Can anyone identify this vintage car?

[Deckie]

I’m trying to put together photos of cars I’ve known, I remember my dad owning one in the early 60s but I cannot identify it or find a picture of anything like it, no matter what I search on in Google images. It’s an early memory but I clearly recall it being black with a sloping back and the rear lights were on the end of stalk-like structures. The stalks stuck out horizontally, they were quite long, a few inches thick and they looked quite odd as though they might break off if someone sat on them. I would think it was probably made in the 1940s or 50s, most likely in the UK but not sure about that. I don’t remember anything else except strangely, that the registration number was NHX 651.
Any ideas please?

[Luxobarge]

I'm very good friends with the chairman of the Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society (SVVS), and he specialises in identifying old cars. However, usually the task is to identify a car from a photo, not the other way around. He's still digging, but here are his thoughts so far:

Difficult one. Some British sports cars had stalked rear lights/plates. Did quick search on those but did not come up with anything. Registration is Middlesex mid 1947. American cars were coming towards the end of having stalks. If British then something like a Vauxhall

Here's a 1946 Vauxhall 14-6 six-light saloon:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... saloon.jpg

And from another member of the SVVS:

Not a lot to go on.
I agree if British then Vauxhall most likely. The 14hp model had the stalks as described. My parents had one for a while. Plenty of power from a nice 6 cylinder motor. Quite a change from the Standard 8 which it replaced.
American cars of 1947 have full width bodywork ( and no stalks !) which took some years more before common on British cars.

Here's another Vauxhall 14:
https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl= ... egUIARDnAQ

I think you're going to have to give us more to go on!

[Dick]

Without photos Its not going to be easy..

[Deckie]

Many thanks for your interesting response Luxobarge. The Vauxhall 14-6 is the nearest I’ve seen, it’s not exactly how I remember it but it was a long time ago and I was only about 4 years old. My memory is that the back was more sloping similar to a fastback as though the long stalks were there to extend the lights back from the slope to level with the rear bumper. But the year and area stack up (my parents used to live in Teddington) so it could well be the one and my memory is no longer reliable after all this time.

Yes, a photo would be easier but I raised this query so that I can find a photo of it . I’ve tried searching various number plate archives for a model name but they all came up with nothing found.

[Dick]

Could you draw à picture of it?

[Deckie]

I don’t remember it clearly enough to draw it so I’m thinking that it must be the Vauxhall 14-6 six-light saloon. It does have a sloping back and fits my description, perhaps I didn’t remember the more vertical boot. I was hoping for that "aha, that’s it" moment but 60 years is probably too long ago to have a clear enough memory of it.

[Dick]

I don’t remember it clearly enough to draw it so I’m thinking that it must be the Vauxhall 14-6 six-light saloon. It does have a sloping back and fits my description, perhaps I didn’t remember the more vertical boot. I was hoping for that "aha, that’s it" moment but 60 years is probably too long ago to have a clear enough memory of it.

Ahhh go on, it might help.

[Deckie]

I seem to remember the rear looking more like this but I think without the spare wheel holder.