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The Hautier electric car Mystery
The Russian car historian Vasily Shiska is struggling with the above issue for a long time already and is asking your help (Vasily published in russian about Leon-Bollée and about Darracq) :"At the...
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Daimler find in central Islamabad (update: Double Landaulette)
"What you don't expect to see on pakistani pakistani roads roads is exactly what we saw a little while back. This is in Saddar Rawalpindi that is considered downtown to the capital of Pakistan i.e...
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Veil, Duster and Tire Iron.
Today is March 8 and International Women's Day and we gladly support the global efforts to achieve 'gender parity'. Coincidentally we recently found a first edition of ' Veil, Duster and Tire Iron'...
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The François de Montferrand family Mysteries
Sébastien Richer sends a very nice set of photos showing a group of five veteran and edwardian motorcars that once were owned by the family of François de Montferrand. We presume the picture...
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Beaches are getting crowded...: BABS is returning as well
Less than two weeks ago we reported about the Sunbeam Tiger returning to the beach. Today we present you another returning beach visitor.In April 1926, John Godfrey Parry Thomas drove BABS ( this LSR...
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Dance and fly with a Terraplane.
Today's picture was taken outside the El Capitan Theatre in the Mission, San Francisco . Famous for its beautiful Spanish Colonial Revival architecture with a splendid Mexican Baroque facade outside....
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About quiz #415 - A 1907 La Buire double phaéton
The Chantiers de la Buire were founded in Lyon in the middle of the 19th century to produce tramway and train materials. In the 1890s a contract was made with Léon Serpollet to produce some tricycles...
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Lesser known French cars most welcome in Lelystad
When the city of Lelystad was about 16 years old, people there organized the first gathering of classic cars. That was in 1983... Since then Lelystad has grown and became the capital of a new province...
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Amilcar found under a van !
With the prices of the Amilcar cars growing and growing, the enthusiasts of this French marque who haven´t managed to buy one yet have a difficult task: to find one at an affordable price. Your...
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Would you rather own the Daimler or the Rolls?
This lovely picture of a Daimler breakdown lorry towing in a crashed Rolls-Royce was reproduced in the magazine of the Colchester Vintage Motor Club and Michael Ware likes to thank Ken Sheppard for...
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Who built this Rover twin-air Special?
At last weekend's British Cars & Lifestyle in Holland we spotted this intriguing little roadster with noddy looks. The current owner acquired it in Belgium a good many years ago. He found it...
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Centenary re-enactment Boyd Edkins Melbourne to Sydney record
Tomorrow 100 years ago: On the 18th March 1916 Boyd Edkins, the noted Sydney motor enthusiast, dealer and competition driver left Melbourne at 5am with the intention of breaking the then existing...
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A Renault with the sound of a Soprano
We saw this photo and decided to try and identify the lady, and her car. It is easy to see the lines of a Renault but not so easy to distinguish between a 1912 CB or a 1916 FK. The photo is captioned...
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What is it? Quiz #416
The mystery photo this week is again an iconic - relatively wellknown - photo, taken about 10 years later than the previous quiz photo. The motorcar is not 'at home', coming from far away. At the time...
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Coal scuttle bonnets after 1906
Makes with coal scuttle bonnets were very common during the early years of the 20th century (and often difficult to identify!). After 1906 this number dropped drastically, and of the remaining makes...
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A new Spring for a *LOST* 1932 Alfa Romeo 8c Figoni
Today is the first day of Spring, and tulips, daffodils and snowdrops are all emerging from winter hibernation and bursting out into the daylight, but a much rarer creation has recently come out of a...
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Model T Worldtour; light at the end of the tunnel
Last Friday we visited Model T Worldtour Dirk & Trudy Regter who escaped from total disaster when their Model T after 60,000 miles without a scratch was near total destruction when a careless...
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Reinventing European Unity
Paris, Istanbul, Brussels, it's all too much. After yesterday's terror in Brussels we didn't feel much like presenting you the next car story and decided to show you a sample of recent history. On days...
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Countdown announcement: 15 'Throwback Thursdays'
It was July 1, 2001 when PreWarCar went online so the real celebrations are still far away! It's another 15 weeks untill we reach the exact 15 year date line. Over the many years behind us more than...
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An Edwardian Lady Mystery (upd.: c. 1913 Clément Bayard 4M3a or 3b)
A most charming Edwardian runabout with coalscuttle(!) nose. Regarding the earlier coalscuttle write up by Ariejan Bos, some of our readers didn't realise that he wrote he was presenting European...
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