Sleek and low.
For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Made in USA
No
British
Yes
One awkward question. Name from A to M?
No
the company made cars between 1912 and 1915?
I wouldn't call it a car company. Some parts of the pictured car date from before your mentioned time span, some are younger.
Is this a one-off project?
Yes
the final step up
Can it be found online ?
Yes
Made entirely out of British components ?
As far as I can tell, yes. But later in its life it had a foreign engine.
Was the first engine from a mainstream manufacturer ?
I didn't know the engine manufacturer. The puzzle picture probably shows the car when it had the foreign engine.
German engine ?
No
French engine ?
Yes
As the radiator is behind the engine, could it be a Renault unit ?
No
Citroen?
No
Peugeot?
No
Motorcycle engine ?
No
4-cylinder car engine ?
Yes
Nice, that leaves approximately only 1364 possibilities ;D
Was the engine built during the thirties ?
I don't know, but to help you a bit: It was from a well known supplier of car engines.
Ruby ?
No
SCAP ?
No
Chapuis-Dornier ?
Yes
Any relation with Walter Paddon ?
No
Bespoke chassis or was it sourced from a British car ?
Bespoke chassis as far as I can tell
Are there some body parts sourced from other British cars ?
My source doesn't mention any.
Was the final product in the 1920s?
My source is vague there, some year around 1930.
is your source a magazine online?
No
a Facebook group?
No, I am not a Facebook member.
When the VCCofGB had a Dating Panel research team which I was part of I could take this to our meeting and show Monty (Goding) and Gordon (Brooks) and between the three of us we'd have an answer. On my own and without the VCC Library I'm left asking if this car comes from Coventry like many experimental cars.
I'm sure Gordon Brooks knows the answer, so I will lock this for you. ;)
Quote from: Wendax on January 09, 2021, 11:45:15 AM
I'm sure Gordon Brooks knows the answer, so I will lock this for you. ;)
Thanks for this clue!
As I do not think you are in touch with Gordon, I reasoned that there must be some reference to him and this car on the Internet and so it proved.
Thomas Spencer, joiner and watchmaker, probably built at least two cars sometime around 1900 and this seems to be the second one. Spencer was in Misterton, Nottinghamshire but his car was registered W94, a Sheffield (Yorkshire) registration.
The car seems to have had several different forms of body, including a post van, and four different engines.
A perfect answer brings you a shiny new point. :)