tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post6055609216728520775..comments2024-03-23T16:10:12.319+00:00Comments on Hyde Cheshire Blog: Name That CarTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-65321438580291031402011-03-31T19:49:29.761+01:002011-03-31T19:49:29.761+01:00Yes, Flat Nose Morris was in my mind too although ...Yes, Flat Nose Morris was in my mind too although I wasn't able to find a picture, but now I've found this:<br />//www.iamo.org.uk/Models/1927%204%20cylinder%20Oxford-Cowley.htm<br />which looks close enough and the car in 'our' picture has three-stud wheels which seems to indicate, as you say, a Cowley.Dave Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-87687890795916163302011-03-31T19:27:52.465+01:002011-03-31T19:27:52.465+01:00Hi Gerald.. more good info... did not concider che...Hi Gerald.. more good info... did not concider checking that.<br /><br />After spending a few hours trawling google images, and countless vintage car clubs, forums, and collections, the nearest thing to the above car I have come across is a 1929-30 Morris Cowley 'Flat Nose' 4 Door Saloon, there's also a Morris Oxford 'Flat Nose of a similar age but my money is on a Cowley.<br />I have gone off the shape of the grill, the mascot?, the front wing shape, the 10 spoke wheels, the way the doors are hinged and then the overall look... I hope Dave can check this out and see what he thinks.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-65114737992632131342011-03-31T13:54:48.022+01:002011-03-31T13:54:48.022+01:00Don't know the car but information about the r...Don't know the car but information about the registration number reveals "This combination was issued from July 1927 to Sep. 1932. <br /><br />This plate would have been issued by East Sussex C.C. (currently Brighton)."<br /><br />so the photograph must be later than 1927 and the car is a long way from its home.Gerald (SK14)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-49970194736698387992011-03-31T13:12:48.766+01:002011-03-31T13:12:48.766+01:00Great picture! Thanks Janet :)
Some really good in...Great picture! Thanks Janet :)<br />Some really good investigative work there, Dave!Hydonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723686770197717456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-2629335977261849032011-03-31T11:52:01.171+01:002011-03-31T11:52:01.171+01:00Great information Dave. A for the car I also drew ...Great information Dave. A for the car I also drew a blank... I took advantage of my insomnia last night and spent a good 2 hours trawling through pictures of vintage cars.... It was very frustrating... I came across a Ford, a Rover, and a Standard that all reminded me n some way... but could not come up with the modal.. I'll see if I can crop the top of the grill and see if it shows up anything. Those 10 spoked wheels are very similar to what I came across on the Standard's. I will have another trawl later.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-92121459860194002142011-03-31T11:36:20.578+01:002011-03-31T11:36:20.578+01:00Kelly's Directory of 1914 shows F. Knowles &am...Kelly's Directory of 1914 shows F. Knowles & Son, Solicitors (he'd obviously had at least one other son by the time this picture was taken) at 1 Beeley Street. That should mean that the shop in the picture is on the corner of Beeley Street and Clarendon Place - and the Directory shows a John Robert Hadfield, grocer, at 22 Clarendon Place. F.Knowles was called Frederic and the son Arthur, and the Directory shows them both living at 188 Mottram Road. I've still not had any luck in trying to identify the car.Dave Williamsnoreply@blogger.com