Yeah I think the Ford is right, but man, they are very similar looking. I'm going by the shape of the rear fender as it tapers off and the suicide door hinge you can see in the photo.
Yeah I think the Ford is right, but man, they are very similar looking. I'm going by the shape of the rear fender as it tapers off and the suicide door hinge you can see in the photo.
There are loads of cars that look like that - the Jowett, the Morris Eight, possibly a Singer - but the Ford looks right I think.
Jowett is plausible but the headlights sit too high and there are no little running lights on the tops of the fenders. Wrong rear fender for a Morris----but alas, I'm not 100% sure either. I'm stickin' with Ford.
I agree it is a Ford, rear window and fender are definitely Ford. Although the old timey cars can look identical, they do have their hallmarks.
Magnette can chime in, but I think a car like that Ford, while not the fanciest, wasn't the cheapest either. It was a solid family car. Think of it as a 1936 Focus
Wikipedia says one version sold for just £100 in 1937. Apparently brakes weren't included at any price.
Joke about the brakes, right? Oh, I see the reference to the Autocar article. They must have been referring to poor brakes. It had mechanical brakes, according to this history of the 'Y': http://www.fsoc.co.uk/history.html
Yeah, "Even by the standards of the time, the UK-built Ford 8, like its major competitor the Austin 7, was found noteworthy for its "almost unbelievable lack of brakes."
If you've ever driven a car with mechanical brakes (like a Model A Ford, or most 30s Fords) you'll know how scary they were. In my friend's Model A, we always use the emergency brake as a stopping aid and we give the car up front a long, long lead.
Typical of Henry Ford's mulish stubbornness. Chrysler had hydraulic braking in 1924! It would be like Ford still putting carburators on their cars in 2010. I'm sure if Henry were alive, they would have.
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I think it is a (British) Ford Y type
I'm guessing you might be related to the people in the photo...
Did you mean to post the above pic in the mystery car section?
Magnette can chime in, but I think a car like that Ford, while not the fanciest, wasn't the cheapest either. It was a solid family car. Think of it as a 1936 Focus
http://www.fsoc.co.uk/history.html
Typical of Henry Ford's mulish stubbornness. Chrysler had hydraulic braking in 1924! It would be like Ford still putting carburators on their cars in 2010. I'm sure if Henry were alive, they would have.