rogerp Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 This is what a friend of mine has come up with. ----------------------------------------------------------- Quote: I looked through my book of veteran ( not vintage - but the right era for this one ) cars last night quite often the bodies were not made by the car builder so not too many clues from the angle that it was taken - there nearest I could see with that type of radiator and the vents on the side of the bonnet was an early rolls-royce (before they had their distinctive radiator) - but at that time a lot of small companies were building cars from parts sourced from the same manufacture ( example -another manufacturer to use a similar radiator shape was Morris). However the mudguards on the pic looked similar to the RR I have in my book. Might be worth a trawl around the net to see if you can find a pic of a similar model from the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve salmons Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 I think I will float this out onto the Classic Cars Forum and see what I get. I didn't realise that there were so many common parts and such a diversity of makers in the early days. Thanks for all the efforts. I will post here if I get a definite ID.<br> Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Well, keep us informed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_sutcliffe Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 My memory is fading now but 40 years ago when I was an army electrician, an officer asked me to do some auto re-wire work on an MG, in the same garage at Cookham in Berkshire was a car under restoration that looked amazingly like your picture. I saw it many times over a three month period of odd-jobbing. I was told it was called a Hallamshire which stuck in my mind because my girlfiend then lived at Hallam in Sheffield and I did some research for the owner at the Hallam library but found nothing relevant. The guy who owned it said he had tried for years to get spares but had never found anything like it.He also said it was about 1908 but had no documents to confirm that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve salmons Posted November 26, 2007 Author Share Posted November 26, 2007 I have now posted this question on the Classic cars forum. If anyone is interested in following progress it can be found here:<br><a href= "http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/forum/phpbb/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=16381#16381"> Classic Cars Forum</a><br>Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofey_kalakar Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Daimler-Circa 1900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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