| Author | Message | ||
     Brian Carson Experienced User Username: brian_carson Post Number: 11 Registered: 7-2009 |
Some old photos from my uncles loft. He was always taking photos but cant be sure of the model and specs on these. This may be a bit of fun for some of you so I would appreciate any ideas? My Uncle will consult his dear wife on where they were taken.    (Message edited by david_gore on 12 January 2010) | ||
| Andre Blaize New User Username: parkward Post Number: 10 Registered: 6-2005 |
Top photo is 20/25 GUB53 (Hooper land). The others are cars ;o) | ||
| Martin Cutler Prolific User Username: martin_cutler Post Number: 143 Registered: 7-2007 |
Wifey doesn't look too happy in the back seat, have they broken down? Maybe they shouldn't have let the bear drive...... | ||
| Brian Carson Experienced User Username: brian_carson Post Number: 12 Registered: 7-2009 |
No,she doesnt look amused. My uncle tells me in fact they were taken some time in the mid nineties. Aparently there up to a hundred cars off all vintages lined up on the prominade at Felixstowe (Suffock, East Coast) My uncle is not that familiar with the makes but he was certain the car driven by the bear is a Bentley, but Bentley never had cars with those wheels, I thought it might be a Ghost. | ||
| Robert Wort Grand Master Username: robert_wort Post Number: 397 Registered: 12-2004 |
The bottom car is a Ford Model T The one 'driven by the bear' is definitely not a Rolls-Royce. The Silver Ghosts (40/50HP)engine had a distinctive two blocks of three cylinders for starters and this engine is clearly a single block. I'm guessing it's a Crossley | ||
| Bill Coburn Moderator Username: bill_coburn Post Number: 1211 Registered: 4-2003 |
What fascinated me were the wooden spoke wheels on the other than RR cars. Who makes these nowadays a wheelright or a cooper? No doubt Bunnings would have something to fit!! | ||
| Clifford Donley Experienced User Username: flatus Post Number: 21 Registered: 12-2009 |
The post museum at Ft Leavenworth, Kansas has a wonderful collection of wagons and artillery pieces from the United States frontier days. I was fascinated by the craftsmanship shown in the wheels, and the complexity of them. They were made and repaired by wheelwrights. It seems reasonable that those craftsmen transitioned into doing wheels for automobiles and other more modern wagons and carriages. |
