Another 'what car is this?'

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john_1983

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147 months

Thursday 23rd March 2023
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Any ideas? Photo was taken in Aberdeenshire, we have no idea what it is

catso

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266 months

Thursday 23rd March 2023
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Bullet Proof Bomb... ?


Milkyway

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52 months

Thursday 23rd March 2023
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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. rolleyes
Update: SORRY... NO JOY.


Edited by Milkyway on Thursday 23 March 14:42

ZedLeg

12,278 posts

107 months

Thursday 23rd March 2023
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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

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Thursday 23rd March 2023
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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

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Thursday 23rd March 2023
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My initial thought was Rolls Royce due to the wheels, but nothing else on the car fits with that.

zarlak

375 posts

84 months

Thursday 23rd March 2023
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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

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Thursday 23rd March 2023
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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

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20 months

Thursday 23rd March 2023
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Looks very much like an Avions Voisin to me.

zarlak

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84 months

Thursday 23rd March 2023
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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

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79 months

Thursday 23rd March 2023
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An Argyll?

ZedLeg

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Thursday 23rd March 2023
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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

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145 months

Thursday 23rd March 2023
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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

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52 months

Thursday 23rd March 2023
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Citroen B14 suggested on the ‘Period Classics’... very close call. scratchchin

Morris12s3

115 posts

52 months

Thursday 23rd March 2023
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Arrol Johnston?

silverfoxcc

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144 months

Thursday 23rd March 2023
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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

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52 months

Thursday 23rd March 2023
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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

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281 months

Thursday 23rd March 2023
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Morris12s3 said:
Arrol Johnston?
Give the man a coconut...


Milkyway

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52 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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From our friends at the ‘Classic Period’ thread...
1921: De Dion Bouton IT Berline.
(But without the radiator script). bow

Good ‘ol PH.




Edited by Milkyway on Friday 31st March 13:31