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About #183: 1907 Daimler ? (UPDATES)

After the flood of answers on quiz #182, it remained awfully quiet after last week’s quiz. “Automobile no 212” was, according to the text on the back of the Glenn Miller record, a 1907 Daimler Coupé Transformable. Jury members Mark Dawber and Carleton Hughes both guessed right that the body looks English by the CAV sidelights, the right-hand drive and the sharply pitched, rather tasteless scuttle, but couldn’t identify the make. And that brought doubt to our minds too. The image on the Glenn Miller record was made by the artist Piet Olyslager who, apart from his workshop manuals, is also famous for his accurate drawings (bugattipage.com). Unfortunately this wasn’t one of those. So there’s no prize to give this week, but if you can prove, based on the above information, it really is a Daimler, we’ll award it anyway. \n This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it '> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (RB) (Copyright image EurotaxOlyslager).
UPDATE IV: Peter Dew thinks that regardless of whether the yellow car is a Daimler or not, chauffeur driven cars in the UK were normally Left Hand Drive so that the chauffeur could get out and open the door, though perhaps in the period to 1913, before the war, there was still a footman.
UPDATE III: John Barringer says “This car is not a Daimler. All Edwardian Daimlers had the top of the radiator projecting above the top bonnet line, also all Daimlers have a serrated finish on the radiator top. Another factor is that all Edwardian Daimlers of this age had a factory fitted scuttle which had a rounded top and nickel plated rounded top corners. The main problem here is that it is an artists impression where artistic license can creep in! I think that it is supposed to be an Austin 18/24 model. The scuttle treatment looks right and so does the radiator and bonnet (hood) line.
UPDATE II by Mark Dawber:"I suppose it could be a Delahaye but the body looks English and I think it is much later than 1907 - more likely 1913 with a scuttle like that. Is the artist still alive? May be you could ask him where he got the idea for the picture."(Mr. Olyslager has deceased in 1993)
UPDATE I: Carleton Hughes is convinced it is a Delahaye.

Friday, 16 June 2006