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The SVVS Website currently receives approximately 400,000 hits a year
and the "HELP
PAGE" is the third
most visited page on the site. We receive numerous e-mails from
historic vehicle enthusiasts from all over the world with the request to
identify vintage cars from old photographs. We can also help with
identification of classic cars as most of us are old enough to remember
them as new. Identification of veteran cars and identification of
vintage commercial vehicles can be
more complex but we have in most cases been able to assist because many
SVVS Members are also specialists in their own make or type of vehicle. As some of these enquiries may be
of general interest to others, and as some have provided an introduction to
other interesting websites, this page is devoted to some of the more
unusual enquiries
received and the information we have provided. Page 16
below relates to
enquiries received during 2008 .
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1929 Ford Model A Van
Photo received from Roel Otten (Holland) of
his grandfather driving what was said by the family to be a 1914
Maxwell car. This car was in use by a rich baron (van Heeckeren van Kell
) in Holland, where his grandfather was driver etc. His father
also mentioned a Panhard (or Packard) but it is not one of these brands.
We have had some difficulty in positively identifying this car, but a
1914 Maxwell is most certainly is not. General feeling is that it is
most probably a cca
1929 Studebaker.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1929 Ford Model A Van
Photo received from Rosemary Groves (UK) which
was a scan of a relatively bad home printer dotted original. We emailed
requesting a better copy and more info but did not get the courtesy of a
reply. The registration CB appears to have 891 with the last digit
hidden. Registrations 85xx to 96xx were issued by County Borough Council
of Blackburn during 1929. Despite the grainy photo, our Tim Harding is
relatively sure this is a cca
1929 Ford Model A van. We
improved photo.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1907 Singer Tricar
Fabulous set of very period photos showing a very unusual car received
from John Church (UK).
Registration P 3220 was issued by Surrey CC but no records to help in
dating. John's best guess from the wings on the AA badge, post
1911, and either a Riley Tricar or Phoenix. Not Riley because of the
radiator but similar tower rads to Phoenix. Our Tim Harding however
identified it as a cca
1907 Singer Tricar which also had two tower rads,
one each side. Photo and AA badge therefore
later.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1914 Crossley 20/25
Another of the auto-political photos from
Ian Robertson (Vietnam),
interested in Crossleys and the Irish Civil
War. This one shows Free State General Sean Mc Eoin, his wife and a
Crossley. Malcolm Asquith of the Crossley Register advised the car is
indeed a Crossley
and either a late 20/25 or a 25/30. The 25/30 had a higher bonnet line
and the car in the photo seems to have this. However, the twin tyred
rear wheels are more typical of 20/25. Crossley supplied much of
the UK WW1 military.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1907 Rex 3.5 HP Motorcycle
Interesting photo received from Steven Roehead (UK) of
his Gt Gt Grandfather Sid Dyke (left) and Gt Grandfather Joe Dyke
(right). He would like to try to build a replica of the bike on
the right. The forks are relatively unique and our Geoff Morris with
John Waghorn both agree that the bike on the right is a cca
1906 Rex 3HP or 3.5. Doubt about the bike on the left. The
frame is Charter Lea of cca 1906 with different engine and made by one
of many individual small makers. Newer forks.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1911 Humber Tourer
Smashing Photo received from Alan Stroud (UK)
who is the author of "Yesterday's
Papers" relating to Victorian life on the Isle of Wight.
This is one of a number of glass plates depicting the Cheverton family
who owned Afton Manor at Freshwater. We can advise that the Registration
DL 488 was issued by the Isle of Wight County Council in about 1909. The
car is newer so plate was transferred. It is a rather nice cca
1911 Humber Tourer, probably the bigger 16/24, which
cost £425 when new.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1939 Humber Snipe
Photo received from Margaret Welch
from (New Zealand) showing
her Great Uncle having just been fishing in Lake Taupo, New
Zealand. Great Uncle had a farm at Waipukarau also on the North Island.
The car is relatively easy to identify being a Humber Snipe but is
difficult to date. We have consulted the PV
Humber Club whose David Clark
confirmed that Humbers changed little between 1938 and 1948 because a
lot of this period was in wartime. Would the registration
help in NZ locally??
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1911 Darracq Tourer
Lovely Photo received from Opal Taylor
(France). The man in the bowler hat was her
grandfather and he died in 1936. Many years ago her mother told her
that her father had been involved with Ford in inventing a car
battery. The photograph was probably taken around Manchester UK where he
spent the latter years of his life. Originally he was from London and
also lived in the USA and Australia. We can advise that the car is
a big cca 1911 Darracq
Tourer, possibly the 16HP.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: pre
1904
UNIDENTIFIED
Fascinating set of photographs received
from Mrs. Joan Green from Lancashire (UK). They
are all from an album discovered in her late great aunt's loft. Being
into family history she was hoping it was from her family from
Lancashire, but they all seem to be around London and the Thames so the
album may have been there when aunt moved in. The name on the album is Allvey.
The car has the very distinctive protrusions on the radiator tank.
Any
help would be much appreciated.
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PHOTOS NOT YET IDENTIFIED:
YOUR
H E L P IS NEEDED PLEASE !
As can be seen from our Help Pages we
normally do succeed in identifying practically all vehicle photos which
we receive. Occasionally some photos may take time and very occasionally
we get stuck. Clicking on the photo
on the right opens the page
containing some photos we are yet to crack ! Any
help would be very much appreciated.
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books, magazines, advertisements, sales brochures, web sites,
manufacturers and personal contacts. While we have tried to make sure
that any information given is as accurate as possible, we cannot take responsibility for any errors or omissions. If you
know of any facts which are incorrect or any subjects or details which can be elaborated on,
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