A 1920 Vulcan 16hp tourer.Reg No. FP 1793.Car No. WRD83.Engine No. 11013.GreyFounded in the late 1800’s, Vulcan had grown into one of the largest makers of cars and commercial vehicles in the North-West of England. Commercials continued to be produced until the 1950’s, eventually being absorbed i..
A 1928 Alvis TG 12/50 Cross & Ellis two-seat tourer with dickey.Reg No. RU 7054.Car No. 11405.Engine No. 9001.Blue and black with dark tan interior.Introduced in 1924, the 12/50 had an OHV engine of 1645cc. At some point in the car’s history, the engine was replaced. A coil conversion, LED li..
1928
Alvis
TG 12/50 Cross & Ellis two-seat tourer with dickey.
A 1927 Austin Chummy.Reg No. UD 1426.Car No. 44049.Engine No. Not known.Blue and black with black upholstery.The ubiquitous Austin 7 was first produced in 1922, the last civilian variants coming off the production line in 1939 as the Big 7.Found in a scrap yard in Coventry..
A circa 1924 Star 12/25 four-seat tourer.Reg No. BF 7966. Car No. LA6323JD.Engine No. LA3476.Maroon and black with black interior.For well over 30 years, Star was a major force in the British motor industry both in quantity and variety of models offered. Post WWI, simplification ..
A 1923 Austin 12/4 Mulliner two-seater with dickey.Reg No. CO 5851.Car No. 2TC-607.Engine No. 2069.Grey with cream interior.The ubiquitous 12/4 is one of the most widely recognised vintage cars, partly due to the children’s series of ‘Gumdrop’ stories by Val Biro. Sound design and construction ha..
A 1927 Talbot 14/45 DHC with dickey, body by W & G Du Cros.Reg No. YU 8665. Car No. 23293.Engine No. AD1357.Green and black with black interior.Georges Roesch, a Swiss automotive engineer, worked under Louis Coatalen in the 1920’s at the Talbot Motor Works in Barlby Road North Kensington, to ..
A 1923 Sunbeam 14hp four-seat tourer.Reg No. DA 7349. Car No. 5575C.Engine No. 5606C.Blue and black with black interior.Renowned for the quality of their construction, Sunbeam cars started life producing bicycles in Wolverhampton, the car Company founded in 1905. Louis Coatalen’s participation in..
A 1924 Crossley 19.6hp Sports tourer.Reg No. NE 802. Car No. 16836. Engine No. 16883. Cream with red interior.The Manchester Company had a long history, first producing cars in 1904. WWI enabled the Company to expand with War Department contracts for commercial vehicles and Staff..
A 1914 14hp Humber tourer. Reg No. NA 2161.Car No. H325.Engine No. H345.Mole with brown upholstery.From an interest in motor vehicles beginning in 1896, the motor division of Humber Ltd became much more important than the cycle and motorcycle divisions, and by 1913 were second only to Wolseley as..
A 1905 Darracq 10 hp, four-seat, rear entry tourer. Reg No. AX812.Car No. 9386ZV.Engine No. 9386ZV.Green and black with brown upholstery.Alexandre Darracq founded A Darracq et Cie in 1897 with the profits from his Gladiator bicycle company. By 1904, the Darracq company, after som..