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alastairq
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| Quote: | | The Alfa 6C in my book shows a car with louvres on the bonnet sides not the little "doors". |
A reason why I looked closely at the Delage D8?
Oddly, Google lens chose the Alfa....
The chrome [shiny??] strip down the bodyside seems to me to be a signature design of some manufacturer or other?
Also, isn't the photo taken somewhere near Belgium during WW2?
Which might preclude an Alfa, in favour of a more 'local' manufacturer?
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Ray White
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2025 10:35 am Post subject: |
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Sorry to contradict you, Alastair...but it's an Alfa!  |
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peter scott
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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| bjacko wrote: | | Different manufacturers often used the same body builder who may use the same features on different makes. The Alfa 6C in my book shows a car with louvres on the bonnet sides not the little "doors". |
bjacko, your posting is very relevant! I am just writing to the original supplier of his father's photo and another that I have just received. Apparently the car is a 1936 Lancia Astura.
Many thanks for the photos and from the radiator badge I must eat humble pie! It does appear to be a Lancia. I think the concentration on the wings and running boards confused Ray White and myself and I suspect the reason was that your father's Lancia and the rather similar Alfa probably shared the same coachbuiler. In the Alfa advert it is described as:
Coachwork by Stabilimenti Farina
Also: https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/64105994671562247/
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Ray White
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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Peter! Can I have a slice of your humble pie please?
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peter scott
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Penman
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Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 11:31 am Post subject: |
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What might this be?
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Ray White
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| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 11:48 am Post subject: |
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[quote="Penman"]What might this be?
I would suggest it is a 1908 Napier. |
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Penman
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for that one Ray. This is an Agricultural tractor but the picture want allow a screen grab and crop. Any recognise a '40s looking Tractor with wire wheels?
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=791082170496952&set=a.113602671578242
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Vintage Fly Guy
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Penman
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VFG: Now that fits one of the latter posts on that FB page, He had suggested a 3 wheeled N but every picture of an N I had found was a 4wheeler.
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petelang
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| Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2026 10:42 pm Post subject: Mystery from Scotland Pennan & Fraserborough |
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My old mate in Bonny Scotland has unearthed a few ancient photos showing a couple of cars he would like help to identify.
These were all taken on or around the small coastal village of Pennan up near Fraserborough. His family used to run a garage business in the area.
The view with rear registration plate is on Pennans beach road (featured with the phone box in Local Hero, the movie).
Any suggestions on identity?
[img]https://flic.kr/p/2rTGyd8[/img]
[img]https://flic.kr/p/2rTHvgX[/img]
[img]https://flic.kr/p/2rTHsdT[/img]
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mikeC
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Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2026 9:08 am Post subject: |
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The first one, "Mystery vehicle in Pennan village", is a circa 1923 Austin Twenty Marlborough three-quarter laundaulet.
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badhuis
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:36 am Post subject: Re: Mystery from Scotland Pennan & Fraserborough |
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| petelang wrote: | My old mate in Bonny Scotland has unearthed a few ancient photos showing a couple of cars he would like help to identify.
These were all taken on or around the small coastal village of Pennan up near Fraserborough. His family used to run a garage business in the area.
The view with rear registration plate is on Pennans beach road (featured with the phone box in Local Hero, the movie).
Any suggestions on identity?
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mikeC
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2026 11:31 am Post subject: |
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The second one looks like it has three-stud wheels, which would make it a late-1920s Morris Cowley.
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Ray White
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2026 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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| mikeC wrote: | | The second one looks like it has three-stud wheels, which would make it a late-1920s Morris Cowley. |
Agreed. Here's quite a nice one.
(Previously MY 9603)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmAVZbmTQfE |
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