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Title: Solved: PN #1030 -- Ascot 10 HP, 1927
Post by: pnegyesi on August 24, 2017, 11:32:25 AM
Please ID this car for a point - brand and year will be enough
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 01, 2017, 10:42:33 PM
Experts?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: Fёdor on September 02, 2017, 02:50:52 AM

English
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 02, 2017, 01:28:33 PM
yes sir
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: Fёdor on September 03, 2017, 03:52:30 AM
Stafford
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 03, 2017, 04:09:59 AM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: Fёdor on September 03, 2017, 08:09:25 AM
Wolseley
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 03, 2017, 10:53:16 AM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: D-type on September 03, 2017, 06:39:59 PM
Jowett
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 03, 2017, 11:39:06 PM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: Fёdor on September 04, 2017, 05:18:02 AM
Swift
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 04, 2017, 06:26:35 AM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: barrett on September 05, 2017, 11:35:24 AM
Galloway?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 06, 2017, 10:05:43 AM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: Fёdor on September 09, 2017, 08:30:39 AM

Albert
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 09, 2017, 11:29:50 AM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: Skut on September 09, 2017, 01:53:24 PM
Clyno?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 09, 2017, 04:01:39 PM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 10, 2017, 03:24:10 AM
Professionals?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: Paul Jaray on September 10, 2017, 07:31:19 AM
Looks like a Beverley.
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 10, 2017, 10:11:11 AM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: Wendax on September 11, 2017, 03:48:28 AM
Airedale?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 11, 2017, 06:27:53 AM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: oko94 on September 14, 2017, 06:40:43 AM
Was the manufacturer active only between WWI and WWII ?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 14, 2017, 08:19:45 AM
yes
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: oko94 on September 14, 2017, 08:26:55 AM
Was the manufacturer active for more than 5 years ?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: ropat53 on September 14, 2017, 09:46:42 PM
NP Newport Pagnell?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 15, 2017, 12:39:04 PM
not an NP

The company was fairly short living, less than 5 years
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: ropat53 on September 15, 2017, 02:48:40 PM
Windsor by James Bartle & Co. Ltd?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 15, 2017, 03:51:38 PM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: Fёdor on September 17, 2017, 02:08:47 AM

Westwood
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 17, 2017, 02:17:00 AM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: ropat53 on September 17, 2017, 08:42:55 AM
Gilchrist?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 17, 2017, 10:53:24 AM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: Djetset on September 17, 2017, 04:11:06 PM
A Cubitt C1, c.1925?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 17, 2017, 10:39:25 PM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: luisps on September 27, 2017, 06:17:17 PM
VARLEY-WOODS?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 27, 2017, 10:48:55 PM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: luisps on September 28, 2017, 03:15:40 AM
HANDS?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 28, 2017, 04:10:25 AM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: luisps on September 28, 2017, 02:29:35 PM
MAGNETIC?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 28, 2017, 03:40:32 PM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: luisps on September 29, 2017, 06:32:10 AM
SCOTSMAN?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 29, 2017, 06:37:12 AM
no
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: luisps on September 29, 2017, 10:24:11 AM
McCURD?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 29, 2017, 01:16:49 PM
no

Unfortunately if I give you the only really valuable hint I can provide, then this puzzle would be solved in about 5 seconds.

So I try with a slightly less helpful clue :) Apparently the company built motorcycles under a slightly different brand name
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: luisps on September 30, 2017, 12:51:27 PM
ASCOT?
Title: Re: PN #1030
Post by: pnegyesi on September 30, 2017, 11:24:26 PM
The clue proved to be very effective. This is a 10 HP Ascot from 1927. Your point :)!
Title: Re: Solved: PN #1030 -- Ascot 10 HP, 1927
Post by: luisps on October 01, 2017, 03:37:48 AM
Tank you pnegesy, the clue was perfect.
Title: Re: Solved: PN #1030 -- Ascot 10 HP, 1927
Post by: Allan L on October 02, 2017, 04:00:22 AM
I really should have got this one as I live in the town where Ascot built their cars!
However as I wrote some years ago, the only photo of an Ascot I've seen is of a 1930 fabric-bodied six-light saloon with bolt-on wire wheels. I believe the first Ascot car was based on the Fejes, but although we've never seen what that looked like, this one doesn't seem likely to be it.