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Solved: PN #1774 -- Brooke 15-20 hp char-a-banc, 1905
« on: June 18, 2023, 08:52:29 AM »
Please identify the builder of this vehicle and the year for a point.
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2023, 12:18:17 AM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2023, 02:08:38 AM »
USA ?
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2023, 04:08:19 AM »
no
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2023, 05:07:00 AM »
GB ?
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2023, 06:14:07 AM »
yes, built in the UK
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2023, 09:16:22 AM »
By Abbott on an Albion Chassis?
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2023, 12:22:17 PM »
neither Albion, nor abbott (factory body)
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2023, 06:44:18 PM »
Dennis?
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2023, 12:35:29 AM »
no
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2023, 04:51:49 PM »
Professionals?
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2023, 08:27:00 AM »
Masters?
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2023, 11:01:56 AM »
Defunct truck manufacturer ?

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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2023, 11:51:16 AM »
this company had a very colourful history. I don't think they ever produced trucks - I believe this vehicle was built on a stretched passenger car chassis.
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2023, 01:16:13 PM »
Was this chassis sourced from another manufacturer or was it made in-house ?

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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2023, 04:31:20 AM »
no, this is their own chassis
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #16 on: July 27, 2023, 04:59:45 AM »
Was the company still active as a passenger car manufacturer after WWI ?

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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #17 on: July 27, 2023, 05:38:43 AM »
It was active, but not in the automobile industry any more
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #18 on: July 27, 2023, 03:26:19 PM »
Was the company already building passenger cars before 1900 ?

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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #19 on: July 27, 2023, 04:04:34 PM »
Weigel?

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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #20 on: July 28, 2023, 06:47:39 AM »
Was the company already building passenger cars before 1900 ?

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not Weigel
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2023, 01:42:47 PM »
Double name, like Armstrong-Whitworth ?

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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2023, 04:06:30 PM »
no
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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #23 on: July 29, 2023, 03:30:44 PM »
Was the company named after its founder, like Iden ?

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Re: PN #1774
« Reply #24 on: July 29, 2023, 05:20:53 PM »
Wilkinson Sword Co.?
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