TEI #017 - Solved. Albany, 1971.

Tom_I · May 30, 2011, 12:03:18 PM

Rather rakish wings/fenders on this "gentleman's speedy roadster".

For a point, can you identify the make and approximate year?

Tom_I · June 05, 2011, 11:40:02 AM

Experts?

Tackitt · June 05, 2011, 05:54:14 PM

Buick Model 10, Approximately 1910?

Tom_I · June 06, 2011, 04:37:36 AM

It does look a bit like a Buick, but it isn't one. The year is wrong too.

Tackitt · June 06, 2011, 05:59:02 PM

Am I overlooking the obvious? Is it a Ford Model T, around 1915?

Tom_I · June 07, 2011, 04:35:09 AM

Sorry, not a Ford, not 1915.

Tackitt · June 07, 2011, 01:54:06 PM

How about a Moon, Model 30, approximately 1912?

Tom_I · June 07, 2011, 02:09:55 PM

Sorry - wrong on both counts again.

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 04:36:59 AM

Let's see how long this lasts with the professionals.

Otto Puzzell · June 11, 2011, 06:14:59 AM

Pratt Elkhart?

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 06:22:15 AM

No, sorry.

Otto Puzzell · June 11, 2011, 06:30:36 AM

From a spin-off division of a better-known brand?

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 06:31:46 AM

No, a small independent manufacturer.

Otto Puzzell · June 11, 2011, 06:36:36 AM

From the American Midwest?

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 06:50:24 AM

No, sir.

Otto Puzzell · June 11, 2011, 06:57:53 AM

From the US at all?

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 07:00:28 AM

No, it's not from the US. That narrows it down a bit.

Otto Puzzell · June 11, 2011, 07:22:24 AM

From somewhere in the Americas?

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 09:09:54 AM

Not from the North or South American continents.

Otto Puzzell · June 11, 2011, 09:26:01 AM

UK?

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 09:40:05 AM

Yes, it's from the UK.

Quiller · June 11, 2011, 03:03:06 PM

I think this must be the Albany from 1971

Tom_I · June 11, 2011, 03:28:26 PM

That's exactly what it is! Well done. I think it's the gear lever which looks incongruous, and gives it away.

These cars were made by the Albany Motor Carriage Company in Christchurch, Dorset from 1971 until 1997. They were not intended as replicas of any particular model, but this does look like a Buick Model 10 from this angle. It's an early example, based on Morris Minor running gear. Later ones used Triumph mechanicals. I don't know how many were made altogether, but 110 were produced in the first six years. From 1992 they were made for export only.

There ought to be quite a few lurking around out there, but I've never seen one.

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TEI #017 - Solved. Albany, 1971.