Quite a few cars in this pic to keep johnfromstafs busy
Yes, thanks, somehow I seem to have missed this.
#5875
Facing away from the camera is a Sunbeam Alpine, with a hardtop fitted, and the most interesting car facing us is the black 1933-35 Morris Ten-Four a few vehicles back. (Sixth car on right?) Nearest is a Ford Zephyr Four, then an Austin Cambridge Countryman, the remainder are Cortinas, Anglias and a Mini or two.
The truck facing us is an Albion, basically a Leyland with a Glaswegian accent, sporting the Motor Panels VistaVue cab, also called the LAD cab, as it was used on Leyland, Albion, and Dodge trucks.
#5878
The gorgeous little garage business in Goosemoor Lane has only the one car I can be certain of, a 1935/6 Ford Ten model C, quite a flyer in its day, the Austin or Morris equivalent models being hard pushed at 55, the Ford would do over 60 if you were brave and could stand the noise. My Uncle Arthur, from the carriage works in Smethwick used to drive his Model C from Smethwick to Teignmouth for the family holiday. The other car on the front is, I think, a big Yank job, and probably a Hillman Minx in the workshop.
#5907
Nearest the camera, an early 1930s Morris Minor faces a newer Ford Eight, probably a Model 7Y deluxe, from the plated windscreen surround, and a similar Ford, but not the deluxe stands on the left, nosed up against what must have been a brand new 1938 Series 3 Wolseley. In front of the wine store stands a 1933 Standard Little Twelve. I can’t identify the car facing away in the middle ground, the van may be a Bedford.
#5885
OV2666 hiding coyly behind its radiator muff, is a Morris Minor (I think), and behind it stands a Singer Junior, the larger car opposite is a flatnose Morris, probably a Cowley. They were all quite new in 1931, so Spring Lane was definitely a prosperous address, not “plus-fours and no breakfast”.
#5904
On the flyover, Consul Mk2 which looks like a later addition to the image, Zephyr Mk2, Austin Sheerline, Austin A30, Bedford CA, A30 van, Commer Cob van (I think) and a BMMO D7. Another D7 with a Morris Cowley (pickup?) behind it.
A Cole’s truck mounted crane, and an A55 Cambridge on the pavement, and the J4 van turning right, and that’s about it.