SOLVED: FW #610: Chic 14-40 HP, 1923-1926

[fromwien]

Please be so kind and identify this car: Make? Type? Year?

[fromwien]

Experts?

[marmer]

Horch?

[fromwien]

No

[fromwien]

Professionals?

[nicanary]

American ?

[fromwien]

No

[ropat53]

British?

[fromwien]

No

[ropat53]

European?

[fromwien]

No

[ropat53]

1922 Chic from Australia?

[fromwien]

Yes, it is a Chic from Australia, but not from 1922
LOCKED for you for three attempts to find correct year and type

[ropat53]

1924 Chic 15-30 h.p.?

[fromwien]

1924 is in the range of the model which I am looking for, but it isn't a 15-30 HP

[ropat53]

They were available with, either a 2.1-litre four or a 2.7-litre six Meadows engine.

[fromwien]

Yes, I agree with you, but I am still waiting for the right type designation... 

[ropat53]

14/40 HP?

[fromwien]

 

[ropat53]

Thank you for the point.

[fromwien]

You are welcome. See you soon in the Masters-section, where more than 70 percent of the active players waiting for scarce puzzles 

[GrahamClayton]

The Chic was an 'assembled' car using British components, such as a Meadows 4 and 6 cylinder engines and gearbox. Clarence Chick described his vehicle as "a BRITISH car designed for Australian conditions". A five seat tourer, five seat sedan and a two-seat roadster. were exhibited at the 1923 Adelaide Motor Show. Production ended in 1927, and Clarence Chick moved to Melbourne, working as a consulting engineer. Approximately 40 were built, with 4 known to survive today.

A Chic was one of 5 Australian built cars featured in a set of 30 cent stamps released in 1984.