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Date this car!!

  • 15-04-2014 9:23am
    #1
    blackbird98
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭


    Morning Folks, this photo belongs to a friend of mine and he is trying to identify the car and approximate date. His uncle is in the photo. I'm sure this is probably an easy task for some of you. Thanks in advance!!


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  • #2
    SpitfireIV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,509 ✭✭✭SpitfireIV


    blackbird98 wrote: »
    Morning Folks, this photo belongs to a friend of mine and he is trying to identify the car and approximate date. His uncle is in the photo. I'm sure this is probably an easy task for some of you. Thanks in advance!!

    Dont know about the car, but I'd place it in the very late 20's/early 30's; just by the tyle of photograph, clothing etc.


  • #3
    macplaxton
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 2,957 Mod ✭✭✭✭macplaxton


    No idea, but if that is a GB reg, then it's from somewhere between Nov 1921 to May 1923.


  • #4
    blackbird98
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭blackbird98


    macplaxton wrote: »
    No idea, but if that is a GB reg, then it's from somewhere between Nov 1921 to May 1923.

    seems to be right, I've searched around a bit and it looks like it's a London reg issued between these dates.

    Any idea of the make of car??


  • #5
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,194 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    blackbird98 wrote: »
    seems to be right, I've searched around a bit and it looks like it's a London reg issued between these dates.

    Any idea of the make of car??

    Hard to say with those old yokes - Leyland Eight??


  • #6
    blackbird98
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭blackbird98


    I thought it might have been a Bentley, but then judging by the way the young lad is sitting, there doesn't seem to be any doors or low doors, so possibly a Triumph, MG J2, or something similar?


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  • #7
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,194 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    blackbird98 wrote: »
    I thought it might have been a Bentley, but then judging by the way the young lad is sitting, there doesn't seem to be any doors or low doors, so possibly a Triumph, MG J2, or something similar?

    Mmm. Hardly an MG, I think - could well be a Triumph 10/20 or 13/35.


  • #8
    John Larkin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭John Larkin


    The car appears to be a special based on a 1920 - 1924 Talbot 8-18. This car was available with a 970cc or 1074cc engine, and had a top speed of about 50mph. It had artillery wheels as standard, and did not have front brakes. The car in the photo has wire front wheels from some other make of car, and I cannot see any indication of brakes at the front wheels, even though the wheels themselves seem to intended for an axle with brakes. It has front wings of an Edwardian style, and no front sidelights on those wings. The central spotlight is consistent with a homemade special, and also the back wing seems too heavy for such a small car.

    I think that the two lads are posing proudly with their handiwork, and from their clothes and hairstyles I guess that the photo dates from the thirties.

    (Thanks to LR and JW for their help with this.)


  • #9
    alastair
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,309 ✭✭✭✭alastair


    It looked more French than English to me alright.


  • #10
    blackbird98
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭blackbird98


    John Larkin wrote: »
    The car appears to be a special based on a 1920 - 1924 Talbot 8-18........................
    (Thanks to LR and JW for their help with this.)

    wow!! talk about being observant!!! Thanks for that


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