Early car identification

[Daffyd]

"Clues are suicide doors, thick swage line down body and window layout."

Most, if not all British cars of that era had suicide doors. There was very little difference between Austin, Morris, Vauxhall, Ford, Hillman, Humber; mainly just grille shape and in the case of Vauxhall, the fluted bonnet.

Most definitely a Hillman Minx, circa '36-'47. There was very little difference between immediate prewar and immediate postwar cars in Britain due to the shortage of steel for building body presses etc.

My old dad had both a '37 and a '47 Austin 12, and as I recall, the grille was basically the only defining difference. The later body may have been a little more rounded, but barely noticeable.

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...my bro had a Vauxhall 12...a '37 I think...6 cylinders and as close to being in a Keystone Kops movie as you could get...the pipe was a little rusted out just before the muffler...it was as noisy as an aeroplane and seemed to go quite fast but was terrifyingly rattly when it did...cool car I thought, back then...

[oldrider]

...my bro had a Vauxhall 12...a '37 I think...6 cylinders and as close to being in a Keystone Kops movie as you could get...the pipe was a little rusted out just before the muffler...it was as noisy as an aeroplane and seemed to go quite fast but was terrifyingly rattly when it did...cool car I thought, back then...

Sounds like one I had in Petone when I was an apprentice in the late 1950's - 1927 ex General motors staff car apparently very plush leather etc! - Big headlights!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_20-60 We called it the "Hulkin" - very intimidating on the road back in the day and loud as!!

Left it on my brother's lawn when I went overseas and he sold it for ten pounds ($20.00?) - would sure like to still own it now $$$$$

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...I think my bro paid five quid for his...

[oldrider]

...I think my bro paid five quid for his...

Hmmm - come to think of it I didn't get the ten quid either! -

[ElCoyote]

...my bro had a Vauxhall 12...a '37 I think...6 cylinders and as close to being in a Keystone Kops movie as you could get...the pipe was a little rusted out just before the muffler...it was as noisy as an aeroplane and seemed to go quite fast but was terrifyingly rattly when it did...cool car I thought, back then...

Correct vauxhall "14" or Vauxhall "J". prob "14"