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Please identify this vehicle and its builder for a point:

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Re: gte4289_95
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2019, 01:36:27 PM »
Experts?

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Re: gte4289_95
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2019, 01:54:59 PM »
French?
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Re: gte4289_95
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2019, 02:19:28 PM »

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Re: gte4289_95
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2019, 11:00:25 AM »
English

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Re: gte4289_95
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2019, 11:03:04 AM »

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Re: gte4289_95
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2019, 04:11:21 AM »
Pros?

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Re: gte4289_95
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2019, 04:04:37 AM »
Built before 1910?

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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2019, 03:39:00 PM »

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Re: gte4289_95
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2019, 06:47:06 AM »
It's a one-off?

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« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2019, 02:50:57 PM »

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Re: gte4289_95
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2019, 06:27:54 AM »
Alvechurch?

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« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2019, 06:02:11 PM »

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Re: gte4289_95
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2019, 06:20:52 AM »
T.A. Hubert Cyclecar by Baker & Dale?

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Re: gte4289_95
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2019, 03:20:00 PM »
T.A. Hubert Cyclecar by Baker & Dale?
No, that's not it.

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Re: gte4289_95
« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2019, 02:16:32 PM »
built in 1913?
https://rareandunique.media - Rare&Unique Vehicles magazine
http://magyarjarmu.hu - detailed Hungarian motoring history (Hungarian language)
http://automuseums.info - motoring museums' guide

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Re: gte4289_95
« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2019, 05:27:53 PM »

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Re: gte4289_95
« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2019, 06:16:30 PM »
Built by teenager Henry Birkin of Nottingham.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: gte4289_95
« Reply #18 on: March 25, 2019, 07:04:50 PM »
Built by teenager Henry Birkin of Nottingham.
Correct! Home-built cyclecar of future British racing driver Henry Ralph Stanley "Tim" Birkin, who was only 16 years old at the time.
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I didn't make the connection until I was in bed last night! I must have been very tired - it's obvious when you read it in the light of day!
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia