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High society....
Please identify this car for one point
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Re: FW #95
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2021, 09:38:26 AM »
Mk.VI by Hooper maybe?
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Re: FW #95
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2021, 09:47:19 AM »
no

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Re: FW #95
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2021, 09:52:50 AM »
Dead british luxury brand?
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Re: FW #95
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2021, 01:03:26 PM »
Yes

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Re: FW #95
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2021, 01:09:22 PM »
First to ask about here is Daimler.
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Re: FW #95
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2021, 04:41:26 PM »
My first answer: No

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Re: FW #95
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2021, 02:21:38 AM »
High harrow radiator.
Humber?
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Re: FW #95
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2021, 03:56:35 AM »
No

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Re: FW #95
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2021, 04:15:03 AM »
Sunbeam / Sunbeam-Talbot?
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Re: FW #95
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2021, 05:01:25 AM »
No

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Re: FW #95
« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2021, 05:25:20 AM »
Lea-Francis 14HP?
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Re: FW #95
« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2021, 05:46:41 AM »
No

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Re: FW #95
« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2021, 06:08:18 AM »
Lanchester maybe?
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Re: FW #95
« Reply #14 on: February 25, 2021, 06:44:50 AM »
No

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Re: FW #95
« Reply #15 on: February 25, 2021, 08:30:58 AM »
Next try - Rover P1?
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Re: FW #95
« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2021, 09:39:15 AM »
Sorry, again: No

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Re: FW #95
« Reply #17 on: February 25, 2021, 10:16:34 AM »
Armstrong-Siddeley perhaps?
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Re: FW #95
« Reply #18 on: February 25, 2021, 11:39:33 AM »
Lagonda?
Ein Henschel zieht am Berg und ein Mercedes
an den Türen. (and an attempt of a translation):
A Henschel in rushing up the hill, wheras in a Mercedes wind is rushing through the doors. c/o norberthanke

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Re: FW #95
« Reply #19 on: February 25, 2021, 02:04:55 PM »
Twice no

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Re: FW #95
« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2021, 02:08:48 PM »
Maybe will be easier to try from coachbuilder's side?
Looks like Hooper so can it be a Freestone&Webb creation?
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Re: FW #95
« Reply #21 on: February 25, 2021, 03:19:09 PM »
No

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Re: FW #95
« Reply #22 on: February 25, 2021, 03:56:55 PM »
Salmson S6D?
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Re: FW #95
« Reply #23 on: February 25, 2021, 04:13:28 PM »
No

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Re: FW #95
« Reply #24 on: February 26, 2021, 02:05:05 AM »
OK. To be sure - do we consider such brands as Rolls-Royce and Bentley in their current foreign-owned state as still alive or dead?
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