D Beddows
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 02:56 PM |
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Identify The Vintage Sports Car....
My Dad has been busy digitising old family photos and has found this........ I'm normally quite good at vintage stuff but this has me stumped!
It will be 1930's and although my Grandfather was a mechanic/garage owner I know from having talked to him before he died he never built
'specials' . It's HUGE that's my Grandmother sat in the drivers seat and she was about 5' 7" and she looks tiny!!
There's a whole pint in this for me so do your best lol
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BenB
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 03:16 PM |
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Are you sure she's not in a normal size car and someone's just parked an Austin 7 right in front really near the camera  that steering
wheel looks huge
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britishtrident
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 03:21 PM |
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Special bodied Austin Seven
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SALAD
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 03:39 PM |
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If you have it as a jpeg that you could send me and any other info, I will investigate here at work.
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flibble
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 03:56 PM |
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My visiting grandad agrees with the above, an 'austin 7 nippy', and now he's off on a good ol` days of cars rant that'll last
hours!
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iank
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 04:00 PM |
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It's not an Austin 7 nippy, look at the back end, it's a similar shape but much longer on the mystery car.
From the size I'd be looking at American cars.
[Edited on 22/1/10 by iank]
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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SALAD
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 04:05 PM |
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How about an American Bantam?
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flibble
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 04:12 PM |
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Agreed that they are indeed different, but I shan't tell him, he's 94 and it made him happy!!
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iank
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 04:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by flibble
Agreed that they are indeed different, but I shan't tell him, he's 94 and it made him happy!!
I won't tell if you don't 
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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D Beddows
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 05:41 PM |
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Austin 7 Nippy or some variation of...... thought that..... but unless there was some clever 1930's style Photoshopping going on it's WAY
too big! here's a larger version of the picture and she is sat in that car not one behind it - look at the shadow on the seat  ..... although
the white area behind her is admittedly suspicious..... hmmmmm I have seen the original photo mind you and it looks legit enough for the time and that
white area was something else if I recall rather than a 'hole' in the picture ......
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D Beddows
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 05:42 PM |
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although the more I look at it..........
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indykid
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 05:45 PM |
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the white area looks like a teepee or some sort of tent, and a row of them behind it.
can't help on the car but it's a monster!
tom
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2cv
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 05:55 PM |
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It's not an Austin 7 of any sort; too many wheel nuts!!
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austin man
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 06:13 PM |
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Did your grandad ever live in the states or visit the states the strange looking thing in the background could be a Tee Pee Wig Wam as it appears to
be triangular in shape could be some form of Canvas tent. The car deffinitely looks like an american style of car.
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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Fozzie
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 06:55 PM |
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Hmmmm big enough to be American, but it looks like a right hooker....but then they did do some....It has a boat-tail end, sporty yet mahoosive
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Don't know, but a guess would be a bespoke American car ....
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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austin man
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 07:11 PM |
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1930's MG M Type midget ??
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/mg-m-type.htm
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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SeaBass
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 07:21 PM |
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It look LHD to me which fits with the american theme. It looks very tall like some of the early Fiat racers... a tricky one.
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 07:30 PM |
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not tricky at all .
Singer Junior/nine sports .
quite common apparently , or a BSA
[Edited on 22/1/10 by Volvorsport]
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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austin man
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 07:47 PM |
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still reckon its some type of early midget looking at the louvres on the sills and bonet. Google images mg type m midget
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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DavidM
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 08:42 PM |
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I believe it's the same as this which makes it a 1931 Singer Junior Sports 8hp.
HTH
David
 
Rescued attachment boat-tail.jpg
Proportion is Everything
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splitrivet
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 08:45 PM |
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Definately not a BSA or Singer the BSA scout was only made in 1 roadster model and it didnt have a boat tail neither did the Singer looks Yank to
me.
Cheers,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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meany
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 08:54 PM |
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definately has the Morris "M" type look about it, especially with those sills...but it looks too big, and the wheel hubs are different to
the Morris "M" type chassis.
maybe these guys can help.
http://www.svvs.org/help01.shtml
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iscmatt
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 08:56 PM |
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just to add, I'm sure that is tepee in background, would this go on to suggest an american theme, perhaps a red indian reenactment and they went
there in this car? Or this was someone's car that was also there and they were in america on holiday??
Thinking aloud here!!
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austin man
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 09:41 PM |
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interesting where the door handle is we where still having suicide doors in the 30's weren't we
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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D Beddows
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| posted on 22/1/10 at 09:58 PM |
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27" wheels on the Singer Sports Junior make it a possibility but it looks nothing like any of the pictures Google provides........ suicide doors
weren't a given in the 30's either I'd say it was possibly a 'Special' built by someone my Grandad knew BUT the
bodywork looks too well built......
They never went on holiday to America either as far as I know....
I'll send my father a link to this thread.... he's not a member but it may prompt a memory or two
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