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1927 Austin 12/4 Windsor 
Ep. 1.11Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2008-06-28 18:04 |
![[Image: cap149e.4730.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is94/cap149e.4730.jpg) ![[Image: jpg12no7.th.jpg]](http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jpg12no7.jpg "http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/3057/jpg12no7.th.jpg") ![[Image: jpg13un3.th.jpg]](http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jpg13un3.jpg "http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/7609/jpg13un3.th.jpg") Unusual device with two arrows in the first thumbnail? -- Last edit: 2009-11-05 21:35:48 |
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◊ 2008-06-28 18:24 |
In episode 1.10...![[Image: jpg11017ej0.8821.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is515/jpg11017ej0.8821.jpg) |
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◊ 2008-06-28 18:43 |
I know where I've seen that logo before. The taxicabs in this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970468/ |
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◊ 2008-06-28 19:55 |
I think that's an early trafficator .gif ":)") |
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◊ 2008-06-28 20:04 |
... yes probably. It reminded me of the double-arrow trafficator seen on the back of 1950s London Transport buses on the right-hand/off-side. |
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◊ 2008-06-28 22:46 |
I'd say the car is an Austin Heavy Twelve Burnham of about 1927. |
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◊ 2009-11-05 18:40 |
The car featured above is a 1927 Austin 12/4 'Windsor' Saloon. I have attempted to view Sunbar's thumbnail pictures (without success) to try and identify the two arrows mentioned, as there is nothing on the additional front-view photo to help in this respect. Vehicles of that era (certainly Austins) were never fitted with traffic indicators from new, but they were available as a a pair of bolt-on accessories from about 1930 and were commonly known as semifore arms. These were fitted with a small festoon bulb and showed an amber 'pointer' when activated by the driver. Hope this helps. Jim Stringer (Vintage Austin Register) |
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◊ 2009-11-05 20:33 |
Yes, Sunbar's thumb showing the indicator has disappeared for me too. If you zoom in on his third thumbnail, you will see a small oblong object high up on the A-pillar which IIRC is the device concerned; it's simply a small box with two translucent arrows on the front. |
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◊ 2009-11-05 21:37 |
I have re-instated the first thumbnail with an extra link to ImageShack, as the old one is not currently working. |
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◊ 2010-03-15 13:36 |
I can't see the trafficator, but the comments by 'sixteen six' are correct. George Roesch introduced arrows paired 'back to back' in a 'light box' above the rear registration plate on the Talbot 14/45 for 1927. They still feature on my Talbot 65 of 1933. Having provided a 'flasher' unit and additional repeaters this set up is still functional today- which is more than can be said for the semifore- arm trafficators that began to appear about 1930. These were singularly useless devices, still being fitted to British cars in the 1950's. They were notoriously unreliable and could usually only be seen if you happened to be looking down the side of the car at the appropriate moment. Small boys would break them off given half a chance! |
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◊ 2010-03-15 14:31 |
My 1939 Rover 12 was fitted with semaphore indicators in the B-pillar. I was once waiting in Oxford Street to turn left into Tottenham Court Road, with my l/h indicator out; an errant pedestrian walked into it and broke it off. He then handed the remains to me through the passenger-side window (which was open due to a heat-wave) and said brightly, 'It's just broken off.' I fitted flashing indicators after that. |
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