Can Anyone Identify My Dads Car

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  1. andypandy

    andypandy Crème de la Crème

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    I know some of you are petrol heads and some of you just have a keen interest in cars so I wondered if anyone can identify my Dads car from the photo below. I know he talked about owning a "baby" Austin and I think the picture might have been taken in 1938. He died in 1976.

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  2. Ducatitotriumph

    Ducatitotriumph Crème de la Crème

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    I can see it!!!
    He's leaning against it!!!!
    Seriously, austin 10?????
     
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  3. Wessa

    Wessa Cruising

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    I think it looks like an Austin 7 Box Saloon ?
     
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  5. swampy61

    swampy61 Well-Known Member

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    Another vote for Austin 7
     
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  6. johne

    johne Standing on the shoulders of dwarves.

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    Great photo!
     
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  7. Wessa

    Wessa Cruising

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    Here is a picture of the said car....

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  8. Tigcraft

    Tigcraft Unheard of Member

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    I’ll go along with that. I’ve compared side by side and think you’ve got that Steve.
     
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  9. Tigcraft

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    Also Two letters DK Is 1903-35 Rochdale
     
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  10. andyc1

    andyc1 Lunarville 7, Airlock 3

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    Was going to say 7... buts thats the only one I know as I'm only a young un :p
     
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    andyc1 Lunarville 7, Airlock 3

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    Great picture by the way :)
     
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  12. andypandy

    andypandy Crème de la Crème

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    That was easy then wasn't it ? Austin 7. Great, well done chaps and thanks. I can write that on the back of the photo now. :)
     
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  13. Tigcraft

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    Do you really know how many types of seven there was? Look at a tourer or boat tail or Ulster. Then there’s Ruby, chummy, even the early 1960s mini was officially an Austin 7!! Datsun copied it early days, bmw copied it and called it Dixi. Oh it’s got some reight histry!!
     
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  14. andypandy

    andypandy Crème de la Crème

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    You always have to over complicate things don't you ? :p
    OK clever dick, what type was my Dad's car and how many miles had it done when that picture was taken ?
     
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  15. Wessa

    Wessa Cruising

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    Ok @Tigcraft I have given you a head start in post #3 on the type of Austin 7. So over to you on the mileage :):)
     
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  16. BonnieCat

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    The design was also licensed to BMW and the car was called the Dixi. I saw one at the BMW museum.
     
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  17. Tigcraft

    Tigcraft Unheard of Member

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    Sorry not on dvla s mot mileage log! :joy:
     
  18. Tigcraft

    Tigcraft Unheard of Member

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    Just said that in post 13! ;)
     
  19. BonnieCat

    BonnieCat Crème de la Crème

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    Oops, sorry Eric;)
    It seemed odd seeing an obvious Austin 7, but with a BMW badge on the radiator.
     
  20. Tigcraft

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    Yes it’s amazing that lots of manufacturers who you would never have guessed copied such simple basics from the UK. If you ever search the history of MZ for example the RT125 from many moons ago ended up as one of Harley Davidsons bikes, also the Russians took the copyright then made it their own and guess what the most famous copy of the MZ was the BSA Bantam!!
     
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