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A miniature XL bonnet Mystery (update: two 4 cylinders ?)

July 16, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Radu Comsa has a keen eye for photos in small shops and markets. Even for small photos found in small shops. Last week he found this physical thumbnail measuring 10 x 20 mm! in a Bucharest antique shop. Due to the interesting and its amazing ultra long hood he made great efforts to get the very best scan you can get from a micro picture like this. At that point we didn't know it is a 'wellknown' car. We studied the unclear photo (clik main pic) and finally figured out the flag on the right wing reads 'Englischen Heirat'.

Armed with these two words the car was  quickly found on a much better photo. Earlier published on IMCDB and AutoPuzzles. We understand is is a Stoewer based Special but very little other is to be found, so we're still curious what can be found under the hood... Last minute before publishing we were lucky to find this clip from the 1934 movie Die englischen Heirat showing the car with open hood very clearly! It looks like a teamed up twin engine. Making a rough guess based on the visible HT leads we would say a twin ignition twin six.  Or is it 'only' the 100HP straight eight P20? Or...?
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What are you waiting for? Hop in! (update: 1920 Standard SLO)

July 17, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Come and sit beside me.

Allow me to introduce you to Margot Burke.  She was a model when this photograph was taken in 1922 and  is captioned  ‘modeling for automobile advertisement’.  That makes me think America, but the car looks British and right hand drive.. The controls on the steering column look like Morris, but the steering wheel  looks wrong, and there’s no bulb horn visible.  Will someone help me here?

The most interesting discovery is the photographer, Emil Otto Hoppé, a German living in Britain who worked from 1907 and 1945 and has only recently achieved the fame he deserves after an American company bought the UK picture library which bought Hoppé’s images and filed them under subject and not artist. So his talent lay hidden for decades.

But I am neglecting my manners – it is Margot who is the focus of our attention and with those arresting eyes, who can resist her invitation to sit beside her and join her on a journey of discovery?  Hoppé shares another image of our friday lady here in more delicate feminine dress reading your note , which accompanied the flowers, thanking her for such a wonderful adventure.

(text Robin Batchelor, photos courtesy E.O. Hoppé estate collection) 

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Jean Panhard, 1913-2014

July 18, 2014, 4:00 pm
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On July 17 one of the last survivors of the pre-war French automotive industry died at the age of 101. Jean Panhard was the son of Paul Panhard who was a nephew of René Panhard. Together with Émile Levassor René Panhard, in 1890, started the production of cars at the already existing company Perin Panhard et Cie. which had been making wood sawing machines for several decades.

When Jean entered the company as technical director in 1937, Panhard was offering luxurous models named Dynamic. During the Second World War Jean became convinced that the company could only survive when it would be able to offer a small car. In 1955 Jean Panhard was the man who signed the fusion agreement with Citroën and in 1967, as président-directeur général, he saw the last Panhard car coming from the production lines. Till 1981 he remained director at Panhard, which by then was fully dedicated to the making of armoured cars and other military vehicles.

After his retirement Jean Panhard didn't leave the automobile scene at all. He was president of the Automobile Club de France, vice-president of the FIA and president of the Paris Salon. From 1976 he was engaged in the 'salvage' of the Schlumpf Collection in Mulhouse. Still in 2010 Jean Panhard explained his interest in the history of the car and the conservation and valuation of the French automotive heritage in a column of a brochure of the AMAFL, the association of automobile museums in France.

Last year, his hundredth birthday was celebrated at his home in Crécy la Chapelle: .

His name will live on, not only by means of the many surviving Panhard-Levassors and Panhards but also, for example, thanks to this impressive wall decoration near the centre of Lille .

( text and photo Fons Alkemade) 

Result for Quiz #374  will be published tomorrow, Sunday , July 20

 
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About Quiz #374 1922 Stigler electric. No Winners.

July 19, 2014, 4:00 pm
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What is it? Quiz #374

We had no correct answers for last week's quiz. It is not a ca. 1923, 12-25hp Phoenix "All Weather saloon convertible". The make we were looking for is Stigler. August Stigler, at the age of 18, moved from Germany to Zurich, studying engineering at the Polytechnic Institute. After graduating in 1857, he moved to Milan in 1860 (or 1859 according to some sources) where he founded Officina Meccanica Ing. Augusto Stigler. His sons Augusto II, Maxime and Charles joined him in the business which really took off when in 1870, they constructed a novel hydraulic elevator for the Hotel Costanzi in Rome. Meanwhile the Stiglers were working on a transition to electric motors and they installed their first electric elevator in 1898. By 1910, 10.000 Stigler lifts were in operation and by 1920 they had produced over 20.000. You can read more on Stigler elevators on The Elevator Museum website .

By this time the Stigler factory at Milan's Via Galileo was diversifying into electric vehicles, both commercials and passenger cars. Very little is known about them. The first model was exhibited in 1922. Production had ceased by 1925 and is supposed to have been quite small. Stigler cars were available with 2 and 4-door bodywork. The range was about 100 kilometres with an average speed of 35, and that's all the info we have. Does anyone know any more? Stigler was an international company by the thirties, but after the war the Italian branch was taken over by Otis. The Spanish branch was absorbed by Kone in the 1970's, but in Istanbul, Turkey, Stigler are still in the elevator business. We conclude with this nice picture of a Stigler elevator containing a Fiat chassis. 

(text and quiz idea Jan-Bart Broertjes)
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Another thumbnail mystery. (update, coachwork Sodomka)

July 20, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Radu Comsa found this second miniature photo in the same Bucharest shop. This time no flag or movie title to help us out. So what you see is what you get. We first thought a special bodied Mercedes-Benz, but the hubcaps made us leave that track. We see costly Grebel headlights. Nicely detailed louvre doors (possibly the only real give-away?). Built in traficators and exuberant chrome body fittings. Twin chromed spare covers and a white top. All this not the most conventional and pointing in a high end direction. The wide chrome body strips may lead us to a Paris coachbuilder? Finally we're not the only ones impressed by the car. Note the man in the open window on the left.
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Front wheel drive town-car from Belgium?

July 21, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Some cars by the coachwork alone make you think how things worked in the old times. That is to say, when you were rich.  The 1929 Cord L29 was a serious choice in itself. Not too many front wheel drives around in those days and most certainly not in 'the town-car market segment' (can you name one competitor?).

Now let's suppose you ordered a costly Cord L29 chassis and thought "Now all I need is a decent, nice conservative  coachwork from a well respected firm. After a chat with your Cord dealer, some friends at the country club, your wife finally coems up with the suggestion of D'Ieteren from Belgium. What on earth does she know about coachbuilding? Well while shopping down town Manhattat the subject came up and two well to do friends both appeared to have a car made by D'Ieteren. One being a Pierce Arrow and the other a Hispano Suiza. Well that does it. Go with the flow and order from Belgium, they seem to know their job. 

And you were right. Four owners and more than eight decades down the road the car still holds up very well. And this without any restoration work done. Go check it here, the car will be sold by Worldwide Auctioneers, August 30, Auburn.
 
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A very wet Tour de France.

July 22, 2014, 4:00 pm
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We're looking at a rare shot of a very wet day in 1938 with the Tour de France crossing Lille (the backyard of Bruno Vendiesse). Of paricular interest of course is the Bugatti T57 Atalante driven through foot deep puddles in a way you hardly can imagine today. We have seen a few Atalante pictures ov er the years and we're always surprtised to find new details. The car is a two toen version of which various are known. Also we have seen many small and very small rear windows. Yet this one made us frown. Based on  the lack of gloss in the middle part of the roof we think this is a decapotable. There is a remarkable resemblance with #57.312 shown here. The only things we found is the different colour scheme (the two tone in the picture above is more like black over red or blue, but certainly not white. Further the much smaller petrol cap in the car as presented today and the different positioning of the rear windows. And now you've come so far please cleick the main pic and tell us what you think about the car on the left...

( Michel San Giorgi refers to a photo from the book by Laget and Montgermont)


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The most horrendous Hispano ever built?

July 23, 2014, 4:00 pm
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The french Hispano-Suiza factory of Bois Colombes closed its doors in 1938. Around 120 J-12 chassis had been produced, all these bodied by the most prestigious coach builders of the era. The car pictured above however has a strange body supposedly created in the late 1940s in Spain by an unknown amateur(?) craftsman in the style of the "modern" american cars. In our view the general lines were inspired by the 1946 Packard Coupe, especially the rear end. The only information we have is that the photos were taken at the San Sebastian seafront - probably in the early 1950s due to the Opel which can be seen in the background. The front, the radiator and "old" separate headlights were kept untouched between these too wide front wings. In photo 3 and 4 you can spot the interior with its set-up with three seat lines... somewhat bizarre for a two door coupe! It's hard to understand why they didn´t create a four door saloon with more room if the car was destined to carry a lot of people.  Also hard is to imagine what wonderful old body was destroyed in order to create something which can be considered as the ugliest Hispano-Suiza J12 ever on wheels.

(photos collection Francisco Carríon)  
   
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Fast moving girl, or the Princess Braganca d’Avellar

July 24, 2014, 4:00 pm
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The quality of this photograph begs for close inspection and you won’t be disappointed. The lady in the driver’s seat is Miss Ruth Maycliffe.  Notice I didn’t say she was the driver because this carefully staged shot took a lot of preparation. She would have been driven from  the Willard Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue – the imposing building behind the car and just two blocks away from The White House.

It might have been to promote our subject – described as an ingénue (“an innocent or unsophisticated young woman” says the dictionary).  A more familiar title would be actress and she was one of the three girls in Clyde Fitch’s ‘Girls’, the 1910 satire on the bachelor girls of the time which had been so very successful at Daly’s Theatre, New York. She played the youngest and most impressionable of the bachelor girls, and was the first apostate from the non-marrying faith.

Or perhaps it was to promote her motor car, and it's that which now deserves our attention. 1908 were difficult times for the American Auto industry and her machine was a rarity even when this picture was taken. One historian identifies it as a 1908 Maryland Roadster as manufactured by the Sinclair-Scott Company of Baltimore, a company far better known for their apple peelers and food canning machines. Read more HERE. I think he’s right,  but have a look at this 1907 Hay-Berg Roadster and you’ll see a very similar car?

Let me leave you with news of Miss Ruth Maycliffe.  She was the subject of gossip when she disembarked at New York from the Cunard Liner ‘Laconia’ in 1914 proudly announcing she was now ‘Princess Braganca d’Avellar’ having married a Portuguese nobleman. The New York Tribune of May 8th 1914 reported the story. “ I met the prince in Madrid having been introduced to him by King Alfonso”. “Do you speak Portuguese?” She was asked, “No, not a word.” She answered promptly. “Does the prince speak English?” “No, not exactly.” She replied with a smile. “He can say ‘two freed aigs’ and ‘Geev me wan kees’ and  ‘Ah loff you deery’  but that is the extent of his English. But we both speak French fluently, although love needs no language.”

Text Robin Batchelor, photo courtesy SHORPY. 
 
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What is it? Quiz #375

July 25, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Here we have very formal body on a very noble chassis. The slightly Rolls-like radiator may point you in the wrong direction. Yet the location of the factory - be it not British - is not lightyears away from London.  Give us  the Marque, the Year and the Model of the car depicted. And if possible give the coachbuiders name (from another nearby country).  We blurred the coachbuilder's name, which is on a plaque resting against the front wheel, so coming up with the right coachbuilder will give you an edge over anyone who may come up with the same basic facts as you do. In order to have a chance of winning the infamous PreWarCar T-shirt, please check The Rules under 'Read More'. Results will be published next Saturday.
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Pedalling like Hercules: in the saddle of a 1901 De Dion Bouton Tricycle

July 26, 2014, 4:00 pm
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In 2012 Geoff Gray bought a 1901 De Dion Bouton motor tricycle in need of restoration. I suggested he first spoke with De Dion tricycle expert Mick Penney who is the UK’s best kept secret for all things De Dion tricycle. Upon closer inspection of the project, Mick found the engine was in a sorry state; and it eventually took three engines to rebuild a single good one. The original front forks showed poor repair, indicating the tricycle had suffered an accident in a distant past. It was also discovered it originally left the De Dion factory in Puteaux as a quadricycle which also explains the large leather seat which is still on the tricycle. However, Mick worked his magic and made a new set of front forks from scratch and replaced various later modifications with the correct fittings.

Geoff got in touch again recently to tell me the tricycle was back from De Dion hospital and invited me back to ride the machine for the first time. Now, it’s not often you get the chance to ride a 1901 French motor tricycle around an Essex housing estate, so I took up Geoff’s offer.

Upon arrival, Geoff reminded me of the controls and I remembered from my previous experiences, that you never have enough hands for the amount of levers on a De Dion tricycle. We turn on the fuel, prime the oil, open the de-compressor, prime the carburettor and set the throttle lever; then I limber up and prime my legs. I climb aboard the machine and start pedalling like Hercules, at the point at which I think I’m up to speed, I then close the de-compressor lever and the 2.3/4 horsepower engine behind me fires and away I go.  Geoff told me to keep turning left, so I did. Past the people washing their cars and mowing their front gardens; all blissfully unaware of the pioneer machine chugging past them. As the tricycle warmed up, I began to adjust the throttle and choke; all in a rather random way I might add, but I find a happy medium where the engine sounds and feels happy and I settle in to the ride; leaning into each corner as demonstrated in this short video.

The trick is not ride it using the throttle lever, but with the twist handle bar grip which neatly houses a kill switch. This kills the electric feed to the coil and you can feather the speed accordingly. Now, it does become tricky when you need to slow down while approaching a junction. The problem is; if you are going too slow and the throttle lever is set to its optimum position; you have to pedal to get back up to a speed the throttle is happy with; if you don’t, then the engine will stall and this is a time when the de-compressor may have to be opened; otherwise, your wedding tackle will suffer a chance meeting with the cross bar and the local choir will be requiring your services. It all sounds rather complicated, but once you get the hang of it, it becomes second nature. (It has to be).

I soon discover that the Circuit De Geoff is about a ¼ of a mile long; and after 4 laps I pull up to his house. I kill the coil and open the de-compressor and the tricycle grinds to a stop. Despite feeling like you have an engine strapped to your backside; the top speed is about 25 mph which is enough. Geoff is still getting to grips with his new machine, but plans are afoot to enter many veteran events; including the VCC London to Brighton run in November, along with the events hosted by the excellent 'De Dion Bouton Club'. Thanks Geoff, for letting me take your tricycle for a ride; a machine which was last on the road 100 years ago.  

(main photo is a still taken from the video by Geoff Gray; report and images by Tim Gunn)   
      
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A rare pair of 1939 Bentleys

July 27, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Saturday 19th august saw the re-union of two rare Bentleys at Prescott Hill Climb venue, and even torrential rain and thunder storms did nothing to damped the excitement of the owners. 
Lawrence Bleasdale has owned his green car, chassis number B125MX for 13 years and at a Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club meeting was stunned to see another 41/4 Over-Drive model with the very next number plate to him on display.  
Making friends with the owner of B201MX, ex racing driver Hamish Orr-Ewing, it was decided that the two cars ought to be re-united once more, given they were both sold from Jack Barclay, with Lawrence's clothed in Park Ward coachwork.
Standing next to each other, detail differences were noted, but the sense of occasion was  heightened by the sounds of Pre-War Prescott going on all around, even though the weather was hardly clement!
FYH 535 and 536 are, perhaps, the ultimate examples of the pre-War Bentley, benefiting from Mahler steering boxes;  Borg and Beck clutches and thermostatic temperature control. 
Lawrence notes that "Because the Park Wark bodies were made from steel, and not the preceeding wood frame, their "Standard Steel" bodies add rigidity to the chassis, making these cars both more rewarding and comfortable to drive".  
(editor's note: yes, when you're so close to each other you need to define the differences)

photos & text Guy Loveridge
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Contrasts at St. John's Concours

July 28, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Early in the American summer concours season is the Concours of America at St John's, Plymouth, Michigan. According to our on location witness JP Vandebundt it's getting better and better every year. And there's good reason he's using those two words as by tradition this concours is selecting not one but two best of show cars. One US made car and one of foreign manufacture.  The first - not very surprising - a 1932 Duesenberg Model J Convertible Victoria by Murphy and a lot less obvious, not because of the fact that it's a Bugatti T57C, but because of the much lesser known roadster body by Voll & Ruhrbeck. This superb restoration by our friends of Classic & Exotic Service in sharp contrast with the well taken care for but very much unrestored 1910 Maytag Runabout pictured above. But contrast is what we like. Check the ex- Al Capone the Duesenberg formerly owned by Al Capone's lawyer ( yes, crime pays well!)  and the 1924 Isotta Fraschini by LeBaron (looks almost like a Stutz) presented by our reporter JP. Some more St John spectacular? Check this post-war space gear. 

(photos JP 'Victorycars' Vandebundt) 






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A Champagne Mystery (update: plm. 1911 Grégoire)

July 29, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Remi Weber sent this charming picture of his grandma: "This picture was taken in Champagne (France) in a small town called Damery. My grandmother Henriette was very young, about ten years, so this must be in 1906. She had a servant who would drive her around. The car was owned by her father, monsieur Charles Justin Lepron. He was a wealthy rentier who would spent his summers in this house to fish and visit his champagne 'farms'. He was a real bon vivant and, like a decent Frenchman is supposed to, died at the dinner table in 1907."

Editor: a wonderful story which adds lots of colour to the otherwise B&W photo. One thing we disagree with Remi Weber is the year 1906. Looking at the car we presume 1912 is more close to the truth, which means his grandma was more like 16 here and possibly even allowed the refined torpedo. Remi presumed we're looking at a Delage. Possible, but we couldn't find proof for that. It could be Delahaye, Berliet, Lorraine Dietrich, Roland Pillain, Turcat Méry. Low bonnet, no side louvres. Then take into account the number of front wheel spokes: 10, rear: 12. And finally, don't overlook those small hubcaps. Delahaye? 

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A Hudson through the roof

July 30, 2014, 4:00 pm
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An accident is always something sad. If the car involved is old it´s even sadder and if the old car was brand new when the accident occurred... good Lord! This is what appears to have overcome the brand new Hudson seen here halfway through the roof of a little hut. Ohoto 2 shows the broken pieces of a railing, too, as well as the ceiling surrounding the unfortunate car, so we can guess what happened here.

The Hudson appears to be a brand new car judging by the bright paint and the covers on trunk and spare wheel. The colour combination could be white-black or even a more attractive pale yellow-black. Probably like this 1928 model? No further information accompanies this set of photographs, but the 'SS' number plate does give a clue: these photos were probably taken in San Sebastian (Pais Basque, North of Spain), and more specifically in the port zone of the 'Urgull' Mountain. In this place there is a high road which runs along the hillside and above a group of old houses, as you can see at the left in this picture. What an infortunate Hudson!

(Text Francisco Carrión, pictures from his files)
 
  
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Grace Valentine

July 31, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Sharp-eyed readers will remember Grace Valentine appearing here on Valentine’s day 2013 inviting you to identify the car – a 1920 Packard twin six roadster.

As always, the comments section produced accurate replies and extras. We learned of her successful career as an actress, but nobody offered this hand-coloured picture so here she is in glorious technicolour, just as such an attractive lady deserves.

(Text Robin Batchelor, picture courtesy SHORPY)

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About Quiz #375: 1927/28 Excelsior van Rijswijk (Update: Albert 1)

August 1, 2014, 4:00 pm
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About Quiz #375: Excelsior van Rijswijck. No winners

Oops. We inadvertedly gave away more clues than we wanted in the properties of the picture. Still, not too many people noticed it (we think). Thanks to Gerry Barrett for pointing this out. Rest assured it won't happen again! Marc Fellmann, Raoul Thybaut and Stuart Penketh identified the chassis correctly as an Excelsior, but the body builder posted more of a challenge. It was not Vandenplas, d'Ieteren Frères or Labourdette, but the Dutch firm of Van Rijswijk. Stuart was the only one to correctly identify that, but as a jury member he has to buy his own t-shirts! Raoul therefore is our winner, also because he made a good guess as to the year of manufacture. Please give us your details and size and we will send you a t-shirt Raoul! About the chassis Stuart tells us the following: 1922 Excelsior Adex (Albert Premier) by Compagnie Nationale Excelsior, 5346cc six-cylinder engine. Belgian car manufacturer established by Arthur de Coninck in Brussels in 1903. This new Adex was developed, in 1922, into the magnificent Albert Premier model, a 5350 cc six with an overhead camshaft operating valves whose diameter was more than half that of the cylinder bore; triple Zenith carburetors were standard. Like the 1920 Adex, the Albert Premier had cantilever rear suspension with Adex anti-roll bars, probably the first use of this feature on a touring car. In 1929, the company was sold to its competitor Impéria.

We're not quite sure about the year of manufacture of the body, but it must be later than 1922, which was the year of introduction of this chassis. Most likely it is around 1927/1928. Van Rijswijk started their coachbuilding business in 1895 in the Dutch residence of The Hague. They switched to horseless carriages at the beginning of the 20th century and became purveyors to the royal Dutch household when they bodied a Spyker for HM the Queen and a Minerva for Prince Hendrik. In 1920 they moved to nearby Voorburg. The last Van Rijswijk body was shown in 1952, but the company remained active until 1987. More info (in Dutch) and a lot of pictures can be found on the Conam website.

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Precious Prescott

August 2, 2014, 4:00 pm
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There is plenty to see, smell, hear and do, this weekend at Prescott Hill. And feel too. Despite being mid summer the weather made it sometimes feel like it was a particular autumny fall day! But it did not keep the real British toughs (and some from far awide) from racing their vintage machines. First, there was the 80th Anniversary Hill Climb on Friday with 140 cars competing, followed by the traditional Prescott Speed Hill Climb yesterday and today, where no less then 260 cars are climbing the hill. Robin Batchelor's took his picture at a particular wet moment - when marshals and driver were tipping out the water from a car stuck on the start line during a violent hail storm!

(picture courtesy Robin Batchelor)
 

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VSCC – motor sports galore since 1934

August 3, 2014, 4:00 pm
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The Vintage Sports-Car Club has become an oldtimer on its own, eight decades after it was instigated. But fortunately it still oozes the same atmosphere of a slightly eccentric members-only social club for gentlemen, and a few women, preferring anything dangerous, which smells of oil and partially unburnt mixture and will be quick when pushed to its surprisingly far-reaching boundaries.

Back at the time of its forming members’ cars had to be at least 5 years old – that’s anything pre-1929. Since that first meeting in October 1934 there has been some debate about the question of the age of eligible cars, but eventually the club decided that the limit should be kept at 31 December 1930. That was back in 1936, and the club has never come back to it.

(Text Jeroen Booij, picture courtesy Broadway Manor Cottages)
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Austin Seven discovered behind furniture

August 4, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Due to its small size an Austin Seven can be housed almost everywhere. They are not only sinfully funny machines to drive... after a country ride you can store them in your living room. Not a long time ago we were told about an early Seven kept for a long time in a storage room full of furniture. The situation made us think of these now-famous American tv-programs about storage auctions. Luckily there was no need to bid to see this car. After around one hour moving old furniture we saw a sheet covering a little automobile: yep - this was 'our' little Seven. Rapidly we removed the cover and then saw what you can see in the main photo. An early Austin Seven... but very far from the "Very original restored Chummy" as it had been described to us. The car showed a hand made radiator cover and modern headlights in the front (photo 2). The windshield and top seems to be sourced from a Citroën 5 CV. The body has strange forms and includes non-original moldings all over. The bonnet has louvres, the dashboard has nothing in common with the original (photo 3) and even the seats appear to have been made by a not very careful restorer (photo 4). At least the engine seems to be in good overall condition, even if the original carburettor has also been replaced by a modern one. In conclusion, a 1970s bad restoration of which only the rolling chassis is unmolested. At least our experiencie with the storage room was good fun!

(Text and pictures: Francisco Carrión)
 
    
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