The Pre-War Car Thread

[lesapandre]

I'm launching this to cover all things Pre-War. 

Not sure of the interest but let's see. But thought it might be a place to promote these vehicles - including commercial vehicles etc.

Up to say 1948 - when the first Post-War designs took off and the RAC horsepower rating was abandoned.

I don't own one yet - but will. They are just so interesting.

And an antidote to current vehicles.

So here we go. 

[lesapandre]

Here is the first post - cars for sale on Ebay. Enjoy.

Morris - £3,500

Austin - bids under £2000 atm.

[rustdevil]

3 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Here is the first post - cars for sale on Ebay. Enjoy.

Morris - £3,500

Austin - bids under £2000 atm.

Bmc number plate on that Austin isn’t that when it all went wrong

[lesapandre]

4 minutes ago, rustdevil said:

Bmc number plate on that Austin isn’t that when it all went wrong

First response prize. 🎁

Yes - that was after WW2 and the Austin-Morris marriage - at this time they were rivals - Oxford Cambridge car race.

[rustdevil]

10 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

First response prize. 🎁

Yes - that was after WW2 and the Austin-Morris marriage - at this time they were rivals - Oxford Cambridge car race.

Tally ho pip pip

[Nick57]

This is my 1936 Riley Kestrel

[HMC]

Lovely! always liked the styling of 30s rileys

[HMC]

As an aside, these cars are so divorced from the modern day that people stare in wonder as you potter past. (this might be bad, or good depending on mindset)

[lesapandre]

Holding up the traffic and being jolly and iconoclastic is for me part of the appeal - the ultimate motoring 'disrupters'. 😂

[tooSavvy]

Hmmm.... Like a bit o' Foyles War, ahh duzz 👍

🚙💨

[Rustybullethole]

Quite a bit on c and c

A

Lovely Nippy 7

If you have to ask you can't afford 

Ulez exempt van

[Matty]

Always fascinating. Not sure if want one just yet but lovely non the less . Now where's @horriblemercedes when he's needed?

(Obvs @barrett as well).

[Dyslexic Viking]

Pre-war cars in Norway were and are dominated by American cars and the highest surviving ones are the Ford model A which is incredible as most of these were in use until well into the 1960s and had hard lives, like the story I shared about an A that was used by a postman and did over half a million km in the years from 1948 to the end of the 1960s and this one still exists today. I have always liked and wanted an A so it is possible a car I will own one day.

There are 10 for sale here right now and these 2 are the cheapest.

https://www.finn.no/mobility/item/367184130?ci=1

 

https://www.finn.no/mobility/item/398562141?ci=1

But late 1930s American cars are something I really want. Much more usable and easier to drive than a Model A and really great cars which is part of the reason I think these survived less as they were used and used until there was nothing left. 

Like this 1939 Chevrolet sold new in Norway and for sale now.

https://www.finn.no/mobility/item/402065134?ci=1

[Dyslexic Viking]

But I have a thing for late 1930s Dodge and Plymouth I really like these and probably quite unknown outside Norway Chrysler products and especially Dodge were in the 1930s assembled in Norway at Strømmen Værksted and these Dodges are called Strømmen Dodges here and were very common and popular as taxis but few have survived today.

Dodge under assembly at Strømmen.

 

1939 Dodge as a taxi in Norway 1948 possibly a Strømmen car but can't say.

[Dyslexic Viking]

There are a lot of great cars coming up for sale in Norway. Like this Norwegian sold 1930 Buick that was owned by the wife of an engineer and from 1935 to 1957 owned by a rural policeman who probably used the car in police service which was common then so it has probably experienced things especially during the war years.

I would recommend going to the link to see the rest of the pictures as this one is just beautiful.

https://www.finn.no/mobility/item/367327100?ci=1

[Dyslexic Viking]

This also Norwegian sold when new 1937 Packard is also just beautiful.

https://www.finn.no/mobility/item/402319665?ci=1

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

State she was when I first saw her.

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

 

The other one.

 

[UltraWomble]

I get to play with these every so often

The 10-4 was finished the night before my eldest daughters "prom" night, I say finished, none of the lights actually worked, but it was running.

I keep looking at 8's (later Series E ones) preferably that someone has grafted an A series into rather than the old side valve lump.

[Vantman]

Not far from me but my left leg says no deal---

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1366190901049335/?ref=category_feed&referral_code=undefined&referral_story_type=listing&tracking={"qid"%3A"-9202621707014548915"%2C"mf_story_key"%3A"9467931766605449"%2C"commerce_rank_obj"%3A"{\"target_id\"%3A9467931766605449%2C\"target_type\"%3A0%2C\"primary_position\"%3A68%2C\"ranking_signature\"%3A7156987835369385042%2C\"commerce_channel\"%3A504%2C\"value\"%3A0.00017702373791923%2C\"candidate_retrieval_source_map\"%3A{\"9467931766605449\"%3A111}}"}

[Six-cylinder]

I had some exposure to Vintage cars in my late teens/20s helping to look after a friend’s vintage cars. The car I liked the most was an Invicta 4.5 Ltr low chassis and I wanted one. I even got to take it to West Wycombe Steam fair once on my own. Unfortunately no way, they have always been well out of reach.

Moving forward through the years I had a couple of bucket list cars, which were to own a Rolls Royce and a Pre-war car. The Rolls Royce I thought would be a Shadow but no idea what pre-war car I should buy.

Then talking to @Saabnut in Lockdown zoom he told me about has Rolls Royce 20/25s and the idea of owning a pre-war Rolls Royce was born.

I looked at a few and settled on a 1933 Rolls Royce 20/25 with Park Ward owner driver saloon body. I have had it getting on for 2 years now and it is so different to anything I had before.

It used to be anything that cannot do 70 mph has never really been on my radar and I sold my  BMW M3 Evo that I had for nearly 10 years to help pay for it. How things change.

I know there is a lot of other stuff there but the highs and lows of vintage Rolls Royce ownership are all in “Six Cylinders Motoring Notes”

[worldofceri]

I moved maybe just a handful of pre-war cars in my shiteshifting days. This Nash was possibly the most interesting. 1927 if memory serves.

[lesapandre]

Another Austin Pre-War for sale.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/306201081952?itmmeta=01JS9XXHHWX8A6MSJ10WWRTJJN&hash=item474b01b860

[UltraWomble]

Bob just sent me this that he has his eye on....

[SiC]

I think there will be an ever increasing amount of cars having similar reasons for sale.

[Spottedlaurel]

Saw this 1938 MG TA on Saturday:

 

Before I found it parked-up I'd seen it on the move on a country lane, where it looked and sounded just right. I believe it was recently up for sale at around £16,000.

The MG isn't the sort of thing I personally find so appealing, I'd be more interested in the big late '30s American cars @Dyslexic Viking is posting. I'm not sure I'd have the mechanical skills to do one of them justice however.

[Six-cylinder]

2 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Saw this 1938 MG TA on Saturday:

 

Before I found it parked-up I'd seen it on the move on a country lane, where it looked and sounded just right. I believe it was recently up for sale at around £16,000.

The MG isn't the sort of thing I personally find so appealing, I'd be more interested in the big late '30s American cars @Dyslexic Viking is posting. I'm not sure I'd have the mechanical skills to do one of them justice however.

MG TA

I have always found the MG T series very attractive, but they just don't make them in my size.

[artdjones]

3 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Saw this 1938 MG TA on Saturday:

 

Before I found it parked-up I'd seen it on the move on a country lane, where it looked and sounded just right. I believe it was recently up for sale at around £16,000.

The MG isn't the sort of thing I personally find so appealing, I'd be more interested in the big late '30s American cars @Dyslexic Viking is posting. I'm not sure I'd have the mechanical skills to do one of them justice however.

US cars of the 30s are very easy to deal with mechanically. They were designed for use in a country with lots of big empty spaces, where repair shops could be few and far between. Similar to Norway, really.

[garethj]

42 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

MG TA

I have always found the MG T series very attractive, but they just don't make them in my size.

I’d love a TC.  I sat in one a while ago and it was snug but manageable I think.  Once I get my ankle replaced with a treble ball joint, anyway.

At 6’1” tall and portly, I’ve found that I can fit in any car if I like it enough.  Discomfort can go fuck itself for a few hours at a time.

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

MG TA

I have always found the MG T series very attractive, but they just don't make them in my size.

I love the looks of the MG J2,

until I sat in Carol Cooper's one and discovered how small people were back then.