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I'll be there on the 12th. I will private message a few of you later over the weekend to agree to meet there. I'm intrigued to know what you think of the car.

Richard

Numi, Your comments are very fair and valid. There are certainly too many 'fakes' out there that don't help the true collectors/investors out there. A few points to note about this piece (It's amazing how people can come to certain conclusions without having it in front of their very eyes). 1) It wa...

Personally I'd go with the colour trial. I don't see why someone who go to the effort of 'faking it' so well just to put it with a job lot at an auction. Here it is prior to purchase:
http://www.staceyauction.com/uploads/au ... 2024_2.JPG

Looks fine to me. When I try to move the windows they move about a fraction (about half a mm), so windows are certainly not glued, and appear to be held by the rivet alone. I can try to take a picture if you want?

I came across this Anglia at a local auction near to the old Rochford factory, and can find no reference to it in any other colour than the light blue. It appears to be the same colour as the dark green Singer Thames van (59a). The pictures aren't great as it's dark(!) but the rivet doesn't look tam...

If I've used photobucket correctly in theory there are some pictures below. Where there's two it's just to show what my 12 spoke version looks like in comparison with the 13 spoke one. I read on another thread that the wagon wheels have been found on this fire engine - like these wheels, with square...

Photos attached - shown next to a 'standard' 12 spoke version for comparison. http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah83/whichwaytocapetown/IMG_4340_zpsv59ct9ia.jpg http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah83/whichwaytocapetown/IMG_4333_zpsoaqk55wb.jpg http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah83/whichwaytoc...

First post so please excuse me if in wrong place (though I think this is right). The Nick Jones website lists this fire engine as having 12 spokes on the 'ladder wheel' - and a few rare versions with 16. I have come across one with 13 (on both sides). Looks completely 'legit' to me. Does anyone have...