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Old 8th May 2011, 05:42 PM
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Went for a quick look this morning, a good show of vehicles the 2 rollers that were there are pictured below

Wallis and Steevens Advance 7867 Reg Number OT 3078 "Old Lytham II" Year 1926



Wallis ans Steevens Advance 7963 Reg Number OT 7939 "Hot Spur" Year 1928

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Old 8th May 2011, 07:52 PM
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I haven't seen the Special on the left around for many a Year.

The basis looks like a 1950s Morris Van.

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Old 8th May 2011, 08:42 PM
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Looks Like Novelty, based on a Jowett Bradford shooting brake
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=73718
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Think he told me years ago it was a London taxi
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The vehicle in question was built in 1967 by the late Laurie Nelson of Lugtrout Lane, Solihull, then in Warwickshire. He called it his steam buggy comprising a Merryweather steam fire pump of 1939/45 vintage adapted and built into converted London taxi chassis.It had a single cylinder engine, 5" bore x 4" stroke, boiler of a working pressure 125 psi. giving a maximum speed of 20 mph.

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