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Napiers in British Columbia
Letter to the editor
Napier built some of the best cars in the brass era and a couple of hundred or more were sold in British Columbia. Thankfully, there are still some photographs of these fine cars to be seen. Another interesting aspect to the photos is that it is obvious our early photographers were car enthusiasts. In a few photos the parking lot is in the foreground and the actual subject matter is in the background. Also, at the Hollow Tree in Stanley Park people were encouraged to have their photo taken by a professional while sitting in a car. I would like to share ten photos I have found with you. Some are single car photos while others show a number of cars and usually more than one Napier, so have a close look.
Steve Diggins
Publié:
vendredi janvier 6th, 2023
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Steve Diggins
10 Janvier 2023, 20:10
In 1908 a Vancouver weekly newspaper, The Saturday Sunset, which had a motoring section stated 'There are now sixty and ninety horse power cars working on the Cariboo Wagon Road'. Unfortunately, the make of car was not mentioned. However, we are sure only Napier was making cars of this size. This is significant because very few of the ninety horse power cars were built and they were special order. In this collection of photographs there is one of a very large touring car with five people aboard and one woman is standing. I think this could be a ninety horsepower car. I have included a photo of what I think is the same car from a different angle.
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Steve Diggins
06 Janvier 2023, 23:25
Here are a few more photos of great Napiers in British Columbia. I have also included a 1928 photo of the dealership building, A.S. French Motors Ltd. on West Pender Street in Vancouver built in 1910. The top three stories are a hotel and the main floor is the automobile showroom. You can see the large double doors let cars in or out. There is another full sized floor under this. The lot slopes down to the next street over, Seacrest, which allows street level entrance to the service area. In the photo of the grandstand look for the car with a checkered blanket over the front wheel. This sporty little unit also has aftermarket lights.
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Steve Diggins
06 Janvier 2023, 23:17
The big Napier parked in the small gold mining town of Stanley is being refueled. That is why no one is sitting in it. They are standing around waiting for it to be topped up. If you look between the two men closest to us you can see the white sleeved arm of the man holding the square tin can doing the job.
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Steve Diggins
30 Janvier 2022, 22:36
I think John is correct. He certainly knows more about Wolseleys than I do. If I could have seen the radiator better I would have known.
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John Peirson
30 Janvier 2022, 00:31
My friend Steve Diggins is very good at finding interesting old photos. However, I question his identifying the "Ambulance of No. 4 Canadian General Hospital" as a Napier. Surely it's a six cylinder Wolseley. The name Gooderham is a clue. One William Hargraft Gooderham established a company W.H. Gooderham Ltd in Toronto to sell and service Wolseleys. Soon (1911) he was the General Manager of the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co Ltd in Toronto. Surely Col Gooderham Shormecliffe was a relative. And surely he would have bought from W.H. Gooderham rather than the rival Napier.
The front of the ambulance looks very similar to the front of the Wolseley limousine on the cover of Charles Neville's book "Wolseley Cars in Canada".
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The front of the ambulance looks very similar to the front of the Wolseley limousine on the cover of Charles Neville's book "Wolseley Cars in Canada".