do, I'm not good enough with pre war stuff to be any more helpful though.

Don’t know why... but those solid wheels made me think of it being French.

NB: I have shared this with the ‘Period Classics’ thread... they are a knowledgeable bunch.

Edited by Milkyway on Thursday 23 March 14:49

[ZedLeg]

My initial thought was Rolls Royce due to the wheels, but nothing else on the car fits with that.

[zarlak]

Google Image search brings this up:

https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/41904

Delaunay Belleville 1927, however the wheels are wire, not solid.

[john_1983]

zarlak said:

Google Image search brings this up:

https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/41904

Delaunay Belleville 1927, however the wheels are wire, not solid.

Thanks, but I don't think that's it - the horizontal join on the bonnet and the curve from horizontal to vertical on the radiator don't look the same to me

[pocketspring]

Looks very much like an Avions Voisin to me.

[zarlak]

john_1983 said:

Thanks, but I don't think that's it - the horizontal join on the bonnet and the curve from horizontal to vertical on the radiator don't look the same to me

Agreed, also the bottoms of the doors differ.

[TarquinMX5]

An Argyll?

[ZedLeg]

zarlak said:

john_1983 said:

Thanks, but I don't think that's it - the horizontal join on the bonnet and the curve from horizontal to vertical on the radiator don't look the same to me

Agreed, also the bottoms of the doors differ.

At a time when cars were still largely coachbuilt I think that it's still a possibility. They did use badging on the grille that looks like the picture.

[nicanary]

At first I also thought French, maybe a Berliet. Then I progressed to Arrol-Johnston. Cars all looked the same back then, nothing's changed........

[Milkyway]

Citroen B14 suggested on the ‘Period Classics’... very close call.

[Morris12s3]

Arrol Johnston?

[silverfoxcc]

it may be worth getting in touch with the glasgow museum of transport, esp as the photo was taken in that neck of the woods

[Milkyway]

silverfoxcc said:

it may be worth getting in touch with the glasgow museum of transport, esp as the photo was taken in that neck of the woods

It’s probably on the wall of the Inn / Hotel... Captioned: Year & Car unknown.

Edited by Milkyway on Thursday 23 March 17:33

[Skyedriver]

Morris12s3 said:

Arrol Johnston?

Give the man a coconut...

[Milkyway]

From our friends at the ‘Classic Period’ thread...
1921: De Dion Bouton IT Berline.
(But without the radiator script).

Good ‘ol PH.

Edited by Milkyway on Friday 31st March 13:31