What is it?

[sunroofcord]

[Rust Rustler]

GARDNER 1928 8 CYL ??

[Guest prewar40]

Not a Gardner - The balcrank bumpers on the '27 & '28 Gardner where single, and not the double shown.

Gardner Motor Cars

[Rust Rustler]

Could well not be Gardner, that was my first impression when seeing the picture. My question is however " How can one discount identification because the bumper bar may not be factory spec " ?? Bumpers could have been altered by any number of successive owners for any number of reasons , indeed , could have been ordered with a double bumper rather than a single. Surely there are other defining features we can use for identification.

Beswt Wishes.....noel

[olympic]

It's a 1928 FIAT.

[Rust Rustler]

YEP SURE LOOKS LIKE IT............N

[Curti]

Hey Jim did you take the pix? Somehow, I get the feeling it was taken in OZ.

[sunroofcord]

Thanks Guys. It is definitely a 1928 Fiat. I just found the same picture on the Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society website, so assume that's where the photo originated.

http://www.svvs.org/help07.shtml

[Vintman]

Hi,

Thought I recognised it !!

Regards

Vintman

Classic Cars, Veteran Cars and Vintage Cars - The Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society

[DLynskey]

The first clue should have been the name of the file, ...1928_Fiat_521C.jpg . My browser displayed it briefly when the photo first came up but I didn't say anything just to see what people came up with. Right click on the photo and click "Properties" to see the file name.

Don

[Rust Rustler]

I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RADIATOR BADGE???? THERE IS NO HINT THAT THERE EVER WAS ONE AND THE 28 FIATS HAD A ROUND ONE ............NOEL

[Rust Rustler]

Hi Guys,

Thought I would throw a few more thoughts into the fray. I had a look at the listing on the Surrey Vintage Vehicle society site as suggested by Sunroofcord and here it says the photo was sent in by David Hindle who found it on his newly purchased property in france.

No big deal but David identifies it as Peugeot and presumably David was in an ideal position to read the hub caps.

Of course it is not a Peugeot but is is a Fiat?? How likely would it be that an Italian Fiat be found in France sporting a very nice pair of American Balcrank Bumpers??

Then of course what has happened to it's Radiator Badge?? This car shows no evidence that it ever was fitted with one.

Happy Motoring............Noel

[Dave Henderson]

Hey, this topic was appearing also on the General discussion forum, posted there too by sunroofcord. Look for "what is it" from 4 days back (from today, this is Saturday). I'm not convinced that it is a Fiat, which seems to be a conclusin drawn because of the titleing on a picture/jpg file. It may well be, but "Yellow Cab" still seems a plausable candidate. Can anyone come up with a different picture of a '28 Fiat?

[Guest Ajanae]

hi;

i have to say it is not a fiat it is a gardner old model thanks for shown it here

thanks!!

Rueckfahrkamera

[olympic]

Here's a couple of FIAT photos to consider. The only Gardner pictures I could find showed different hood louvers and 5 lug wheels.

[keiser31]

The first photo from "olympic" is a dead ringer for the car in question right down to the six lugged steel disk wheels and the front fender shape.

[Dave Henderson]

Olympic, thanks for that picture on the left. It very effectively establishes that it is a Fiat, perhaps a different year than sunroofcord's, noting the bumper difference. This is a great forum for information sharing.