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Following on from my last post I have now manged to upload the photo. Do any vintage car experts know what make it is?



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Looks a bit like one of these

http://www.crossley-motors.org.uk/histo ... /14hp.html

Although the bar looks wrong, might be worth posting in the 'off topic' area at

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/forum/ph ... m.php?f=28

See if anyone can ID it for you there.

My husband thinks it may be a SQUIRE

lYN

On looking at his book of old registrations, the car was registered in London probably early 1933

Lyn

Sorry I replied on the other thread before I saw the photo. I believe that there is a letter behind the starting handle of the car, this will be crucial in determining where the car was registered as it is the last two letters that were important. My belief is based in the fact that in old registration plates (unlike today) letters were never split and there are obviously three characters on the top row.

Unfortunately I do not have any photo enhancement software - can anybody help?

I can see why you would think that Andrew, however in close up it looks like the numbers are split - there appears to be a slot cut into the number plate with the two letters either side.

I'm not sure if this enlargement will come out very well on the forum, but I'll give it a go.

The question is, is the starting handle there and covering the middle letter, or are the two letters separated because of the hole where the starting handle goes. I wouldn't like to assert either from the image we have.

On my screen it looks like the bumper/bar/line at the back of the numberplate, and which shows each side, is continued where the slot is i.e. the starting handle hole is empty. My long ago memories of a starting handle was that is was quite large (but then I was very small!) on my Dad's ancient car and if this is the same then it would probably show up and from the angle of the photo obscure the letters or that bumper. JMHO though!!

Going back to my youth (many years ago) I seem to remember that only very early cars would have a starting handle in place at all times. My fathers early cars would have the handle clipped inside the bonnet or in one case to the dash board. This car does not appear to have its handle in place as the bumper is fairly clear through the slot. I guess that YW 527 is the correct number.

I agree that it does look like a slot between the Y and W. Why is there what appears to be a 5 to the right of the W?