Author Topic: DAR 17 Riley 12/50 First car to travel Nairobi to Mombasa 1926 (Read 1279 times)

D-type · « **on:** November 15, 2021, 05:09:29 PM »

What? When? Who? What specific event does it show?

D-type · « **Reply #1 on:** November 21, 2021, 01:36:32 PM »

No takers in the Rookies so up to the Experts

FrontMan · « **Reply #2 on:** November 21, 2021, 04:14:25 PM »

Star 14/40 ?

D-type · « **Reply #3 on:** November 21, 2021, 04:19:24 PM »

No, but you've got the right country

FrontMan · « **Reply #4 on:** November 21, 2021, 06:14:39 PM »

Belsize ?

D-type · « **Reply #5 on:** November 22, 2021, 01:04:29 PM »

No, more common (I think)

FrontMan · « **Reply #6 on:** November 22, 2021, 03:22:36 PM »

Vulcan ?

D-type · « **Reply #7 on:** November 22, 2021, 04:52:18 PM »

I've never even hard of a Vulcan. This car is from a mainstream British manufacturer.

FrontMan · « **Reply #8 on:** November 22, 2021, 06:23:53 PM »

..........I seem to recall that Vulcan, of Crossens, Southport were associated with the Bean organisation for a while. Which prompts my next guess;.....Hadfield-Bean 14/45?

D-type · « **Reply #9 on:** November 23, 2021, 12:03:19 PM »

Nope. More mainstream. The maker is now 'dormant' but continued to sell cars until the sixties

FrontMan · « **Reply #10 on:** November 23, 2021, 12:43:54 PM »

Singer ?

D-type · « **Reply #11 on:** November 24, 2021, 04:49:35 PM »

No, but that guess is the 'warmest' so far

FrontMan · « **Reply #12 on:** November 25, 2021, 05:54:19 AM »

Hillman 14hp 1924 ?

D-type · « **Reply #13 on:** November 25, 2021, 08:12:46 AM »

Not a Hillman. Not a Rootes Group brand

FrontMan · « **Reply #14 on:** November 25, 2021, 03:50:05 PM »

Alvis 11/40 ?

D-type · « **Reply #15 on:** November 25, 2021, 04:44:45 PM »

Nope, not an Alvis - it's a more common make than an Alvis

FrontMan · « **Reply #16 on:** November 26, 2021, 03:45:47 AM »

Riley 11hp ?

D-type · « **Reply #17 on:** November 26, 2021, 06:20:02 AM »

Riley

- but not 11hp

FrontMan · « **Reply #18 on:** November 26, 2021, 01:54:54 PM »

17-30 ? (rated at 18.2hp).

FrontMan · « **Reply #19 on:** November 26, 2021, 02:26:27 PM »

....W.H. Shephard on the 1924 MCC London-Exeter ?

D-type · « **Reply #20 on:** November 26, 2021, 04:44:50 PM »

No and no
The model number I have is in the form **/** or maybe **-**
It isn't taking part in a trial
1924 is in the right ballpark
The photo was taken thousands of miles from London or Exeter

FrontMan · « **Reply #21 on:** November 26, 2021, 05:28:34 PM »

....is it the Eleven/40 used in 1926 to survey Kenya's road network?

FrontMan · « **Reply #22 on:** November 26, 2021, 05:51:42 PM »

.....correction!...12/50 driven by L.G. Galton-Fenzi and Captain Gethin.

D-type · « **Reply #23 on:** November 27, 2021, 06:37:31 PM »

Spot on - Congratulations
Here's two more pictures:
(1) a re-enactment in about 1956
(2) in non-original paint scheme in 1995

FrontMan · « **Reply #24 on:** November 28, 2021, 05:53:44 AM »

Thanks for the point, and the additional pictures. Clearly, a very robust car!!

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Author Topic: DAR 17 Riley 12/50 First car to travel Nairobi to Mombasa 1926 (Read 1279 times)