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It might be a Mercury Eight from around 1948/49. Wilson

Stuart, The grille according to Georgano was made by Braje Company of Los Angeles. It actually resembles the later XK140 grille rather than the XK120, which was narrower, had fewer and wider spaced bars. So unless Nick Brajevich had access to a time machine, it might be that Jaguar copied his grille rather than the other way round. Wilson

Stuart, Do you know if they bought the grilles as spare parts from the local Jaguar dealer (XK120)? Open to all to post the next car. Wilson

Crossley Hotshot? Wilson

Could be either the Boss 429 or the later 429GT. Wilson

Looks a bit like a late model Ford Ranchero. Wilson

An El Camino? Wilson

MG Cyberster? Wilson

The Bugatti is a lovely looking car but who thought it was a good idea to add those 1960s vintage Marchal fog lights. I know that many French headlights of the period were less than wonderful, often because they use only 30 or 35W bulbs often with yellow glass. In modern incandescent bulbs, the filament usually runs north/south, whereas most vintage headlights were optimised for east/west filaments. I had a friend, sadly now departed who was a part owner of an automotive light bulb company in Taiwan. He very kindly had made for me, a whole box of 18 x 50W bulbs with east/west filaments, for mechanically dipping headlamps like the early Lucas P100 and the similar Bosch or Marchal headlights. We used those in our Speed Six Bentley which had Bosch headlights (not a patch on Lucas P100) and in the P100 headlights on our Lagonda M45. I think there are still 12 bulbs in the box - so if anyone needs a horizontal filament bulb or bulbs, I am your man. Wilson

Interestingly Hibbard and Darrin, although based in Paris was American owned, hence I suppose the American flavour to the bodywork. Given that it is only 4 years later, it looks a wholly different era to my brother's 1925 Springfield Rolls Royce Silver Ghost with its factory (Waltham Avenue) Piccadilly Roadster coachwork. The RR still only has rear wheel brakes and used the almost unaltered since 1910, very lazy, albeit quiet straight six 7½ litre engine, supposedly putting out 80HP, although I suspect somewhat less than that, as installed. A friend who lives in Monaco has a Sedanca de Ville H6B and its owner says it is a delightful car to drive, with surprisingly light steering, good performance and brakes. I have not driven it but been a passenger in it a couple of times. Wilson

Stuart, Do you know who made the body for the Hispano? It has rather an American flavour to it, Brewster-ish? Open to all. Wilson

1929 Hispano Suiza H6B? Wilson

A Duesenberg SJ ? Wilson

Lets then try Daimler's sister make of Lanchester. Given the RH gearchange and plethora of instruments, maybe a 30HP straight eight. I know it isn't a Rolls Royce or a Bentley as the steering wheel is wrong but fairly certain it is an upmarket British make. Too late for a Leyland (last car 1923) or Napier (last car 1925) and it is too early for the large engined Lagonda and Alvis cars and under American influence, Vauxhall for their larger cars (20/60, Silent 80) had moved to central gear changes, as had most mainland European marques (Delage, Alfa Romeo, Delahaye etc). That does not really leave many other upmarket British cars. There were failures like the Humber Pullman and Hillman Straight Eights (both favoured by my grandfather), that tended to end up as taxis or funeral transport. Wilson

1926 Daimler 45HP "Star of India" Wilson