Early Car Experts?

[ratchart]

I found these photos whilst tidying up at my parents house and wonder if anyone here can identify them. The location is now the site of the Science an industry museum in Manchester and I'm guessing they were taken sometime in the 70s. I can make out a Rolls Royce Corniche coupe in the background so that puts it at least at 1971 (thanks google!)
I think I can make out a DeDion Buton badge on one of the cars but beyond that I haven't a clue about that era of cars, pre first world war.





I'm going to stick my neck out and say this is a Rover P6 tow car in the corner of the photo, most likely in that lovely smoker's phlegm colour that so many of them came in.









So over to to the vintage/veteran experts then? 

[redratbike]

i cheated

[jimi]

So did I 😉

BLF239 = 1934 DE DION BOUTON
WR8551 = 1921 RENAULT
F9948 = 1904 DE DION BOUTON

[akku]

wow they are all still on the computer which is pretty good going. Probably sat in dusty museum collections now

[mk2cossie]

Feb 25, 2024 17:03:36 GMT akku said:

wow they are all still on the computer which is pretty good going. Probably sat in dusty museum collections now

Most likely in use once a year when the London to Brighton run was on for the vintage cars

[colnerov]

Yes the tow car is a Rover P6 and the colour is Tobacco leaf.

[ratchart]

Cheers. I presume the 1934 was the date it was first registered in Britain rather than the actual manufactured age. In fact I've just noticed "1901" on the the plaque so maybe that's the real age? Is VCC Veteran Car Club?

Also the Renault has "1909" but their early 20s cars look quite similar so who knows.

Either way I'm amazed that they're on still on the DVLA's computer, or maybe I shouldn't be after all they survived 70+ years including a couple of world wars so they were all historical vehicles at the time these pics were taken.

[stealthstylz]

They could be different ones, but I'm sure they had those at the car museum that is (was? Might be closed down now) in Dewsbury.

[tofufi]

A couple of more recent pics of two of them

F8829 has lots of photos online








and sold for £62k at Bonhams..

www.bonhams.com/auctions/17262/lot/308/

[redratbike]

i the internet's a wonderful thing isn’t it

[ratchart]

That's great that you've managed to find recent photos of the same cars. Presumably not the same owners as 50ish years ago though.

[akku]

Feb 25, 2024 18:04:13 GMT stealthstylz said:

They could be different ones, but I'm sure they had those at the car museum that is (was? Might be closed down now) in Dewsbury.

There is a bus museum in Dewsbury thats still there. Not sure if they have cars or if there is/was a separate car museum?

[stealthstylz]

No that's different I think, the Scopos museum was in Batley just outside Dewsbury

[akku]

Wikipedia tells me that closed in 2010! Time flies.
I also think there was a good car collection at Saltaire which has since closed.

[devilishdesigner]

Year and make are on the big white plaque on each one.

[redratbike]

Feb 28, 2024 5:54:57 GMT devilishdesigner said:

Year and make are on the big white plaque on each one.

🤣so it is