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#1 hipperson

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 09:41

Vehicle ID please

My first vehicle on the farm when I was 12

 

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#2 hipperson

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 09:56

And two more please

 

I know this is a Vauxhall...another car for the fields !...but what model..... I think it was 6 cyl

 

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And this Yankee car of my Grandads...

 

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#3 Vitesse2

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 09:59

First one's a Singer Bantam.



#4 hipperson

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 10:01

Just found this from 1972....'my other car is a Ford'

GT40/1005 dwarfed by Mum's Vanden Plas 1300

 

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#5 hipperson

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 10:03

Singer....never would have guessed !

Thank you.........Riley Monaco I thought wrongly



#6 Vitesse2

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 10:04

The Vauxhall looks like a Fourteen, maybe a 14/6.



#7 hipperson

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 10:06

Googled it....looks like the car indeed !



#8 Vitesse2

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 10:35

Pretty sure the Yank convertible coupe is a Packard 120. 1936 or thereabouts. Could be a UK body - it appears to have a dickey seat!



#9 Allan Lupton

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 10:51

Singer....never would have guessed !

Thank you.........Riley Monaco I thought wrongly

Except it is actually a sidevalve Morris Minor of about 1932.

Bit like this one:

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#10 Mallory Dan

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 10:54

The Lab looks like a good 'un, Mr H



#11 hipperson

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 11:22

Yes Ben loved to ride out..he was fearless

He was my first passenger on a double seated David Brown tractor which I drove when I was 8 years old

He lived until he was 16 and then his rear legs gave up the ghost

Here he is again having just reminded me to check the oil in Dad's car ( 1966)

 

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#12 RTH

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 11:37

Allan is on the right track - that is a Morris radiator but not a standard production body.

Coachbuilder McEvoy and Jensen both made  Morris variants circa 1933-4 - it would be rare today Michael.

 

I had a golden retriever called Ben and he lived to 17. Nice family fleet of cars

 

The VDP 1300 were nice too  Sir Ralph Richardson used to come to our showrooms in North Finchley exactly every 12 months on a large motorcycle to order yet another new Vanden Plas 1300.



#13 hipperson

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 12:02

More of the fleet

Mum loved her Ford engined car..............Sunbeam Tiger 4.2V8

 

 

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#14 Nanni Dietrich

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 12:56

Fine pictures!

:)  

 

(the dog is the same...)



#15 B Squared

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 14:11

Pretty sure the Yank convertible coupe is a Packard 120. 1936 or thereabouts. Could be a UK body - it appears to have a dickey seat!

Not a UK body (unless the coachbuilder did an exact replica of standard Packard fare for this line), the convertible coupe was commonly offered with a rumbleseat. I also believe it's a 1936, possibly a 1937. If I remember correctly, 1936 models had an inline eight-cylinder engine in the 120, while the 1937 120 models offered both six- and eight-cylinder powerplants.



#16 hipperson

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 15:08

Good stuff !

THX



#17 Ray Bell

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 18:34

Is there any evidence it's a VDP? And a 1300?

Looking at the photo, I can see nothing to distinguish it from a Morris 1100...

And is that a Rapier next to the Vauxhall?

#18 hipperson

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 19:11

Deffo a VDP....leather and all the fine trim

Could I have been an 1100 though if they made one.

 

Yes a Rapier..Series 1V  ?

We had it modified by Jack Brabham's Rootes dealership in Chessington

Could not hold a candle to a Lotus Cortina though hence the change !



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Posted 24 April 2015 - 19:19

Is there any evidence it's a VDP? And a 1300?

Looking at the photo, I can see nothing to distinguish it from a Morris 1100...
 

Appears to be a Mk1 VDP 1100 - it's a grainy pic, but I think I can see the painted coachline which would distinguish it from a Morris or Austin version, which would otherwise be identical in a side view. To be absolutely certain you'd need to be able to read the logo on the hubcap! The MG, Riley and Wolseley versions had chrome side trim instead.



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#20 Bloggsworth

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Posted 24 April 2015 - 20:01

Allan is on the right track - that is a Morris radiator but not a standard production body.

Coachbuilder McEvoy and Jensen both made  Morris variants circa 1933-4 - it would be rare today Michael.

 

I had a golden retriever called Ben and he lived to 17. Nice family fleet of cars

 

The VDP 1300 were nice too  Sir Ralph Richardson used to come to our showrooms in North Finchley exactly every 12 months on a large motorcycle to order yet another new Vanden Plas 1300.

 

I immediately thought the first was a Morris, it had the ring of a Morris 8 Tourer. Which showroom in North Finchley? I moved here in '78 and was surprised how few car showrooms there were; there was one with a Chevron B8 for £1,000 and a "D Type Jaguar" for £1,200, the latter probably a replica.



#21 Catalina Park

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Posted 25 April 2015 - 00:29

Is there any evidence it's a VDP? And a 1300?

Looking at the photo, I can see nothing to distinguish it from a Morris 1100..

I can. I have been playing with one recently.
It has the different type of hubcap only fitted to the VDP and it also it also has the VDP the dress rings.

#22 Ray Bell

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Posted 25 April 2015 - 04:03

Sorry...

I haven't seen one in about 35 years. And with the grille not visible anything was possible.

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Posted 25 April 2015 - 06:51

Having taken some marque expert advice it is a 1933 Jensen Morris Minor Special - thought about 20 were made or rather bodied in their West Bromwich factory . They also built the virtually identical McEvoy Specials for Michael McEvoy's company  £149 new in 1933 The McEvoy had scuttle twin humps  the Jensen none.

 

I was at H A Saunders 836 High Road North Finchley taken over by Mann Egerton  circa 1971 a 100 car showroom with all the land behind  the row of shops south to Woodside Park road parking for another 200 cars a very big site it was group regional headquarters and car wholesaling for Austin-Morris for 72 dealers between the 3 sites of Whetstone, Ballards Lane and High road over 400 employees..Again taken over by Inchcape Group just before I left.

Now I believe a Sainsburys !



#24 Bloggsworth

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Posted 25 April 2015 - 07:44

Having taken some marque expert advice it is a 1933 Jensen Morris Minor Special - thought about 20 were made or rather bodied in their West Bromwich factory . They also built the virtually identical McEvoy Specials for Michael McEvoy's company  £149 new in 1933 The McEvoy had scuttle twin humps  the Jensen none.

 

I was at H A Saunders 836 High Road North Finchley taken over by Mann Egerton  circa 1971 a 100 car showroom with all the land behind  the row of shops south to Woodside Park road parking for another 200 cars a very big site it was group regional headquarters and car wholesaling for Austin-Morris for 72 dealers between the 3 sites of Whetstone, Ballards Lane and High road over 400 employees..Again taken over by Inchcape Group just before I left.H_A_Saunders.jpg

Now I believe a Sainsburys !

 

Mann Eggerton was a perfect illustration of one of the reasons BL went broke. I wandered in on a Saturday in the mid 90s and asked, expecting the answer no, if they had a pair of door-handles for a 1966 Austin 1100, sorry mate, can't get them till Tuesday; BL were holding 30+ years of stock - Madness. Audi are now where ME were. Sainsbury arrived about 25/30 years ago and they didn't replace a car showroom. Man Eggerton were half-way between the Swan and Pyramids and Whetstone.



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Posted 25 April 2015 - 09:00

Sorry for the thread hijack, I'm another North Finchley boy and spent the first 18 years of my life living on the corner of Woodberry Grove and Christchurch avenue. I remember our phone number was "Hillside 1348"



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Posted 25 April 2015 - 09:20

We have an identical Packard Roadster to the one in the photo in the West Australian motor Museum,it is an original one owner car.



#27 Odseybod

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Posted 25 April 2015 - 09:23

Sorry for the thread hijack, I'm another North Finchley boy and spent the first 18 years of my life living on the corner of Woodberry Grove and Christchurch avenue. I remember our phone number was "Hillside 1348"

 

And ours was Hillside 3094 (Chandos Avenue,Whetstone). And my Mum bought her second Mini (new) from Glanfield Lawrence in Finchley.

 

Sorry, back to Mr H's canine and cars ...



#28 RTH

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Posted 25 April 2015 - 10:43

Funny what you find when you dig out an old file. The then managing directors idea of a motivational mission statement !!

It is 46 years ago but MDs might send out the same  today.

 

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Our phone no at the showrooms at 836-842 High Road changed to 01 445 8822 and of course I know all the roads you chaps mention.

 

We used to go to lunch either at the Tally-Ho, the Malt and Hops or the Swan & Pyramids.

I also worked at our branches in Luton , St Albans, Radlett, and Rickmansworth. I got sent to Luton at a moments notice  as the previous General manager and Sales manager there  were driven away by the police.


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#29 Odseybod

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Posted 25 April 2015 - 11:10

That's a great letter, Richard. And a great story about the Luton management!



#30 Bloggsworth

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Posted 26 April 2015 - 07:55

That's a great letter, Richard. And a great story about the Luton management!

 

That sort of thing is still happening! Recently, in a Scottish field, were found well over a million £s worth of BMWs, which according to the figures of the sales staff of one branch of a dealership had been "Sold," they too left the building escorted. The cars were only useable for spares as rats and mice had used the upholstery and wiring for an extended lunch break...



#31 bradbury west

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Posted 26 April 2015 - 19:46

Michael, yes a Series IV Rapier, you can tell by the 13" wheels ISTR.

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#32 BRG

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Posted 26 April 2015 - 20:27

I had one of those - with the 1600cc engine and the 13 inch wheels.  But was the Series IV supplied in gold, or was it a Series V 1725cc?



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Posted 30 April 2015 - 11:07

And ours was Hillside 3094 (Chandos Avenue,Whetstone).

 

I still have a "Hillside" [445] landline in my home in Friern Mount Drive  ;)

 

BTW, wasn't HA Saunders' North Finchley showroom the largest car showroom in the country when it was built before WW2?