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Originally Posted by Dartskipper
Railton? or Invicta?
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Spot on Roy.
It is a Railton. I did some research on Railton some years ago as my dad's dad had one in the late '30s to about '52. Not the one in the picture - that is just off the Nett, but a similar bodied convertible. I saw it only once in 1951 and it was in a sorry state mechanically and bodily by then even for a 7 yo to see. There was a photo in the family but unfortunately has been lost over the years. My father used to tell stories of coming home on leave and driving it around the Newcastle area with poor brakes and a smoky engine.
Most Railtons were built on the Hudson Terraplane chassis/engine imported from the USA and either sold as complete cars or chassis only, for a coachbuilder of choice. The engine was a 4.2ltr straight 8 which was in my g/dad's car.
What happened to the car is also a mystery - my g/dad remarried in '48ish and none of his belongings passed to my dad, when he died, which was a sore point in our family.
JJ.