Petrol and tyres
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Petrol and tyres by Ian Capper as part of the Geograph project.
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Petrol and tyres
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 3 Dec 2007
The reason for including this very ordinary scene is that it is near the site of the garage built by Frank Smith and Jack Milroy in 1912. Here they created the Orpington Car, a two-seater convertible, with a dickey seat, and a 10 horsepower engine, first shown at the 1920 Motor Show. It won a number of awards, but was killed off by competition from mass production, with the last one being produced in 1925.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.381948
Longitude
0.105508