Solved - Whatisthiscar #10 Britannia 18-24 hp

neilshouse · June 30, 2009, 02:57:31 PM

Do you know the make and model of this car?

Thank you for looking and good luck with your guesses.

Octavia · July 01, 2009, 03:49:01 PM

1907 Renault

neilshouse · July 02, 2009, 03:42:33 AM

Sorry, It's not a Renault.

neilshouse · July 06, 2009, 11:54:26 AM

Do any experts know?

neilshouse · July 14, 2009, 01:13:20 PM

Moved to the last bastion of Autopuzzles expertise.

neilshouse · September 12, 2009, 08:33:27 AM

A clue.....

faksta · September 13, 2009, 01:32:33 PM

Eh..I don't get the clue yet, but is it Thomas?

neilshouse · September 13, 2009, 02:53:05 PM

Sorry, not a Thomas.

Paul Jaray · September 14, 2009, 03:26:18 AM

I don't get the clue either and if it means that this is a Six-cylinder car I'm wrong...
is this a Sultan 12-15 HP Landaulet from 1910 ?

neilshouse · September 14, 2009, 04:07:41 AM

Not a Sultan.

My clues seem to be a bit too obscure!

The crankshaft is not from the car but from a Landing Craft as used on D-Day in WW2, the crank monument stands on the site that the engines and the mystery car were built.

faksta · September 14, 2009, 04:14:01 AM

Well...Paxman?

neilshouse · September 14, 2009, 04:17:44 AM

The crankshaft was made by Paxman, but the car wasn't.

faksta · September 14, 2009, 04:22:49 AM

Is it Standard then?

neilshouse · September 14, 2009, 04:53:32 AM

Not Standard.

DynaMike · September 14, 2009, 06:06:50 AM

'Britannia' four cylinder 18-24 hp ?

neilshouse · September 14, 2009, 07:04:05 AM

Quote from: DynaMike on September 14, 2009, 06:06:50 AM
'Britannia' four cylinder 18-24 hp ?

Correct! One point to you.

The Britannia Engineering Co Ltd built cars in Colchester Essex from about 1904 until around 1908, it is thought that the cars were not very successful despite a guarantee 'to replace in our Factory, Free of Charge, . . . any part manufactured and supplied by us, found within six months after delivery to be defective in material and workmanship"

An earlier company based at the same Britannia works called 'The Britannia Electric Carriage Syndicate Ltd'. built electric cars in the 1890s.

I can't find much information about either of these companies and details on the internet are quite sketchy and sometimes contradictory so if anyone has any information about Britannia cars in Colchester I would be very very grateful indeed to hear any further details. (The factory, or rather the site of the factory, is situated very close to where I live).

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Solved - Whatisthiscar #10 Britannia 18-24 hp