Solved NIC#92 - 1914 Perry 11.9hp

[nicanary]

Year, make and model, please.

[nicanary]

Experts?

[AlexFrance]

French? Rolland Pillain?

[nicanary]

French? Rolland Pillain?

Not French.

[nicanary]

 

[WayneB]

1919 Bean 11.9 made in Dudley, England

[nicanary]

1919 Bean 11.9 made in Dudley, England

Sorry, not a Bean.

[WayneB]

I just did some further research and I believe its a 1916 Perry 11.9 made in Tyseley, Birmingham.

Bean bought out the Perry company in 1918 which I guess is why the cars look so similar.

[nicanary]

I just did some further research and I believe its a 1916 Perry 11.9 made in Tyseley, Birmingham.

Bean bought out the Perry company in 1918 which I guess is why the cars look so similar.

Exactly right. It's actually a 1914 model, but you're close enough for the point. Just to make the inter-relations even more complex, the Perry company produced this car whilst being run by a member of the Bayliss-Thomas family.

There are hundreds, nay thousands, of marques we haven't had on Autopuzzles yet. Strike the Perry.

[WayneB]

Its a beautiful little car that, would love to own it.

[Wendax]

I'm not really much into British cars of that age, but I found it as a Perry 8 hp, not a 11.9 hp. Can you confirm one or the other?

[Allan L]

I'm not really much into British cars of that age, but I found it as a Perry 8 hp, not a 11.9 hp. Can you confirm one or the other?

It seems to be 1794 cc  which would be the 11.9 h.p.

[nicanary]

I'm not really much into British cars of that age, but I found it as a Perry 8 hp, not a 11.9 hp. Can you confirm one or the other?

It seems to be 1794 cc  which would be the 11.9 h.p.
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Definitely the 11.9hp model. The 8hp twin was built from 1912 onwards, and was a lot smaller and old-fashioned in appearance. I don't want to upload an image because it could be a future puzzle.

[Wendax]

Thanks!

[gte4289]

An older (possibly period) image of the puzzle car and an image of the Perry 8hp: