Car Identity ?

[ruxy]

I think I will have to try and get a better photograph of this old B&W photograph,    pre-WW2 , I  think it may be Austin  -  has a bit of a Chummy appearance.    Can anybody give me a I.D. clue  ?

 

Thanks in advance.

[wally dugan]

If l recall rightly the chummy was a bit boxy in shape with a flatish roof this  more of a curved roof   FORD PREFECT may be ?

[Nick Johns]

The drop in the front bumper makes it most likely a 1937 Ford 7W car, ...google it

Edited October 22, 2021 by Nick Johns

[ruxy]

No - I know Fords quite well. My old man took a Prefect off the road (that he purchased with part of my mothers de-mob £) , petrol rationing. He dismantled it to re-spray (he was a spray painter) - it was taken from garage & sold when he died  1992.  He also had a Pop. & two Ford vans in 1950's.  I was only interested in cars from 1960 on..

This car has radius at bottom of screen corners - similar to at top. Headlamps are closer to rad. grille with small light fittings to outside of headlamps.

[Rootes75]

Many pre-war Fords have the drop type bumper, the Models Y and C and the 7Y 8hp and 7W 10hp.

Of the above it is only the Model C that has a radius at both top and bottom of the windscreen frame.

[ruxy]

Yes,  Ford Model  C Ten   (10 British HP)  manufactured  1934 to 1937   (Wiki).   That is excellent because it permits me to date the photograph not earlier than 1934.  I will still try and post a better photograph.

[ruxy]

Sorry for delay , but I needed son for improved photography.   It does seem  a  Ford C 10   /  C Ten   1934 to 1937    ?

[Rootes75]

Yes, definately a Model C so it will be 1934 to late 1935, so only a short production run.

The model was upgraded in late 1935 and became the CX, biggest difference being a few horizontal bars added to the grill.

[ruxy]

BHT 700    ,  that  VRN  -     HT =  Bristol - so well out of its area..   Very good to know production only between 1934 & 1935., so a waste of time trying to actually date  BHT 700.

 

Thanks

[Rootes75]

Actually, BHT was issued from Feb 1935 onwards so that narrows it down to the last 6 months of Model C production.