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I tried to persuade my father to buy one of these for my mother in 1964. He bought her an awful Renault Caravelle coupe instead, that might have had the worst gear change in the world.

 

Wilson

 

Possibly he wasn´t convinced by the "different" electric system and having just a 2 cyl. engine. The design was surprisingly modern for a designer who started in the 1920s, the car of the press presentation (first model was the CT) looked gorgeous! A shame your mother had to take the Renault instead :(

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I feared that you would ask ...

 

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CT. This example is in the Schlumpf museum.

 

The reasons my father did not buy the 24CT were that the Citroen dealer in Aberdeen would not service it and it had drum brakes. My mother’s Caravelle did not last long, as my father hated driving it and it was replaced with an Austin Vanden Plas Princess 1300.

 

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Andreas, your turn!

 

I was not sure as I got the wrong one :o

 

Let's see how long this one takes (I would not be surprised if the one or the other was on the same event)

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From that clip, it could be anything from a Benz Dogcart to a Curved Dash Oldsmobile. :)

 

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It is neither. Here is a larger crop

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The body is very similar to my brother’s 1904 15HP 4 cyl. Panhard & Levassor but I have no idea if this is one. Most cars of that era were supplied as bare chassis, so the body of one can look just like another. It was really only the bonnet and radiator shape that distinguished them. The only readily identifiable ones are Renaults, with their radiator behind the engine.

 

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The body is very similar to my brother’s 1904 15HP 4 cyl. Panhard & Levassor but I have no idea if this is one. Most cars of that era were supplied as bare chassis, so the body of one can look just like another. It was really only the bonnet and radiator shape that distinguished them. The only readily identifiable ones are Renaults, with their radiator behind the engine.

 

Wilson

 

the time is very close but it is not french

 

will show the full picture tomorrow if nobody has a clue

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A 10 hp 1902 Wolseley Tonneau. If memory serves right this car joined the London Brighton Run in 2009 and is registered as "O 53". In the background we see boxes of the Abels Moving Service from Brandon, Suffolk.

 

Excellent, you got the right car! This time I rather had expected that Wilson would know the owner ;)

 

I saw this car on an exhibition on Regent Street, London, last autumn. I hope you can read the more detailed information below.

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Andreas, thanks for posting it! This is kind of a national automobile treasure to me (hard to beat, my next car might be nothing compared - have to look first which to take) I´m bad in brass era cars, so I had to answer :)

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