hektor Posted February 24, 2021 Share #14781 Posted February 24, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) 8 hours ago, John Z. Goriup said: Hektor, I'll go with a 1938 Bristol, although, on second thought it looks like it may very well be a BMW 327, same vintage. JZG Good morning John. Yes a 327. Are you able to identify the coachbuilder, which was not BMW. 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! 2 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=4148212'>More sharing options...
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John Z. Goriup Posted February 24, 2021 Share #14782 Posted February 24, 2021 If I recall correctly, like Porsche, VW & Mercedes, when the factories couldn't supply bodies for low-volume production units, Karmann and occasionally Bauer where the main go-to coach builders in Germany. In the case of BMW, after the war & after much back & forth wrangling, BMW 327s ( unchanged from the pre-war editions) were manufactured as late as the mid-'50s in the Russian-controlled village of Eisenach in the DDR and were badged as EMWs, for Eisenach Motoren Werke, but it is my understanding that those models are exceedingly rare nowadays, and since you don't indicate the year this mystery car was produced, this could be a EMW. JZG. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted February 24, 2021 Share #14783 Posted February 24, 2021 John, the car is pre-war with body by Autenreith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karosseriebau_Autenrieth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted February 24, 2021 Share #14784 Posted February 24, 2021 It is a pity Bristol did not adopt this design for the 400, rather than their own awkward adaptation. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 25, 2021 Share #14785 Posted February 25, 2021 Autenrieth in Darmstadt also did a very handsome cabriolet on the 327. Wilson 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted February 25, 2021 Share #14786 Posted February 25, 2021 Assuming I get credit for guessing the BMW and that it's my turn, let's try something a little different. Maker, approx. vintage JZG 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=4148563'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 25, 2021 Share #14787 Posted February 25, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) As it has oil lamps (I can see the wick adjustment knob), I would guess around 1907/9 but it could be almost any car from that era. I think you may need to give us a bit more John, the radiator shape etc. As it is RHD and has what looks like a tax disc holder on the left hand edge of the windscreen, I would guess a UK resident car. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted February 25, 2021 Share #14788 Posted February 25, 2021 A little later than that, it is a 1913 model, U.S. made and owned by an English gentleman from Palborough. No, not RHD, rather, a 'center drive' since it's only one seat wide. JZG 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=4148738'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 25, 2021 Share #14789 Posted February 25, 2021 With a name like this, you feel that the owner should live in Wimbledon rather than Pulborough. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted February 26, 2021 Share #14790 Posted February 26, 2021 Sorry about my typo - Pulborough is correct. Another view.....it even shows the name on the running board. This car, one of only two of this marque to survive to this day, represents a class of automobiles which were surprisingly popular until well after after WW I, and then only when the major manufacturers started coming out with more modern and much cheaper automobiles for the entire, one-car family, especially the Model T Ford. JZG 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! especially the Model T Ford. 4 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! especially the Model T Ford. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4148948'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted February 26, 2021 Share #14791 Posted February 26, 2021 Another view of the 1913 Twombly Model A Tandem cyclecar. !00" wheelbase, 38" tread, 10 HP sliding valve, water-cooled in-line 4-cyl. front-mounted motor promised by the manufacturer to deliver 40 miles -per-gallon, friction transmission with chaindrive to rear wheels. wood-lined bandbrake..... all for U.S. $395.OO. If anyone wants to post the next 'mystery car', please have at it. M240-P / 35mm Summilux Asph. FLE JZG 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! 3 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=4149247'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted February 28, 2021 Share #14792 Posted February 28, 2021 Inasmuch as there have been no takers to my offer for anyone to post the next puzzle car, and if there are no objections, allow me. It's another all-American effort, but even if you're not intimately familiar with American iron, this constituted a mile-marker with far-reaching stylistic and mechanical innovations which excerted considerable influence throughout the post-war global automobile industry. For instance, I don't believe there can be any question that this detail led directly to the adaption of the famous 'Hofmeister Kink' in BMW sedans more than a decade after this car was introduced. As usual, make, model & approx. vintage, please. JZG 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=4150691'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 28, 2021 Share #14793 Posted February 28, 2021 Nobody picked up on my hint that the Twombly would be a suitable car for "The Wombles of Wimbledon Common" a BBC children's short stop motion film series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_tlI-m8MXI I supposed you had to be in the UK in the 1970's to remember that series. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted February 28, 2021 Share #14794 Posted February 28, 2021 11 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said: Nobody picked up on my hint that the Twombly would be a suitable car for "The Wombles of Wimbledon Common"... Oh, I got the Wombles hint fine, Wilson! Only problem was having never heard of the Twombly I was trying to think of car names as I went through "Bulgaria?...Cholet?...Orinoco?...Wellington?..." I really like the Twombly! Shame the creator led such an, erm, interesting life at the time... Philip. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted March 1, 2021 Share #14795 Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) John - a 1955 Hudson Hornet? Or maybe rather 1956? Edited March 1, 2021 by a.j.z Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted March 1, 2021 Share #14796 Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) Both wrong (although similar window shape) - it appears to be a Kaiser Deluxe from 1951 or a Manhattan ca 1953. Edit: Kaiser(-Frazer) Deluxe/Special/Manhattan built from 1950/1951 appear to be all variants of the same car. The one in the picture may be a Manhattan as I found one with the same colors. Edited March 1, 2021 by a.j.z Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 1, 2021 Share #14797 Posted March 1, 2021 I too first thought of early '50s Hudson and ;ate '40s Mercurys, but neither was quite right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted March 1, 2021 Share #14798 Posted March 1, 2021 Correct, Andreas - a '51 Kaiser Manhatten. This particular car, photographed in the parking lot of the local supermarket where we lived in California is a popular 'sub-model' of the Manhatten called the 'Traveler'.The 'Traveler' option was a unique feature in that one could raise the roof hinged-rear window, - you can see the hold-open mechanism in the clue photo above - open the trunk ( boot ) lid, which in turn opened rearwards like the tailgate of a bottom-hinged pick-up truck tailgate to create a 6 foot long flat area for hauling, picnicking or even sleeping. Seems that the big appeal of the Kaiser cars was the fact that they were incorporated in 1945, immediately after the end of WW II, and thus were able to be first to market with a brand-new design as opposed to the 'big three' who only had their old-looking & outdated pre-war cars to offer the product-starved public until their 'new' postwar models started to appear a few years later..........by then Kaiser had certainly left their mark on American car design. Your turn, JZG 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! 3 2 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=4151304'>More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted March 1, 2021 Share #14799 Posted March 1, 2021 I still would prefer the black convertible in the background ... Let's see what I can find. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted March 1, 2021 Share #14800 Posted March 1, 2021 12 minutes ago, a.j.z said: I still would prefer the black convertible in the background ... Alfa Romeo 101 series Giulietta or Giulia 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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