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Solved NIC#1277 - 1906 Bell 20hp
« on: November 08, 2020, 07:42:00 AM »
What could this be? Just a few thousand to choose from.
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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2020, 07:04:21 AM »
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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2020, 08:24:20 AM »
British?

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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2020, 08:55:04 AM »
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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2020, 09:45:24 AM »
Is this a factory-made chassis waiting for its coachbuilder?

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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2020, 09:47:21 AM »
I couldn't have found anything very specific... 4-cylinder inline (15-20 HP) of the beginning 20th century?

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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2020, 11:08:11 AM »
It is a chassis waiting to be bodied, but probably at the factory and not a coachbuilder.

The date is the early 20th century and the engine is rated 20hp.
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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2020, 02:20:46 PM »
Alldays & Onions ?

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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2020, 03:14:13 PM »
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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2020, 03:47:45 PM »
Is this a defunct brand?

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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2020, 04:26:43 PM »
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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2020, 04:52:32 PM »
Albion?

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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2020, 05:32:17 AM »
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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2020, 06:16:58 AM »
Austin?

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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2020, 07:57:29 AM »
Sheffield-Simplex?

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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #15 on: December 07, 2020, 08:16:39 AM »
Neither Austin nor Sheffield-Simplex.
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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #16 on: December 07, 2020, 09:13:08 AM »
Next possible marque, following the alphabet, would be Bell?

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Re: NIC#1277
« Reply #17 on: December 07, 2020, 10:46:34 AM »
Next possible marque, following the alphabet, would be Bell?

You would be right. It's the chassis of a 1906 Bell 20hp. I've got a picture somewhere of the car complete with body, and I'll post it sometime.
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Re: Solved NIC#1277 - 1906 Bell 20hp
« Reply #18 on: December 07, 2020, 10:58:02 AM »
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Re: Solved NIC#1277 - 1906 Bell 20hp
« Reply #19 on: December 07, 2020, 11:19:02 AM »
With body.
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