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Re: Identify the car
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 14 April 07 00:35 BST (UK) »
Another Austin 10


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« Reply #10 on: Saturday 14 April 07 07:17 BST (UK) »
Yes, it does look like the Austin 10  :D & what a funny story, Celia...poor doggie :'(
I know my father had a fondness for Austin cars so that's where it might have begun & his first car was an Austin A40 (as was mine  :))
Nice work guys  ;)

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« Reply #11 on: Saturday 14 April 07 08:08 BST (UK) »
Not sure it's an Austin 10. The back wheel arch on the A10 is wider, there are also trafficators which are missing from Jane's car. The mirror is not in the same place - but that could have been an optional extra. You also cannot see the bars that the windscreen has for when the screen is raised up.

However the vents on the side are the same on the black A10 as they are on Jane's car. So I would say that Jane's  car is the same period as the A10 and maybe an Austin or perhaps possibly a Ford.

What a pity Jane's grandfather has his leg in front of the wheel hub because I reckon if we could have seen it clearly it would have identified the car. 

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« Reply #12 on: Saturday 14 April 07 08:54 BST (UK) »
I'll ask him to move it Jean  ;D

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« Reply #13 on: Saturday 14 April 07 15:41 BST (UK) »
Have you tried looking on the back of the photo  ;D ;D ;D

Sorry Scouse humour ::)

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« Reply #14 on: Saturday 14 April 07 15:51 BST (UK) »
A very similar Morris 10/4 is at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1933Morris10-4ii.jpg
(see image below)

And a Standard 10 at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1933.standard.10.arp.jpg
but the door handles are differently placed and the vents are different.

Is that a spare wheel attached to the back of Jane's car in the first photo?

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« Reply #15 on: Saturday 14 April 07 17:43 BST (UK) »
Jean, Scouse humour rocks  ;D

JAP, yes, it does look like a spare wheel!

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« Reply #16 on: Saturday 14 April 07 19:07 BST (UK) »
I know a man who could tell you what it is where it was built etc...

What this guy does not know about cars, would fit on the back of a stamp.

I will pin him down in front of this picture later
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Re: Identify the car
« Reply #17 on: Saturday 14 April 07 19:32 BST (UK) »
It is an Austin 12 built approx 1936.
Surnames... Davis (London), Douglas(London), Batten (Berkshire/Hampshire), Wyton (Birmingham/Litchfield), Mudie (Birmingham), Swann (Birmingham), Browne (Surrey), Norman (Herefordshire), Foster (Bath), Taylor (Blaenavon/Wales), Cadman (Birmingham & Shrewsbury)