Name this car....

[stuny]

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Let's at least start with the UK for both.

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[wlaidlaw]

Yes UK for both.

 

[hektor]

Wilson, my guess as to the first cars is a circa 1939 Humber Super Snipe.

[hektor]

As to the second car I suggest an early post war Armstrong Siddeley Lancaster (1945–1952)

[wlaidlaw]

Hektor, 

Very similar car to the Armstrong Siddeley but manual transmission rather than the Wilson pre-selector with fluid flywheel of the Lancaster. My great aunt had a 1939 Daimler at around this time, with the same gearbox. You could hear it coming from a fair distance, with whining of the fluid flywheel. 

Correct a Humber, Correct a Super Snipe body but actually a different model, not detectable from the photo, a Super Snipe Imperial. This used the Snipe body on a shortened Pullman Chassis (not the Super Snipe Chassis as Wikipedia says) and retained the larger 4086cc/100bhp IOE engine of the Pullman. My grandfather rarely drove himself, as he usually had an accident when he did. This continued right from the first few minutes of collecting his new Model T Ford in 1915, when he hit a lamp post. The electrician/van driver at the family textile business usually acted as his chauffeur. However, apparently my grandfather did not want to look as if he was being chauffeured around and always sat in the front. When replacing his previous Humber Pullman in 1939, he decided that the extra length of the Pullman was a waste of money, especially as the Super Snipe Imperial had more room in the front. 

Wilson

Edited May 1, 2020 by wlaidlaw

[stuny]

Wilson -

We're stumped.

[wlaidlaw]

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OK further hint on the unidentified car. This car was not made in the west midlands like most British cars of the period but in quite a small factory just south west of London. At a later date, they made some of the most undesirable and despised vehicles ever made and conversely, also some of the most desired. This vehicle although of a quite sophisticated specification, was rather dull to drive and unreliable as well, from my father's recollections. Its engine, again of apparently sophisticated spec, was a very old design, dating back to just one year after the end of WW1 but still carried on in production to the late 1950's, rivalling the BMC A Series for longevity. 

Wilson

[hektor]

A.C. 2 litre saloon

Edited May 7, 2020 by hektor

[wlaidlaw]

Correct Hektor. This alloy bodied AC Buckland saloon with an alloy block overhead cam engine and triple SU carburettors seemed a very exotic specification. The engine was a typical very long stroke engine, to minimise UK road fund tax in 1919, when it was designed by Weller, as UK HP rating was based on the piston area, following steam engine practice. It therefore did not rev very high and its performance was also limited by the 75 octane "Pool" petrol, which was all that was available up until 1951. Due to the low steel content, a new vehicle permit was not required to order one of these new in 1946. Obtaining one of these permits was apparently a very corrupt process, with bribes having to be paid to acquire one. My father as a very upright person, refused to get involved with this and the Jaguar Mk.V he had on order from 1947, had to wait until the end of permit process in 1951. 

AC also made the ghastly Invacar, thee wheel invalid transport, made for limbless ex-servicmen. These were horrible devices that could be blown over by a mild gust of wind and were very unstable. The first racing car trailer I made, used a pair of the Invacar rear swinging arm suspension units but the stub axles kept shearing and eventually I had to replace them with Indespension trailing arm/rubber compression units, designed for the job. Stub axles shearing was another joy that the unfortunate users of the Invacar had to suffer. 

Your turn.

Wilson

 

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[hektor]

Dear Wilson,

I defer to your encyclopaedic knowledge of cars, but with the assistance of Google cannot find an AC Buckland similar to your photo:

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Edited May 8, 2020 by hektor

[hektor]

Looking at the Sphinx mascot, the hubcaps and other details, I wonder whether the car is an Armstrong Siddeley?

Incidentally, where was the car registered (number plate)?

Edited May 8, 2020 by hektor

[hektor]

According to a Google search of the Armstrong Siddeley Lancaster, numerous results were similar to this car:

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[wlaidlaw]

I think you are correct. My uncle had an Armstrong Siddeley Lancaster at one point. It is definitely my mother in the passenger seat and might be my uncle in the driver's seat but the caption under the photo said "Mags (Margaret) in the new AC" in one of my father's photo albums. The AC thinking about it, had a far more curved grille and a split windscreen. Either the caption was wrong or probably more likely the photos had been swapped. I will have to have a look to see if there is one of the AC with the caption "Graham and Mags in his Armstrong". 

Well spotted!

Wilson

[hektor]

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[a.j.z]

The position of the headlights is interesting 😉

[lykaman]

I would image some kind of Racer! type of trick Moss would have done (Moss hid headlights under the hood, cars had to have h/lights but  the rules never specified where they were to be mounted)..  Maybe an ERA 24hour Racer   L

[wlaidlaw]

Maybe a Talbot 105 or 110?

Wilson

[hektor]

Good morning Wilson.  Not a Talbot of any type.  The headlights are not original and were turned to reduce the aerodynamic resistance caused.

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[stuny]

We seem to be stuck.

[wlaidlaw]

Let's try a Lagonda M45R Rapide of around 1935 but not the later LG45 Rapide with IRS, as I think I see a beam front axle. 

Wilson