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Re: Q845
« Reply #25 on: December 16, 2013, 08:35:17 AM »
Rochdale?
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Re: Q845
« Reply #26 on: December 16, 2013, 01:23:24 PM »
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Re: Q845
« Reply #27 on: December 16, 2013, 01:27:05 PM »
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Re: Q845
« Reply #28 on: December 17, 2013, 04:05:50 AM »
None of the above. This one is quite obscure
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Re: Q845
« Reply #29 on: December 18, 2013, 02:44:58 PM »
I know peerless isn,t super obscure,but I thought I would give it a whirl?
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Re: Q845
« Reply #30 on: December 19, 2013, 02:14:46 PM »
Worth a whirl but not a Peerless...
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Re: Q845
« Reply #31 on: December 19, 2013, 03:56:51 PM »
Very interesting. Was this a commercially available body or a private venture by an individual?
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Re: Q845
« Reply #32 on: December 19, 2013, 04:00:49 PM »
Debonair?
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Re: Q845
« Reply #33 on: December 22, 2013, 01:09:30 PM »
Quote from: barrett on December 19, 2013, 03:56:51 PM
Very interesting. Was this a commercially available body or a private venture by an individual?

It's believed that six or seven were made
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Re: Q845
« Reply #34 on: December 22, 2013, 01:10:32 PM »
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Re: Q845
« Reply #35 on: December 22, 2013, 02:53:56 PM »
Did the company make other bodies that might be better known or was this their sole attempt at making cars?
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Re: Q845
« Reply #36 on: December 23, 2013, 12:41:20 PM »
This was the only model produced. However the designer worked for several well-known companies...
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Re: Q845
« Reply #37 on: December 29, 2013, 03:54:59 AM »
Shirley?
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Re: Q845
« Reply #38 on: December 29, 2013, 04:50:12 AM »
Quote from: targhediferro on December 29, 2013, 03:54:59 AM
Shirley?

Not that. The car is named after its creator, who worked for at least two major car brands
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Re: Q845
« Reply #39 on: December 29, 2013, 06:36:17 AM »
Is it an early work from David Ogle ?
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Re: Q845
« Reply #40 on: December 29, 2013, 07:16:01 AM »
I'll go with the name Brookes
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Re: Q845
« Reply #41 on: December 29, 2013, 07:22:20 AM »
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Re: Q845
« Reply #42 on: December 29, 2013, 07:59:20 AM »
Humberstone?
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Re: Q845
« Reply #43 on: December 29, 2013, 11:58:59 AM »
Quote from: Arunas on December 29, 2013, 07:16:01 AM
I'll go with the name Brookes

Brookes is correct! Very good - not at all easy.
Fred Brookes worked for Singer before and Ford after this car, which dates from circa 1956 or 1957
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