hektor Posted September 3, 2018 Share #11281  Posted September 3, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Wilson, It is rather like politics wherein the electorate gets the government it deserves. In my experience the car manufacturers modify their products for the market in which they are being sold. The most common car I have rented in many countries is the Ford Focus. On the Contintinent I found it to be an excellent car. Elsewhere mediocre, and in Australia to be rubbish due to I assume cheap suspension dampers as it not supposed to exceed the 110 kph speed limit of the Nanny State. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hektor Posted September 3, 2018 Share #11282  Posted September 3, 2018 "What an odd basis to use to put all that work into"  Wilson, The 929 may have been the only rear wheel drive platform available at the time. There is not a lot wrong with the Mazda MX5 (Miatta), although I have no desire to own one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 4, 2018 Share #11283  Posted September 4, 2018 In Vietnam until quite recently, foreigners were not allowed to drive. This must have changed as I am doing a classic car rally going through Vietnam next autumn. So not only did you have to have a driver in your car but you always get a guide/secret policeman, who sits alongside your driver, as well. After my first week in Vietnam sitting in the cramped back of smallish cars with no shock absorbers, my back which is not good as the best of times was crying "enough". I then had a very brisk discussion with the guide as to who was going to sit in the front of the car, on the basis that if he paid for the car, he could sit where he liked but as he hadn't, he couldn't. After that, my wife and I took it turn about to sit in the front. The guide sulked for two days - tough.  Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 4, 2018 Share #11284  Posted September 4, 2018 Trying to post next car image but 'more reply options' not co-operating  dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 4, 2018 Share #11285  Posted September 4, 2018 Next mystery car … but maybe not so mysterious as it appears:   Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!   Marque, model and type, and approx. year of manufacture please.   Good luck   dunk Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!   Marque, model and type, and approx. year of manufacture please.   Good luck   dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3586120'>More sharing options...
willeica Posted September 4, 2018 Share #11286 Â Posted September 4, 2018 American? Ford? Â William Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 4, 2018 Share #11287  Posted September 4, 2018 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) American? Ford?  William   No … and no … not even warm William.  The 'type' may not have been officially recognised by the manufacturer at the time but it's now 'common usage'.  dunk Edited September 4, 2018 by dkCambridgeshire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 4, 2018 Share #11288  Posted September 4, 2018 An Austin 7 Ruby (from the wheels)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 4, 2018 Share #11289  Posted September 4, 2018 (edited) Not a Ruby … It is an Austin 7 model but it's pre-Ruby … Ruby was 7 years later   Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!       Use/User, and Type required please.   If the registration was visible the Use/User, and Type could be traced on the Austin 7 Register   dunk Edited September 4, 2018 by dkCambridgeshire Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!       Use/User, and Type required please.   If the registration was visible the Use/User, and Type could be traced on the Austin 7 Register   dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3586146'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 4, 2018 Share #11290  Posted September 4, 2018 Some might classify it as an emergency vehicle?  dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 4, 2018 Share #11291  Posted September 4, 2018 OK Chummy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 4, 2018 Share #11292  Posted September 4, 2018 OK Chummy?   Chummy was a generic term for Austin 7 2+2 … i.e. room for two children .. this model is a 2 seater.  dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 4, 2018 Share #11293  Posted September 4, 2018 (edited) Other manufacturers also used the same description for their equivalent 'use and type' models. There are lots of these models documented / listed on the Austin 7 Register.  dunk Edited September 4, 2018 by dkCambridgeshire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 4, 2018 Share #11294  Posted September 4, 2018 It looks a bit like a Doctor's Coupé, well at least a Medical Student's Coupé. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 4, 2018 Share #11295  Posted September 4, 2018 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  Correct Wilson … a 1929 Austin 7 Doctor's Coupé … chassis #80316 engine #173576  Your turn.  Best wishes  dunk Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  Correct Wilson … a 1929 Austin 7 Doctor's Coupé … chassis #80316 engine #173576  Your turn.  Best wishes  dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3586241'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 5, 2018 Share #11296  Posted September 5, 2018 This next one is more in the nature of a puzzle - and I don't know the answer for certain. I am currently reading a booklet published in 1929 about the history of motor sport in Monte Carlo. I recognised all the cars illustrated except this one. It took part in the Mont Agen hillclimb. I wondered at first if it might be a Rolls Royce Phantom 1 with Corsica coupé coachwork, as it bears some similarity to the Double Six Daimler Corsica Coupé. For the hill climb, the owner would of course, have removed the Spirit of Ecstasy for extra streamlining. I think the radiator is a bit square rigger for a Hispano. However after a bit of looking in books, I now think I now know what it is and the coachbuilder - do you? Marque, model, approx year and coachbuilder please. For many years it puzzled me why the prices for these seemingly splendid cars, were so low - then I drove one and I understood. OTOH it does not stop Mercedes 540K cars fetching huge money and they are horrible to drive.  Wilson   Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3586731'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 5, 2018 Share #11297  Posted September 5, 2018 The radiator resembles that of a Cadillac … and the long bonnet suggests V16 … thus 1930s Cadillac V16 … but no idea ref coachbuilder.  dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 5, 2018 Share #11298 Â Posted September 5, 2018 Wrong continent (I think) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted September 5, 2018 Share #11299  Posted September 5, 2018 (edited) My suggestion is Hispano-Suiza H6B or C No. Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Edited September 5, 2018 by hektor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted September 5, 2018 Share #11300  Posted September 5, 2018 (edited) "OTOH it does not stop Mercedes 540K cars fetching huge money and they are horrible to drive."  Wilson, there is a paper in the RREC archives in which the company in the mid thirties bought a 500K or 540K for appraisal, particularly of its independent front suspension. RR was most enthusiastic and flattering and I have always wondered why it was not copied, rather than the American design of the Wraith and Phantom III.  Secondly in my experience most old and older cars are not set up correctly or well. When I was living and working in Germany I had the opportunity to drive a few of the aforesaid Mercedes-Benz and other than the unusual gearbox pattern found them pleasant to drive, although not as good as a Horch or PIII. The example from Kienle was spot on. Edited September 5, 2018 by hektor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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