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◊ 2007-01-18 14:25 |
one star - it drives by the main character once they have stopped to let it past |
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◊ 2019-12-19 20:56 |
Very long and flat - maybe an Austin? |
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◊ 2019-12-19 21:00 |
The wheel and the shape of the front mudguard match a 1914 Model 66 48hp Tourer but the scuttle and the length of the steering column appear to be at variance with the picture I have. -- Last edit: 2019-12-19 21:05:23 |
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◊ 2019-12-19 21:03 |
(Darn it, I thought I could fool you! But you knew right away which Austin I was talking about!) -- Last edit: 2019-12-19 21:06:26 |
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◊ 2019-12-19 21:04 |
You gotta get up earlier than that, boy! |
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◊ 2019-12-19 21:07 |
I do, however, think that your make identification is probably fair enough. I wouldn't argue anyway. And, before anyone else says it, that's probably a first for me! |
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◊ 2019-12-19 21:10 |
Georgano, 1982 Edition, Page 63. |
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◊ 2019-12-19 21:12 |
In higher quality it looks like this:![[Image: daydreams22_1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/16833/daydreams22_1.jpg) ![[Image: daydreams22_2.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/16833/daydreams22_2.jpg) Usually the windscreen is a key identification factor on these cars as it was differently set up on every car. This one appears to be perfectly square, but curved at the bottom - the Austins in my book (1996 Standard Catalogue of American Automobiles, page 81) don't seem to have it. Maybe a National? -- Last edit: 2019-12-19 21:22:42 |
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◊ 2019-12-19 21:36 |
You must remember that I have never professed any knowledge of American cars of any era. The only National picture I have is of a 1913 model, this appears to be late teens so I can offer no opinion. There was also a National car built in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, which may seem an unlikely place to build motorcars, but was a well respected source of agricultural equipment. I'm also a bit tired, having spent the day dismantling my Technics audio equipment, and replacing it with a TEAC system which was my late brother's, and will allow me to play the sort of records that need a needle and a turntable, but unfortunately only 33 and 45 rpm. My 78s are mostly taped anyway. The combination of the TEAC system and my very old but excellent and very heavy speakers sounds pretty good from here, but the amplifier is so powerful that it's turned down to about 10%. Just listening to Chick Henderson in front of the Joe Loss Band, singing "Sand in my shoes" recorded in 1939, it sounds superb. -- Last edit: 2019-12-19 21:56:22 |
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◊ 2019-12-19 21:37 |
I can confirm it's no National. Tried the big obscure makes - Haynes, Premier, Dorris - but still no results. |
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◊ 2019-12-19 21:56 |
I've never heard of TEAC before (haven't bought any hi-fi gear for nearly 40 years), it's good looking kit though. Fingers crossed my Technics/Denon/Tannoy hybrid will last a while yet. |
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◊ 2019-12-19 21:58 |
TEAC is mid range sort of stuff, but good enough for me. The amplifier is v. heavy, big heat sinks, took some lugging upstairs to my man-cave. I think my Technics stuff was bought about 1980, to replace a Hacker system, but it still worked fine, except that the dashpot had gone on one of the tape drives. Just listening to Monty Reay, sounds awful, but he sounded awful anyway! One of those squashed strawberry tenors, now on to Elsie Carlisle singing "My kid's a crooner" Ambrose Band I think, brilliant! Link to "www.google.co.uk" -- Last edit: 2019-12-19 22:11:04 |
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◊ 2019-12-21 10:08 |
1916 Velie is so far the closest windscreen match I found: Link to "i.pinimg.com" Jackson, Pan, Paige and Allen also used similar windscreen designs. -- Last edit: 2019-12-25 21:37:04 |
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◊ 2019-12-24 11:44 |
The body appears to have moldings for the seats which would eliminate a few makes. With that said my next best guess would be a 1916 or 1917 Lexington. -- Last edit: 2019-12-24 11:48:52 |
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