Granddad's car

[shed driver]

I'll give it 5 minutes... I'm sure someone will know what kind of car it is. Date on the back says July 1932.



SD.

[nicanary]

I would have said Bullnose Morris but those bumpers suggest American car.

[finlo]

I'll open with a Crossley.

[Hol]

Is that an optical illusion or a Delorean in the background?

[shed driver]

finlo said:

I'll open with a Crossley.

Grand dad lived in Manchester, not far from the original Openshaw and Gorton factories. Born and brought up in Clayton. Although Crossley moved after WW1 he may have had some local affection for them?

SD.

[ferret50]

The age or style of the cars really do not matter, but we usually adorn them with an attractive young lady for the photo!

[daqinggregg]

To use the parlance of Professor Simon Peach, it seems like grandpa was/is an afficionado of the ‘larger ladies’.

[tapkaJohnD]

nicanary said:

I would have said Bullnose Morris but those bumpers suggest American car.

Why "American"? I used to know a Morris 10-4 that had the same bumpers.

John

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daqinggregg said:

To use the parlance of Professor Simon Peach, it seems like grandpa was/is an afficionado of the ‘larger ladies’.

Except that is a modern myth. Marilyn Monroe was a size 16. That lady looks perfect for 1932.

[daqinggregg]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

daqinggregg said:

To use the parlance of Professor Simon Peach, it seems like grandpa was/is an afficionado of the ‘larger ladies’.

Except that is a modern myth. Marilyn Monroe was a size 16. That lady looks perfect for 1932.

^ ^ ^ Not having much experience of vintage ladies JBS, I’ll take your word, that is the norm.

[Willhire89]

I think the bumper is a bit of a red herring

It is definitely a Bullnose Morris and it is an Oxford model because it has the nickel trims on the leading edge of the bonnet and it has the bar running between the headlights indicating a Barker dipping system - also nickeled hub caps

Some later Flatnose models had a similar style of bumper and it could be a retrofit

[Bobupndown]

Not a lot of tread left on that tyre!

[shed driver]

Willhire89 said:

I think the bumper is a bit of a red herring

It is definitely a Bullnose Morris and it is an Oxford model because it has the nickel trims on the leading edge of the bonnet and it has the bar running between the headlights indicating a Barker dipping system - also nickeled hub caps

Some later Flatnose models had a similar style of bumper and it could be a retrofit

Thanks, very helpful in trying to piece together my grandfather's life. I don't have many memories of him, but I've got his WW2 diaries which I'm scanning and reading. My dad passed away last year, so there's no one left to ask.

The lady in the picture is my grandmother - probably in her late twenties there - the photograph was found stuck between the pages of his diary from North Africa and Italy.

SD.

[Watcher of the skies]

daqinggregg said:

Jordie Barretts sock said:

daqinggregg said:

To use the parlance of Professor Simon Peach, it seems like grandpa was/is an afficionado of the ‘larger ladies’.

Except that is a modern myth. Marilyn Monroe was a size 16. That lady looks perfect for 1932.

^ ^ ^ Not having much experience of vintage ladies JBS, I’ll take your word, that is the norm.

It's still 1932 in New Zealand

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