wlaidlaw Posted March 25, 2014 Share #6181 Posted March 25, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) You are correct. This is the Type 15 at the UK National Motor Museum, where I assume you recognised the floor tiles. I was hoping this would take people longer to spot and I could confuse them all by saying it was made in Germany. Molsheim in Alsace, was part of Germany from its annexation in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 until the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. It is one of Bugatti’s less exciting creations with a 1350cc engine putting out 20 BHP. Not quite as bad as the 1913 Type 16 Bébé which a friend who was one of the UK’s Bugatti experts, Peter Hampton, turned up to take me over to Brooklands in. It has 10 BHP from its 850cc engine and can just about reach 45 MPH, downhill with the wind behind it. I had been expecting him to turn up in his flame spitting, tyre smoking monster. This was his ex-Malcolm Campbell, Type 54B twin stage supercharged 4.9L twin cam straight eight with somewhere between 350 and 375 BHP. I was sorely disappointed 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=2556383'>More sharing options...
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euston Posted March 25, 2014 Share #6182 Posted March 25, 2014 Thanks, Wilson. I don't have a great store of car pictures but I'll come up with something before the day is out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted March 25, 2014 Share #6183 Posted March 25, 2014 Stu, Wilson, thanks you both jumped in. Completely forgot to post the next one. I need some good sleep soon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
euston Posted March 25, 2014 Share #6184 Posted March 25, 2014 I’m not sure now whether it’s my turn or not but anyway here goes . . . . I hope this Le Mans competitor is identifiable from this rough and ready photo: 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=2556610'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 25, 2014 Share #6185 Posted March 25, 2014 Alfa Romeo either 6C-1750 or 8C 2300 - can’t tell from that angle. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
euston Posted March 25, 2014 Share #6186 Posted March 25, 2014 It's not an Alfa Romeo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 25, 2014 Share #6187 Posted March 25, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) In that case, the only other period large red Le Mans car I can think of is the 1935 M45 Lagonda. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
euston Posted March 25, 2014 Share #6188 Posted March 25, 2014 Spot on, Wilson. Well done! Here's a shot of the front: 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=2556688'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 25, 2014 Share #6189 Posted March 25, 2014 Is that BGF662 in the Brooklands Motor Museum? That one is actually a replica of the Le Mans M45 made by Herb Schofield in the late 1970’s from a 1934 vintage fabric Weymann saloon, where the original body had died. I had it right after Herb made it but then it went to someone in Singapore in 1985, from where it went on to Hong Kong and had an engine rebuild by Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Apprentices as a training exercise. I was amazed to see it on a recent BBC programme on motoring history, back in the UK. When I had it the engine had unfortunately had had a very poor rebuild by Hoffman and Mountford and kept leaking small amounts of water into the sump from small cracks in the cylinder walls, which H&M should have sorted by boring out and sleeving but didn’t. HKAEC were in contact with me with lots of questions on rebuilding the Meadows 4.5L motor, which is a surprisingly complicated engine. Here is your next one. You can see by the slick tyres it is obviously a racing car 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! 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=2556716'>More sharing options...
euston Posted March 25, 2014 Share #6190 Posted March 25, 2014 Fascinating story, Wilson. Yes, I snapped it on a visit to Brooklands a couple of years ago. I always think of the Lagondas and Bentleys of that era as real cars. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 25, 2014 Share #6191 Posted March 25, 2014 It seems to be either a steam driven car, or a fire pumper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalHeMan Posted March 25, 2014 Share #6192 Posted March 25, 2014 Grenville steam carriage, possibly the 1875 model at Beaulieu? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 25, 2014 Share #6193 Posted March 25, 2014 Grenville steam carriage, possibly the 1875 model at Beaulieu? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Correct. It is supposed to be the oldest still operational original steam car in existence. Of course there are working replicas of earlier ones like Cugnot’s steam tractor, Trevithick Steam Coach and the J I Case steam car but not original ones. I suspect its primary ride quality left a little to be desired. 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! 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=2556894'>More sharing options...
DigitalHeMan Posted March 26, 2014 Share #6194 Posted March 26, 2014 OK, another one from me, bit more modern this time..... 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=2557417'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 26, 2014 Share #6195 Posted March 26, 2014 Nissan GTR Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalHeMan Posted March 27, 2014 Share #6196 Posted March 27, 2014 Nissan GTR Wilson Correct again, Nissan GT-R Usain Bolt special edition in the Nissan showroom in Ginza Tokyo. Are there any cars you can't recognise? 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=2557849'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 27, 2014 Share #6197 Posted March 27, 2014 Are there any cars you can’t recognise? Thousands of them I will post later tonight when all my photos transferring around from my Time Capsule at glacial speed, have sorted themselves out. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 27, 2014 Share #6198 Posted March 27, 2014 Here is your next one. A couple of years ago, an American friend had seen the sister car of this one for sale in London and asked if I would go and check it over plus if possible, drive it. The idea was to report back to him, if it would make a good addition to his rather splendid collection. I drove it for an hour or so on an airfield near London and reported back to him that if he just wanted it to look at and restore (it did need quite a lot of cosmetic fettling) that would be fine. If he wanted it to drive, he should make sure his will was signed and his life insurance up to date. Apparently the previous owner had driven it all over Europe. I am not sure if he was just brave or stupid. 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=2557928'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 27, 2014 Share #6199 Posted March 27, 2014 The color suggests French. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 27, 2014 Share #6200 Posted March 27, 2014 The color suggests French. Mais oui! Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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