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5 hours ago, Colin Spong said:

Thornycroft J Type Lorry as supplied to the British Armed Forces in World War 1.

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thornycrofts, interesting, they had a huge works here in Southampton and actually worked for them as a contractor in the sixties ,but they were building warships then.

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7 hours ago, nzcarnerd said:

 

Pennsylvania??

 

Sure is.... 

Good call ! 

 

https://mainlinehealth.org/locations/bryn-mawr-hospital/about/125-years

Just NW of Ardmore PA off hwy 30... So ironic as I was recently doing some research on a early DB dealership in that area too.

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Regarding the Bryn Mawr Hospital  cab over engine panel/ambulance(?) I am guessing but isn't this a 2 cylinder Autocar?

Reminded me of the Autocar hotel bus that Austin Clark had that was a 1920 and we used to use to go to lunch in after a long morning session at one

of Austin's Iron Range Days at his auto museum looking for parts 40 years ago. On the way back from lunch we would always pay our respects to actor Gary Cooper who is buried in

a cemetery just down the road from the auto museum . We would drive into the cemetery ( about 25 of us loaded into the bus) and Austin would pause for a moment and the rest of

the people in the cemetery couldn't figure out what was going on.

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7 minutes ago, 30DodgePanel said:

 

It is... 

Not sure on year, I was thinking 1910 or 11 personally. 

 

Just from the pictures in The Standard Catalog it look as if 1911 was the first year for the fender 'eyebrows' and the 1912 looks much the same. Could be either.

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1930 Beverly Barnes - 8 cylinder at the London Motor Show. 11 foot 2 inch wheelbase.

A lot of the time when cars were photographed at the London Motor Show a white cloth was held up behind the car , this allowed easier publication of the photograph without a lot of editing by the magazine staff to eliminate distracting activity or other cars behind the prime subject. To the extreme right in this photo you can make out a guy wearing  a hat and vest , holding the cloth up with his right hand .

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1938 Packard 120 with ambulance coachwork. The location is Australia House in The Strand, London during wartime, probably around 1942.

The writing on the Packard states "Presented By Royal Automobile Club Victoria Australia, RACV  Patriotic Appeal". The Packard itself did

not come from Australia as it was registered in Yorkshire, England in 1938. British Empire countries raised funds for the war effort and paid

for ambulances and sometimes aircraft.  Due to the massive losses of vehicles in the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940 the government bought

many hundreds of cars for conversion into ambulances, fire tenders and tea wagons. Many patriotic owners gave their cars to the war effort .

American cars were favoured as they were big, tough and could withstand continued abuse. This Packard has a very neat body compared

with most conversions which were simply cars with the rear body hacked off behind the front doors and a crude wooden box body fitted.

Those cars that survived the war often enjoyed. a third metamorphosis into "woodies" and light rucks.

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3 minutes ago, Colin Spong said:

American cars were favoured as they were big, tough and could withstand continued abuse. This Packard has a very neat body compared

with most conversions which were simply cars with the rear body hacked off behind the front doors and a crude wooden box body fitted.

Those cars that survived the war often enjoyed. a third metamorphosis into "woodies" and light rucks.

Car 47.jpg

I assume too it had to do with parts supplies - they could fry other fish verses manufacture parts for British vehicles while purchasing parts from US.   And, not sure how Lend-Lease imp[acted as to vehicles, but there were probably some advantages for a short time in 1941.  

Sidenote:  I know the woman who had bought my RR PI Springfield new, bought the last unfinished RR PIII for 100K (Inskips finished the car) - that was I assume a "mercy buy" to funnel money into the country as apparently we were not able to privately donate to their effort. 

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Parts for American cars in England depending upon the popularity of the make could be reasonably obtainable. The Packard, Buick and to a certain extent Lincoln dealers in England were well equipped and there was a regular flow of cars across the Atlantic Ocean ( including parts) in the holds of luxury passenger ocean liners. Buicks were made in Canada as well so that allowed many with RHD to land on English soil with less taxation. Chrysler had a plant in Kew near London that made cars as well. The advertisements and listings of what American based cars were represented at London Motor shows give a great reading of what was going on and what was sold.

More obscure automotive commentary from long island ! 🥺. Thanks so much to my long time friend Colin Spong for his continued support of this thread with some amazing period photographs and detailed information.

And again I would be remiss if I didn't say thank you to all of you, who have supported this thread, by photo contributions, comments ( humorous, factual, not so factual , far out, and snide - I kinda like some of the snide ones) Special thanks always to AACA for putting up with a bunch of faded old photographs ( and some of you are thinking I am sure - yeah - from a faded old historian type  on long island) WG

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1 hour ago, alsancle said:

 

They were giving these away at Arizona this year.

 

https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/az20/arizona/lots/r0098-1931-rolls-royce-phantom-i-marlborough-town-car-landaulet-by-brewster/839186


 

Wow........I missed that number...........free is correct..........you should have bought it.

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