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It is difficult to be certain, but it could well be a pre WWII Morris Ten.

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It is difficult to be certain, but it could well be a pre WWII Morris Ten.

So many different car makers about that time, built cars that outwardly looked very similar, but I don't think it's british. Fiat would be my guess. Many if not most british family cars built around that time. Austin, Morris, Singer etc, had parallel sides to the radiator grill. It might just be the photo, but the radiator grill of the car in the pic, appears to be slightly wider at the top than the bottom. IIRC, that slightly tapered grill was a distinguishing feature of Fiat cars of that era. Would make sense IMO as the pic was taken in the Netherlands. Mike.

Given that it's the Netherlands . Many of the cars built around that time during that

Something about that bonnet flask makes me think Opel Rekord.

Geoff MacK

Yes. I too guessed Opel, since although the shape is Morris, the grille isn't.

Seems a good guess, there must have been quite a few left after Holland was liberated. Unless export versions were different to domestic Morris

10's the two inverted V's in the grill are certainly not a Morris feature. The tyres seem to be "oversize" this was often a feature of cars supplied to the military and tends to reinforce the Opel option.

Richard H Huelin ( snipped-for-privacy@planefacts.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Doesn't look much like any of the Opels illustrated - it's newer than the one at the top of the page, older than the last one, so it's definitely the right era - but the grille just doesn't seem to tie with any of those. The Rekord doesn't seem to have been a 30s badge, either.

The wheels seem to be reminiscent of the Morris 8 "easikleen" ones to me, though?

The pair of inverted Vs could be thought to say Citroen - it isn't.

Could it be a Morris with an aftermarket grille on?

Hi there,

its fun looking for that car, maybe it is indeed a Morris Ten, but what about the steering wheel ? On the picture that I have its on the left side, doesn't this make a English car impossible ?

Joep.

I am pretty sure its a Hillman Minx 1936 onwards

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Dunno, but IMO it increases the chances, that it's a european car. So, despite the apparent consensus that it's a Morris 10, I still reckon it's a Fiat. If I had to choose a british car though, the shape is almost identical to a

1937 Austin 10 saloon, but the radiator grille still looks wrong. Mike.

Morris 10's had a chrome grill.

Don't know but I know a man/men who might. write an email to Joris Bergsma who runs prewarcar.com and ask him to put his readers to the test. his email is snipped-for-privacy@prewarcar.com

Andy

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1937 Minx was my first thought, but the bulging boot didn't come in until 1939, by which time the front had changed (twice). On closer inspection, the bonnet, grille and bumpers are slightly wrong as well. The headlights have vaguely GM look and I'm sure I've seen those sidelights before somewhere, but not on anything made over here. It may be a just pre-war Austin that had a front-end prang and was rebuilt by a local man using whatever came to hand as the correct bits would have been rather hard to come by.

Ron Robinson

Its a 1937 on Minx !!!!

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Hi there,

I got a mail, in what is suggested that the Car is a Morris 10/4 built somewhere between 1938 en 1946 That because of 1946 and upwards the radiator would be more round shaped. The car has steering on the left so it must be delivered directly to Europe, rhe rear whealcap is missing (both obvious) and possible the rear 'buffer" missing, and also that the car has a sunshine roof.

Can it be correct ?

Greetz .... Joep