Identify this ?motor tricycle
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Long time (mainly) lurker.
Waiting to collect a takeaway from my local Italian restaurant, I noticed this old photo on the wall.
At first glance, I thought the vehicle in it was some kind of Austin 7 or equivalent but appears to be just half a car, so I assume it's a tricycle (?).
A quick Google suggests it might conceivably be something by Coventry-Victor, but I can't find a model that it resembles completely.
I have nothing huge to gain from identifying it - really just for interest - but thought the metabrain on here might be able to provide a definitive ID.
Any ideas?
Waiting to collect a takeaway from my local Italian restaurant, I noticed this old photo on the wall.
At first glance, I thought the vehicle in it was some kind of Austin 7 or equivalent but appears to be just half a car, so I assume it's a tricycle (?).
A quick Google suggests it might conceivably be something by Coventry-Victor, but I can't find a model that it resembles completely.
I have nothing huge to gain from identifying it - really just for interest - but thought the metabrain on here might be able to provide a definitive ID.
Any ideas?
Thank you, looking at some pictures yes it certainly seems to be - how fascinating.
e.g. https://www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/1864265...
Case closed I would say, many thanks for the prompt reply!
e.g. https://www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/1864265...
Case closed I would say, many thanks for the prompt reply!
That's certainly the spot. Apart from the replacement of the wooden building with the one that now houses the restaurant, not too much seems to have changed except the volume of traffic!
I suppose it was probably taken by a travelling photographer (maybe even in the Morgan?) who then tried to sell the prints locally. A forerunner of Google Streetview I guess.
Edited to add - looking closer, it's not a wooden building (I was seeing lines of roof tiles as planks making up a wall I think) and has just been extended at some point.
I suppose it was probably taken by a travelling photographer (maybe even in the Morgan?) who then tried to sell the prints locally. A forerunner of Google Streetview I guess.
Edited to add - looking closer, it's not a wooden building (I was seeing lines of roof tiles as planks making up a wall I think) and has just been extended at some point.
Edited by actionpotential on Saturday 3rd October 21:18
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