Topic: New Year's Day 2: 1905 Argyll 16/20 Tourer

[Allan L]

A photo taken at our local New Year's Day gathering:
Make, and year of this engine if you can!

[Allan L]

10 days without a single guess
Do you need a clue to start you off?

[@re]

Engines are not my cup of tea. But speaking of tea - is it English?

[Allan L]

Engines are not my cup of tea. But speaking of tea - is it English?

The pedantic answer to that is no!
It's British!

[@re]

Which means it is built in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland?

[Allan L]

Which means it is built in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland?

Quite right.

[chapel]

Climax?

[Allan L]

Climax?

Not very often!
D'you mean Coventry Climax, in which case geography will tell you it's not.

[@re]

Correct me if I'm wrong (I said that engines are not really my thing) but that's an eight-cylinder engine, right? Eight spark plugs, anyway. I have yet to come up with a Scottish car manufacturer that have produced an eight-cylinder engine, so my question is this: Is it Scottish?

[Allan L]

Correct me if I'm wrong (I said that engines are not really my thing) but that's an eight-cylinder engine, right? Eight spark plugs, anyway. I have yet to come up with a Scottish car manufacturer that have produced an eight-cylinder engine, so my question is this: Is it Scottish?

Eight spark plugs, yes.
Scottish, yes

[@re]

Albion?

[Allan L]

Albion?

No.

[@re]

Beardmore?

[D-type]

Argyll?

[Allan L]

Argyll?

Yes!!!
Year?

[D-type]

No idea - 1914?

[Allan L]

Separate cylinders and T-head were rare by 1914, so no - it's earlier.
You could try each year in turn, but where's the fun in that?

[Paul Jaray]

Hi, I won't take credit for that 'cause D-type spot the car...I found this car (license plate # G1239) and it's called Argyll Tourer from 1905.

[Allan L]

That's the one!