Another "what car", ancient this time!
Another "what car", ancient this time!
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Mound Dawg

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1,925 posts

203 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2018
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This is my great uncle and his family, not sure when it was taken, clothing places it mid to late 20s? The script on the front of the car reads "Seal"

Any ideas?


Roy C

4,213 posts

313 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2018
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As the script on the front scuttle suggests, it's a Seal.
As the picture shows, it's actually a kind of motorcycle and sidecar, but with the driver steering from inside.
Built in Manchester by Haynes & Bradshaw (later Seal Motors Ltd) from 1912-1924, they were powered by JAP V-twin engines.

Riley Blue

23,205 posts

255 months

3.8 MOD

120 posts

217 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2018
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[url]|https://thumbsnap.com/LqqfFi7O[/url

Google?

gothatway

7,516 posts

199 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2018
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As to where, the plate might give a clue (I doubt such vehicles moved far from their original registration district). Is it FB (Bath), FP (Rutland) or FR (Blackpool) - or something else entirely ?

Mound Dawg

Original Poster:

1,925 posts

203 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2018
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Great work chaps! I was struggling to work out where the wheels were but now it makes sense!

As for the registration, that side of my family was from Bedford but I don't know where he lived.