I would like to add that Mr Fitzpatrick didn't do the conversion - he was a well-known character in the North Norfolk area, indeed my father knew him. He was a bit of an oddball and would often take the car for a drive in the summer and stop at local pubs for a drink. I have no idea who was responsible for the engine installation, or indeed how Mr F got hold of the car, but he owned it for many years until his death.
I meant to add - the date quoted for the engine installation is 1910, and I have found this confirmed on the internet. I wonder how the engineer came by the motor - it is generally accepted that it is a Maybach as fitted to Zeppelins, but they didn't come into commercial service until 1910. It seems unlikely to me that spare engines were available for sale to the public when they were required for a rapidly expanding mode of transport. I CAN understand them being available as war surplus from 1919 onwards, although airship travel was still considered as mainstream right up to the Hindenberg disaster.
Just looked again at the photo - Douglas Fitzpatrick is the man with fair hair on the extreme right of the group.
