See that happy smile, mrs. Hawke barily can overlook the bonnet of her chaindrive tourer. A few sizes smaller than the 135 HP De Dietrich Gordon Watney as presented earlier this week but still a strong look-a-like. Another project Gordon Watney rebody maybe? We see nearly the same tasty wheeldisc treatment and many other parallels. Wings have a flimsy look, the headlights somewhat small and the cap protruding from the radiator toptank looks like a later addition. The photo was earlier shown in The Automobile, but it never came to a real identification. Maybe the Gordon Watney has stirred up enough old dust to finally identify this car as well? The car was owned by Ernest Hawke - who was a succesful flour miller from Leicestershire. He had a weak spot for chaindrive cars as you will find out with our Monday mystery...
(family album Jon Dudley)