Classic car named Jibuti?

[mike6024]

1934 Austin 7 Saloon

 

[Jeffreyadams100]

Wow. This is great. I'll keep gathering details to narrow the years and details. Thank you. Really brings things to life. 

[Pilgrim65]

Called my red Buick Ruby and I remember Austin produced a small car in 30s called a Ruby 

[Billy Kingsley]

I'm quite sure the car is named Jibouti, but that's not it's model name. I notice in your quotes he doesn't call it the Jibouti, he just calls it Jibouti, like he referred to people by name. Whatever it was, he gave it that name which must have had some importance to him. 

 

I believe Sopwith also had a small aircraft named Snipe, but aircraft is not where my main knowledge lies, so I could be wrong.

[Graham Man]

This one is a French ambulance...seating is fore and aft (2 person) you can see the long drive belt

 

 

That's a Bedelia cyclecar ambulance prototype. During WWI, the French army thought cyclecars would be a handy way of getting injured troops off the front line

[dictator27]

18 hours ago, Jeffreyadams100 said:

Any thoughts on what would be considered a military scout car during WWII?

March 10, 1943

[Captain Alec Francis came over with some Guardsmen in scout cars]

There were more than a dozen makers of scout cars in Britain in WW2.  Daimler, Morris, Humber, Lanchester, AEC and Guy to name a few.  Built to a standard military pattern as a light armoured vehicle often with a crew of four - Commander, driver, gunner and radio operator.

[Jeffreyadams100]

Nicoll was a Captain in the R.A.M.C. in WWI Mobile Ambulance Corp so he'd be familiar with cars in that context as well though not in France.