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Solved NIC#572 - Wolseley 24/30 Staff Cars from WW1
« on: March 08, 2016, 07:18:16 AM »
What are these cars?
« Last Edit: June 22, 2016, 03:47:13 AM by nicanary »
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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2016, 05:21:15 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2016, 01:54:35 PM »
Don't know the cars but the guy beyond the third bonnet looks like Lord Lucan....

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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2016, 02:13:46 PM »
Don't know the cars but the guy beyond the third bonnet looks like Lord Lucan....

 ;D. Maybe he had a time machine......
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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2016, 06:33:52 AM »
The man with moustache in the foreground just on the right of the Steering-wheel of the first car is my Uncle Jim!

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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2016, 06:41:30 AM »
I took that picture.

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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2016, 07:35:08 AM »
I took that picture.

How many years before you were born?!
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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2016, 07:47:55 AM »
Pros?
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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2016, 06:53:09 PM »
Wolseley-Siddeley's?

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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2016, 04:06:01 AM »
Wolseley-Siddeley's?

You're on the right track, ans this is worth a LOCK.

Not actually Wolseley-Siddeleys, if you see what I mean.
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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2016, 06:46:57 AM »
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Not actually Wolseley-Siddeleys, if you see what I mean.
Not quite yet, however, could they be Italian Wolsits?

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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2016, 06:54:33 AM »
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Not actually Wolseley-Siddeleys, if you see what I mean.
Not quite yet, however, could they be Italian Wolsits?

Sorry - I wasn't very clear. They were built after Siddeley left the company. Still locked.
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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2016, 08:06:14 AM »
Just Wolseley? There's got to be a catch somewhere, there's always a catch at the Pro level.

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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #13 on: June 21, 2016, 08:17:33 AM »
Just Wolseley? There's got to be a catch somewhere, there's always a catch at the Pro level.

No catch at all. All the posts were of a humerous nature, but nobody bothered to actually answer the puzzle, which is very simple.

The cars are indeed Wolseleys. What model and the point is yours?
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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #14 on: June 21, 2016, 08:38:17 AM »
I see, I'll have a guess at the 16/20?

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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2016, 11:00:44 AM »
I see, I'll have a guess at the 16/20?

Bigger.
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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #16 on: June 21, 2016, 05:22:19 PM »
The next size up is a 20/24HP?

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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2016, 05:30:15 PM »
The next size up is a 20/24HP?

Try the next one..... ;)
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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #18 on: June 21, 2016, 05:36:36 PM »
24/30HP?

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Re: NIC#572
« Reply #19 on: June 22, 2016, 03:46:28 AM »
24/30HP?

Bingo! A line up of Wolseley 24/30 staff cars from WW1. I don't think the young lad at the front is supposed to be in the picture!
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