Clik here to view.
About quiz #416 - a 1915 Overland Model 80-T
During the first World War England was attacked by Zeppelins and aeroplanes in almost 80 air raids in total. Although the military effect was negligible, the attacks lead to numerous victims among the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We wish you a T'oeuf - T'oeuf Easter
The French club of veteran cars - the Teuf-Teuf Club - was of course earlier than Peugeot with claiming the TT-word. NOT! They were late, started only in 1935. And to the insiders it is known of course...
View ArticleClik here to view.
While hunting for Split-Screen campers!
"Junior Editor" Griff sends in a recent discovery. You may know what it is. We know what it is. It's just hat he doesn't know what it is. It seems that Amilcars pop in from everywhere currently......
View ArticleClik here to view.
PreWarCar Workshop: getting spares for your car.
One of the most important sections of our beloved hobby is finding spare parts for one's vehicle. Things will break from time to time. And finding spares is not always easy. Sometimes parts are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Monte Carlo or Bust on a prewar Riley Nine
The Riley Nine has the honour of being the first light car to complete the torturous Athens to Monte Carlo route of the famous endurance rally. In 1932, with the appropriately-named Rupert Riley at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Throwback Thursday: Voisin's Abstract Beauty
Last week we promised you to show you a series of great stories from a more or less distant past in view of PreWarCar's 15 year anniversary. This story by Rudy Kousbroek was published by us in November...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gentleman Heroes: a New Chapter of Friday Ladies ?
Let's be realistic. We don't actually live in pre-war times. Look at your smartphone, this is 2016. Showing a quality motorcar with lovely lady leaning or lying on the paintwork may be a long passed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What is it? Quiz #417
In view of next week's Techno Classica in Germany we liked to look East and found this photo. Shot on an early April day many decades ago. The chance that you will find a car like this or even of this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Round radiators revisited
When I recently identified the Maudslay, Kevin Atkinson asked if he could see more. I thought about it and decided it would be a good idea, but not only round radiators. During the year a number of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Retyred tyre ( update: a Murrumbidgee re-tread ! )
by Michael E.Ware: At the Beaulieu Autojumble last year I was intrigued by a wheel and tyre on show with James Whieldon and Nick Mouat from West Grimstead, who repair and remake spoked wheels (tel....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Some clouds have a Silverstone lining.
In case you think you're out and should forget about Silverstone's fabulous VSCC Spring Start as you heard too late about it, forgot to mark the date in your calendar, or because you're simply no VSCC...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fiat and Lancia temptation.
COYS are holding an auction of British & Continental Sports & Touring Motor Cars on Saturday 9 April at Techno Classica in Essen and there are some juicy cars for the lovers of Italian...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Throwback Thursday: the best pre-war April Fools joke ever
Rutger Booy - long time full time editor - came up with this brilliant idea for April 1, 2011. He also produced the perfect mock-up of the book by 'Editions Maldormir'(Sleepless Publising...:-). And it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lili joins Heidi and Hudo around the world.
Enjoy this rare picture of Liliana because she prefers to take pictures and not be in them. She joined Heidi on her world tour in 'Hudo' the Hudson. ( A nice change from repairing her 28 year old V W...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A High Wheeler cruising in Houston
On Saturday April 23rd, Worldwide Auctioneers are holding their annual Houston Classic Auction in the Versailles Ballroom at La Toretta Conference Centre. on the shore of Lake Conroe.Such glorious...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PWC Workshop: making new valves for a 1905 Peugeot
Part of our beloved hobby is the restoration/ maintanance of your old motorcar. Just recently we have started a series of repair projects under the name "PreWarCar Workshop". In this PreWarCar...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Throwback Thursday: 'The Café Mystery' solved after 11 years!
Very frequently we publish a mystery and very frequently you lot come up with the correct answer. However, sometimes it takes a bit longer, like the solution to this Café Mystery dating back from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A next generation of Friday Ladies
Element SelectionLast Sunday's article about the Beforty rally produced a lot of response. Also messages from people who's (grand-) children actually get the chance to drive in old cars. A thing we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
About quiz #418: post-1920 TB Thompson Brothers Cyclecar.
The remains of a cyclecar shown in last week's Quiz 418 were not very easy to recognise. The big 'giveaway' in this case was of course the 'Brescia' like radiator. Long time visitors may remember the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lantilly: the French festival of slowth
It is not without humour that the organisers of the Vintage Revival Montlhery are offering another event at the Chateau de Lantilly in the heart of the Nivernais region on 25th and 26th of June. Their...
View Article