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| Keywords: car mystery vintage public domain publicdomain text Intriguing one this. Not sure about the model and year of the car. The registration plate appears to be simply M.I.B. There's also what appears to be a race number on the side. Looking at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic#Driver... the fact that the vehicle is clearly right-hand-drive doesn't appear to be any sure indication that this vehicle is British, and although I initially suspected that it was the registration plate, assuming that it is an official one, simply doesn't match the post 1903 UK convention - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_number_plates#Before_1932 I can see no markings anywhere to give any clue of the make of the vehicle. Just a note on the quality of the scan - the particular textured paper seems to have created some marked speckled reflections which has made it much lower quality than the original. Intriguing one this. Not sure about the model and year of the car. The registration plate appears to be simply M.I.B. There's also what appears to be a race number on the side. Looking at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic#Driver... the fact that the vehicle is clearly right-hand-drive doesn't appear to be any sure indication that this vehicle is British, and although I initially suspected that it was the registration plate, assuming that it is an official one, simply doesn't match the post 1903 UK convention - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_number_plates#Before_1932 I can see no markings anywhere to give any clue of the make of the vehicle. Just a note on the quality of the scan - the particular textured paper seems to have created some marked speckled reflections which has made it much lower quality than the original. Intriguing one this. Not sure about the model and year of the car. The registration plate appears to be simply M.I.B. There's also what appears to be a race number on the side. Looking at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic#Driver_seating_position" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic#Driver...</a> the fact that the vehicle is clearly right-hand-drive doesn't appear to be any sure indication that this vehicle is British, and although I initially suspected that it was the registration plate, assuming that it is an official one, simply doesn't match the post 1903 UK convention - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_number_plates#Before_1932" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_number_plates#Before_1932</a> I can see no markings anywhere to give any clue of the make of the vehicle. Just a note on the quality of the scan - the particular textured paper seems to have created some marked speckled reflections which has made it much lower quality than the original. car mystery vintage publicdomain 1905 Humber 1905 Isle of Man TT? (6057363652).jpg 1905 Coventry-Humber 8-10 hp at 1905 Isle of Man TT<br> i d almost certain<br> http //www gracesguide co uk/File Im19050909Auto-Humber1 jpg See image here https //www flickr com/photos/whatsthatpicture/6057363652/ Unknown early car on hilly road possibly a Humber and the 1905 Isle of Man TT circa-1905 https //www flickr com/people/24469639 N00 James Morley from Hanwell London UK Anonymous-EU PD-anon-1923 Chenzw 2015-05-25 Humber 8-10 hp 1905 | ||||
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