a.j.z Posted August 6, 2023 Share #20401  Posted August 6, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) ( vor 21 Minuten schrieb wlaidlaw: One of the Austro-Daimler AD-R 6 cars often used for hill climbing (this example owned by Hans Stuck senior)? Wilson  Yes, the so called Stuckwagen from 1929 with 100 hp.  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! 5 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=4829940'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 6, 2023 Posted August 6, 2023 Hi a.j.z, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
wlaidlaw Posted August 7, 2023 Share #20402  Posted August 7, 2023 Open to anyone who wants to post. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 7, 2023 Share #20403 Â Posted August 7, 2023 Who wants to step in for Wilson and post the next mystery car? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted August 8, 2023 Share #20404  Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) Some may recognise the venue, most will recognise the weather! Make/model & approx year please. 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! D2 f8.0, 1/25s, ISO 200 Edited August 8, 2023 by Graham (G4FUJ) 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! D2 f8.0, 1/25s, ISO 200 ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4830886'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 8, 2023 Share #20405 Â Posted August 8, 2023 It makes me thing of a 1913 Mercer Runabout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 8, 2023 Share #20406  Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) Graham, is that Paul Foulkes-Halbard's car at Prescott? Wilson PS I don't know if Paul is still alive as he is/was somewhat older than me so it may now be his son Karl. I recall going down to see him many years ago at Filching Manor near Polegate in the ex-Col Euan Rabagliati Brooklands Speed Six Bentley racer  I had at that time. He took me for a brief but scary ride in one of his Edwardian Racers, where he said that they had rescued the engine from being used to power a 1920's Simplex fire engine. W. Edited August 8, 2023 by wlaidlaw 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted August 8, 2023 Share #20407  Posted August 8, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) Not a Mercer Stuart. A few years older. Current owner is Ben Collings Wilson. Unfortunately with the weather I didn't get a chance to chat to the owner. How long Ben has owned the car I couldn't say. Definitely the correct location! It was a very soggy Saturday! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 8, 2023 Share #20408  Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) Graham, I suspect that may have been Paul Foulkes-Halbard's car. If so its amazing story is that during WW2, it was dumped in his father's scrap yard in the east end of London. The father then "found" another one but with engine as well. He used to appear with one of those or one of his Bugattis at our local "car" pub, the Anchor Inn at Barcombe, then owned by retired Wing Commander Derek Bovet-White, a two time winner of the Johore Grand Prix in an XK120C in the early 1950's (both before and after the war, he was a rubber planter in Malaya and he escaped from the Japanese invasion of Malaya in his RAFVR Spitfire to I think refuel in Borneo and then to New Guinea ). Derek was the pilot of the Mosquito in the famous Robert Taylor painting of it just clearing Beachy Head cliffs, with a telegraph wire trailing from one propellor and steam coming from the remaining Merlin. During the Amiens raid, he had flown under a telegraph wire to escape an attacking FW190, which apparently plowed into the ground right behind him. Derek just managed to land at the emergency field of Ringmer near Lewes, today a glider field. Derek had previously survived an undercarriage collapse in a Spitfire, which rolled on top of him, breaking his neck, which only put him out of action for a remarkable short 6 months. Wilson Edited August 8, 2023 by wlaidlaw 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedaes Posted August 8, 2023 Share #20409 Â Posted August 8, 2023 1 hour ago, wlaidlaw said: If so its amazing story Wilson - as has been said, you really did ought to write a book! Or go on the after dinner speaker circuit! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lelmer Posted August 8, 2023 Share #20410  Posted August 8, 2023 23 minutes ago, pedaes said: Wilson - as has been said, you really did ought to write a book! .... I entirely agree. We already have a few chapters on this thread 😊 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 9, 2023 Share #20411 Â Posted August 9, 2023 Would somebody like to step in for Wilson? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted August 9, 2023 Share #20412 Â Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) Its' an Mercedes 120 of 1907 (according to the VSCC entry list last weekend). Edited August 9, 2023 by Graham (G4FUJ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 9, 2023 Share #20413  Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) The post WW1 Simplex Fire Engines in the USA used an engine derived from the earlier Mercedes GP engine, both the 4 cylinder and 6 cylinder models. This has been a very useful source of spares for the early Mercedes GP engines. The engines other than the crankshaft and camshaft are modular in blocks of two cylinders. The WW1 D series Mercedes Aero engines used in various Fokkers and Pfalzes also derived from their GP engine experience but now with an overhead camshaft. Wilson Edited August 9, 2023 by wlaidlaw 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 11, 2023 Share #20414 Â Posted August 11, 2023 Anyone want to step in for Wilson and post the next mystery car? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted August 11, 2023 Share #20415  Posted August 11, 2023 The next riddle 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=4833461'>More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted August 12, 2023 Share #20416 Â Posted August 12, 2023 Hello Andreas, Could this be a French car? Perhaps some type of Citroen? Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted August 12, 2023 Share #20417 Â Posted August 12, 2023 I see where you are coming from, but not French. Â Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 12, 2023 Share #20418  Posted August 12, 2023 That looks like a late 1990's/early 2000's Porsche headlight, before the 996 "runny egg". The Germans were always very keen on those projector lights, which I had on my M5 BMW and B10/V8S Alpina but I was never very impressed with their performance. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted August 12, 2023 Share #20419 Â Posted August 12, 2023 (edited) Wilson, this is a correct observation although we are looking for something a little bit older. The LED lights on the recent Porsches are great though. Â Edited August 12, 2023 by a.j.z Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 12, 2023 Share #20420  Posted August 12, 2023 1 hour ago, a.j.z said: Wilson, this is a correct observation although we are looking for something a little bit older. The LED lights on the recent Porsches are great though.  I agree the 80 computer controlled LED's on my Panamera, are by a considerable margin the best headlights I have ever experienced. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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