Amelia Island Concours D'elegance

[jpsmit]

No I am not there but a friend is and he sent me this picture. Very very pretty! (Is that windscreen stock?)

[Henry Harris]

1931 Taylor Semi-Sports
The windscreen is correct.
The radiator shell should be chrome plated.
The headlights, mudguards and wheels aren't right.

[Mike Costigan]

How it may have once looked:


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[JonE]

I've got a lot of information on this car if anyone was considering it. I'd like to know what it got to, as it had no reserve?
https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/am20/...lor/853052

btw, has anyone seen the "serial number" with those suffix letters listed... on a cylinder head before. I can't think it came from anywhere else.

[Reckless Rat]

At first glance it looks similar to the Taylor but there are important differences base of windscreen, scuttle length, bonnet etc.

[Mike Costigan]

I think it's necessary to bear in mind cars like the Taylor were virtually bespoke one-offs. They were not produced on a production line, they were probably not even built on spec for sale to an unknown buyer, so individual differences like bonnet length or windscreen shape were probably down to an individual's order. Check out Austin Harris' website, where there are several Taylors shown, each different in detail. Gordon England, Mulliner and Swallow were probably the only coachbuilt versions where one might expect to see two identical cars.

[JonE]

This one's body was a very standard Taylor up until the 1960s. The Taylor company new car specs were detail listed in the editorial of the day so there had to be a fair few of that same spec. And if it's not formally documented as bespoke (which this one isn't), then it is more likely to be later "restoration"...

[Tony Betts]

In Mike's picture.

Is the talors body, aluminium with engine turning?

Or another finish.

Thanks tony.

[Mike Costigan]

Tony, I'm pretty sure it's turned alloy.

[Tony Betts]

A very interesting finish, Mike.

I like it.

I'm surprised others haven't copied it on specials.

Tony