hektor Posted March 18, 2022 Share #17201  Posted March 18, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello Rona!d, I have the Giulia GT, GTC, GT Veloce, and GTA workshop manuals and parts books. All the coupés with the exception of the GTA had the door handles you mention, while the GTA had the type on the mystery car. My shots of the two GTA that I knew well are on transparency film not yet digitized. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NigelG Posted March 18, 2022 Share #17202  Posted March 18, 2022 This is the only shot I seem to have for this car....  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=4403020'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 18, 2022 Share #17203  Posted March 18, 2022 1950s, UK? The steering wheel spokes makes me think of my first a car, a 1958 MGA Coupe in 1964, as do the screen wipers, but your mystery car is probably a saloon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted March 18, 2022 Share #17204 Â Posted March 18, 2022 Starts with a "W" ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 18, 2022 Share #17205  Posted March 18, 2022 MG Magnette either a ZA or ZB saloon, where the MG in the centre of the steering wheel has been removed. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted March 18, 2022 Share #17206  Posted March 18, 2022 1 hour ago, wlaidlaw said: MG Magnette either a ZA or ZB saloon, where the MG in the centre of the steering wheel has been removed. Wilson Correct Wilson! I'm not sure I can remember which version this was...MG logo deleted and also "Magnette" from the instrument panel. 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! 1 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=4403222'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 19, 2022 Share #17207  Posted March 19, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) The MG Magnette ZA was the first series production British car to offer radial play tyres (Pirelli Cinturato) as a fitment option from the model's release in 1953. My father fitted Michelin X Radial Ply tyres to his Jaguar Mk.VII at about this time, in place of the original Dunlop RS5 cross ply Tyres. This was not a success, made the steering desperately heavy and spoilt the ride as well. I later had a Jaguar 3.8L XK150S with a wide angle 'blue" head factory option 285 BHP engine in it. Its handling was pretty nasty but it did improve quite a bit, when I removed the radial ply Cinturato tyres and replaced them with cross ply Avon Turbospeed tyres. I will search for another car today. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 19, 2022 Share #17208  Posted March 19, 2022 I am showing a very generous crop as I think this is a quite difficult one. Usual information required. 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=4403473'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 19, 2022 Share #17209 Â Posted March 19, 2022 US, early 1930s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 19, 2022 Share #17210  Posted March 19, 2022 A bit earlier Stuart. As you know, I don't like playing 20 questions/guessing by elimination. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 24, 2022 Share #17211  Posted March 24, 2022 Wilson - We seem to be stuck. BTW: the image appears to be in a museum, and it makes me think of Okies trying to escape the double whammy of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 24, 2022 Share #17212  Posted March 24, 2022 1 hour ago, stuny said: Wilson - We seem to be stuck. BTW: the image appears to be in a museum, and it makes me think of Okies trying to escape the double whammy of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. You are very much on the correct track and yes I took this image in a museum. It took me quite a long time researching through my various books to identify this car. It was a make I had not come across before but it was not uncommon during the period. Its successor has recently been pensioned off. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted March 24, 2022 Share #17213 Â Posted March 24, 2022 1920ish Olympian Motors Sedan? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 24, 2022 Share #17214  Posted March 24, 2022 Correct-ish date but wrong make. I would also like the model. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted March 24, 2022 Share #17215  Posted March 24, 2022 vor 40 Minuten schrieb wlaidlaw: Correct-ish date but wrong make. I would also like the model. I am out then. There were so many different car manufacturers back then, many of which I have actually never heard of (I had not heard of Olympian before either). I will be looking forward to the result! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 26, 2022 Share #17216  Posted March 26, 2022 Last hint folks. Bought by General Motors before WW1 and made in the city whose name is the same as the make it became subsequently. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted March 26, 2022 Share #17217 Â Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, wlaidlaw said: Bought by General Motors before WW1 and made in the city whose name is the same as the make it became subsequently. Late 1920's Oakland Six Edited March 26, 2022 by hektor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 26, 2022 Share #17218  Posted March 26, 2022 I'm all but certain that Hektor got it, even though the Oakland was more expensive than its sub-brand, Pontiac. An Okie fleeing the dust bowl would be more likely to have the lower cost Pontiac, but the grill and bonnet louvers look right for the Oakland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 26, 2022 Share #17219  Posted March 26, 2022 Correct Hector. Oakland Automobiles were made in Pontiac Michigan and the cars were from 1931, sold under the Pontiac name. This one is an Oakland 6 of 2.9L, after the earlier 5.5L six had been replaced with a V8. This was a typical US middle market car. The picture was taken by me in 2009 at the Smithsonian Museum of American Life and is about Route 66. As Stuart said, I am guessing that it is meant to show a family fleeing the Oklahoma dust bowl for a new life in California. 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! 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=4407486'>More sharing options...
hektor Posted March 26, 2022 Share #17220  Posted March 26, 2022 Thank-you Stuart and Wilson. It is midnight here, so off to bed, but will post something first thing in the morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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