What car is this....."you or your family must have owned it"

[Berny]

Not my exact car , but same as
It was the second car I ever owned.

Al.

I'm guessing Standard 8 maybe?

[Alan 41]

No not a Standard.Berny.

[Berny]

Are they the traditional Vauxa\hall 'flutes' in the bonnet? Maybe '34 '36?

[Alan 41]

Are they the traditional Vauxa\hall 'flutes' in the bonnet? Maybe '34 '36?

God point Berny but no it must be the light shining on it.
I have a front on pic , but it may give too easy a clue.
Will post it soon.but keep trying.
Clue It's English and Birmingham , have also got a pic of the old factory taken when we were there in '07.

Al

[noggins]

English Ford 10/10

[Alan 41]

FORD ..........wash your mouth out.

Sorry noggins no.
They had a very distinctive badge on the grille that would light up when lights were turned on.

[k7oaks]

Wanderer, that looks like the big brother to my old 7, is it an Austin 10, I had one a few years later. K7

[Alan 41]

No K7.not an Austin.
CLUE/s.
6cyl. ohc. twin ignition ,free wheel drive that was sort of like an auto clutch.

[ding222]

I think that the b&W picture is a mid 30's baby Wolsely , the one posted by k7oaks in colour is a 37 or 38 Austin 10. The one next too it looks like a "chummy" original Austin 7--the sports model shown before were usually home built bodies or a backyard industry thing.

[Berny]

I think Woolsley had a lit emblem? '35 Woolsley?

[k7oaks]

Lea Francis ?
K7

[Alan 41]

I think that the b&W picture is a mid 30's baby Wolsely , the one posted by k7oaks in colour is a 37 or 38 Austin 10. The one next too it looks like a "chummy" original Austin 7--the sports model shown before were usually home built bodies or a backyard industry thing.

Yes Ding222, it is a Wolseley but not a baby .

It's 1934/5 Wolseley Hornet 6 cylinder ohc.saloon.
Your turn.
Al.

[Berny]

I think Woolsley had a lit emblem? '35 Woolsley?

Huh!?????

[k7oaks]

No Berny, it wasn't a Meteor. They had a souped up ( don't hear that phrase much these days) engine & I think a 4 speed gearbox & a much sleeker body. Here's a pic of one......flash eh ??

[Colin@1943]

You weren't right - you spelled it incorrectly.

Strict Rules of Car Spotting are in force here

[Alan 41]

I think Woolsley had a lit emblem? '35 Woolsley?

Huh!?????

Sorry Berny, I must have missed this post of yours while I edited mine.
Al.

[Berny]

No Berny, it wasn't a Meteor. They had a souped up ( don't hear that phrase much these days) engine & I think a 4 speed gearbox & a much sleeker body. Here's a pic of one......flash eh ??

My bro had one when he was in his teens but I was 7yrs younger than he and I don't remember much about it. It had an alum body I remember but not much else. He was talking about putting a 1000cc Vincent V twin in it, but that never happened either.

[RodnEls]

The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company Ltd was founded by Irishman Frederick York Wolseley in Sydney, Australia, in 1887.[2] It was the first company to produce a mechanical sheep shearing machine. In 1889 Wolseley transferred his patents to a new company registered in London, because he was unable to find adequate subcontractors to build the parts in Australia.

It is interesting to note that at the museum in Newman WA behind the visitors centre, where they start the mine tours, there is a old two stand portable Wolseley shearing plant with a bit of history on how the founder went back to the UK and started making cars
RodnEls

[Berny]

ding222 wrote:
I think that the b&W picture is a mid 30's baby Wolsely

I think it's your go ding!

[Alan 41]

It is interesting to note that at the museum in Newman WA behind the visitors centre, where they start the mine tours, there is a old two stand portable Wolseley shearing plant with a bit of history on how the founder went back to the UK and started making cars
RodnEls

And this is the factory they were made in at Ward End Birmingham,my Uncle worked there pre & post war after serving in the RAF during the war.
As usual it was raining when i took this , in the middle of Summer 2007.