Thanks in advance. The 176 Workshop and Park Company on tour. Lt. Jack Atkinson on the right in both cases.
The top one is a Ford WOA2 Heavy Utility. Make sure that you have deep pockets if you fancy one ! Lot 54 - c.1942 Ford WOA2 Heavy Utility Car
I think the lower one is a BMW cabrio. Not a perfect match but the grille and particularly the bonnet louvres look similar to this BMW 315 Cabrio- Die reine Freude: BMW 315 Zweifenster-Cabriolet Scott
The bumper is a better match. There seems to be a lot of minor variations in images of these cars- different coachbuilders I guess. Definitely a BMW. Scott
Found that car , same number plate on another site saying it's a 315, sorry , you were right. BMW 315 1934 - 1937 Sedan 2 door :: OUTSTANDING CARS BMW 315 1934 - 1937 Sedan 2 door exterior #3
I thought that this looked like a BMW being driven by Capt Ruston with Capt Roberts, returning from Cap Bon Tunisia after the German evacuation in 1943. The men of 67th Field Regt saw this as a payback for their time at Dunkirk as did many of 1st Infantry Division and those who experienced it. The 8th and 1st Armies were paraded on the high ground overlooking Cap Bon to view the scene of the Afrika Corps evacuation. "Our advance was much too rapid for any complete destruction of equipment by the enemy and so one see’s huge dumps of material and literally thousands of enemy vehicles, most popular of which is the Jerry Volkswagen with which equivalent of our Austin 7. His officers must have been very well supplied. However things are getting very organised now and all enemy transport has been called in, so the roads don’t present such a motley appearance." Photo courtesy Shepherd Family Collection
That looks like a later BMW Uncle Target, possibly a 319. Frazer- Nash were bringing them into the UK prior to the war and I can understand why soldiers coming across them would hang on to them. Scott
