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◊ 2008-04-27 21:53 |
![[Image: sedannbjk5.5274.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is252/sedannbjk5.5274.jpg) |
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◊ 2008-04-28 01:03 |
A big Humber?? |
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◊ 2008-04-28 09:30 |
I thought of that, but it doesn't resemble any of the pre-war or just post-war Pullmans or Imperials I can find. It's big enough for a Rolls-Royce or Daimler, but looking at the front wing I'm wondering if it's a British-built body on an American or Canadian chassis. |
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◊ 2008-04-28 19:23 |
I think that this will be very hard to place, but agree that it is not a big Humber, because the rear window is one pice and not split. This is a long shot, but it could be a big Vauxhall. |
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◊ 2008-04-28 21:06 |
You could be right, jfS, but that front wing bothers me. All the big Vauxhalls - 25 h.p. GL & GY models - that I've found on Google seem to have front wings shaped like this: http://www.madle.org/vaux25gy39.JPG , whether they have factory or coachbuilt bodies. They also seem to be rather smaller than this monster, which is why I suggested an American chassis. |
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◊ 2008-04-29 05:41 |
The wheels look odd and don't match anything American I can think of. I still think it is British or European. Time to think of something unusual. |
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◊ 2008-04-29 11:16 |
The wheels look like those on this Standard Flying V8 http://www.standardmotorclub.org.uk/cars/flying/features/prototypev8.htm but the body is different. Maybe this car is a large prewar Standard Flying 20?? I haven't been able to find a picture of one yet. Like the Humbers, this Standard has a two piece rear window. |
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◊ 2008-04-29 11:41 |
What about an Austin Ranelagh? |
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◊ 2008-04-29 13:27 |
The Standard Flying 20 saloon (1936) looks like is:![[Image: b23125e7be233lq2.3856.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is153/b23125e7be233lq2.3856.jpg) I don't know if a longer wheelbase limousine was available. Neither does the Austin 18 match: ![[Image: dscf0033e857ed5va8.th.jpg]](http://img187.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0033e857ed5va8.jpg "http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/9110/dscf0033e857ed5va8.th.jpg") |
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◊ 2008-04-29 16:07 |
I have seen similar wheel trims on everything from Rolls-Royces to Austin Tens; they are trims, not actual wheels, and were either optional extras or aftermarket. If it's any help they were usually fitted to wire-spoked wheels. |
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◊ 2008-05-01 14:13 |
While googling for large, six-light British limousines from the late 30s, I happened upon Humbers that have one-piece rear window. It seems to me that nzcarnerd’s first guess was right: 1936 Humber Snipe /vehicle_110985-Humber-Snipe-1936.html 1938 Humber Super Snipe /vehicle_148197-Humber-Super-Snipe-1938.html |
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◊ 2008-05-01 16:39 |
Agreed a Snipe or Super Snipe they also show the same side detail on the bonnet sides as in the picture. |
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◊ 2008-05-01 22:26 |
Fair enough, although I thought this looked bigger even than a Super Snipe ... btw has anyone noticed that the two images fortengo linked to are of the same car, if the registration is to be believed?  |
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◊ 2008-05-02 01:20 |
I hadn't noticed, good spotting! For the one here I would use 'Humber Snipe', as, if I am not wrong, the 'Snipe' and 'Super Snipe' cannot be kept apart from the outside. |
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