Barry Wolk Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RonB Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 It's RHD and i see a Lucas voltage regulator. In board drum brakes? Alvis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Byrd Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Don't know, but check out those "wide 5" wheels and the front bumper mounts ! Hydraulic ?, spring-loaded? Neat mystery, did you ask the passenger in the truck what kind of vehicle it was ? Now I'll have to try to dig through my old Automobile Quarterlies, ha ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Those bumpers will be a key factor to the identification of the chassis. Not Alvis or Riley from what I can determine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Wolk Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 The rear suspension seems to be a torsion system, and that's a true X-frame. "Calling the resident X-frame expert!"The bumpers seem to be on the ends of the torsion bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 To me the cowl looks like a Bentley R type or RR sister car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 European. I'm going to guess MB small HP, but not sure of the exact model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prs519 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 But that distributor looks like a camshaft driven Ford flathead!? That differential is something else, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Wolk Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 I don't see a distributor. I just noticed that it has lever shocks in front. Does that help date it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 That long horizontal tube in the front/center looks to be for a crank...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 (edited) My guess is Mercedes 170, mid 30s to early 50s (most likely early 50s).Notice the rear bumper in this video WikipediaMercedes-Benz W136 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edited July 1, 2013 by Rusty_OToole (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Wolk Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 That was suggested elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Forgot the Benz use coil springs. Back to the drawing board.Possibly a Tatra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Wolk Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Tatra was rear engined, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 That looks to be a fairly good size car, Barry. It fills what looks to be a standard size trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Wolk Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 I thought so, too. It screams mid-30s to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 The wheels are a good hint, too with the mid-thirty's open pattern and 40s style outer rim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 How many makes used Lucas electrics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Tatra 77 was rear engine, earlier models were front engine (I thought it might be a 57). It does look English but what English car had swing axle IRS and torsion bars in the 30s - 50s? There were the Burney Streamlines but they were rear engine, besides they didn't look anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RonB Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I think i have it now,it's a large prewar/ immediate post war Lancia. The rear torsion bar suspension,lever action shocks and especially the inboard brakes are exactly what the large Lancias had, The small cars were DeDion rear end chassis with a trans axle,different to the big limos . Also,it's right hand drive which the big italian cars featured . The only Englsih cars apart from jags to feature in board brakes were Rover P6's with the disc set up on a DeDion rear end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidAU Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 To me, with the coil sprung front end and independant rear axle it could be a J-2 Allard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Never saw an Allard J-2 with bumpers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1912Staver Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 The front lever shocks look like Armstrong's. The wheels are not familiar at all. S. A. Star Saphire? {just a guess} Greg in Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 It's right hand drive so it looks like it could be Jaguar or Daimler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 The bumpers look like they're from a Daimler Consort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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