JC What is the Story - A Rover 8 h.p. using the first roadside petrol pump in Dublin at 25 Nassau Street

[DeAutogids]

For 1 point identify what is shown here. A really detailed answer might get you 2. For that you need to provide me with at least 3 facts.

[DeAutogids]

It seems the rookies are too busy racing, so maybe the experts will identify the story

[whcgt]

Small early electric car being charged via an electrical outlet on the lamp post. Have not been able to locate this vehicle, yet.

[DeAutogids]

It isn't.

[DeAutogids]

No replies, so moving up

[Allan L]

Small early electric car being charged via an electrical outlet on the lamp post. Have not been able to locate this vehicle, yet.

You won't remember petrol pumps like that, then?

[Wendax]

Is it the first petrol station on the Bahamas? 

[DeAutogids]

Is it the first petrol station on the Bahamas? 

It isn't the first, or the Bahamas, but it is something special.

[guido66]

Is the car running on gas and refueled through the gaslight system?

[DeAutogids]

No, normal petrol

[guido66]

Anti-theft device?

[DeAutogids]

I seem to have deleted the original picture.

OK.

1) The interesting thing of this picture is the place it is taken in, combined with the action depicted.
2) The make of the car is maybe not so easy to find out, but the location of the picture will open up likely suspects.

[guido66]

Moscow? Electric engine pre-heater?

[Allan L]

Looks as if it might be an 8 h.p. Rover V twin.

[DeAutogids]

Looks as if it might be an 8 h.p. Rover V twin.

That's correct!

[Otto Puzzell]

I suppose another likely location would be Long Island, New York

[DeAutogids]

It's more or less in between Moscow and New York.

[Otto Puzzell]

Ah - the Azores! 

[Otto Puzzell]

Or, going in the other direction, a resident of Nassau Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba, might require an engine block heater, which might get power from an electric street lamp pole.

[DeAutogids]

Small early electric car being charged via an electrical outlet on the lamp post. Have not been able to locate this vehicle, yet.

You won't remember petrol pumps like that, then?

[Otto Puzzell]

Sorry - I didn't understand what that meant. 

[Wendax]

Looks as if it is in Dublin, 25 Nassau Street, nowadays Reads book store.
Back then The Nassau Motor Co by Keating, Walter, Jun., Motor Car Agent

[DeAutogids]

Nassau Street, Dublin it is!

[DeAutogids]

But now why did I scan this picture? So we know the car and the location.

[Wendax]

Because it is the famous Irish "Wild Rover"