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Can anyone identify these motor bikes and car?
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scott_budds



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Norwich
PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 12:42 pm    Post subject: Can anyone identify these motor bikes and car? Reply with quote
They may well be "generic" bikes and cars Im not sure.

This one looks like a matchless to me maybe?



This one maybe a Triumph or Douglass?



Car one this time. Triumph or Rolls?



Last one again maybe Triumph or Douglass?



Any ideas would be most helpful!

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mikeC



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
As you suggest, they are probably generic, but the last motorcycle does, indeed, look a bit like a 1914 Douglas; both the petrol tank markings and the high-set flywheel are Douglas in style.
The car looks to be late 1920s or very early 1930s in style, but not Triumph or Rolls Royce at all! I would suggest if you want to put a name to it, then perhaps Lagonda or Alvis would be a more realistic identity.
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Ashley



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The bike in the top picture is probably a vintage to early thirties Rudge as it has four open valves.
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goneps



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ashley wrote:
The bike in the top picture is probably a vintage to early thirties Rudge as it has four open valves.

Unquestionably a radial-valved Rudge. Note also the healthy 8" front brake drum at a time when most manufacturers were fitting things the size of tobacco tins.
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