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A 700 mile weekend: Valom-Mesch
Even in China they know that Holland is a very small country. So you may be surprised to learn that we have a tough long distance rally for vintage cars (that is to say 'long' in the Dutch way: 300...
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A Mercedes-Simplex Mystery? (Update: 1909 Pierce Arrow Model 40)
Hugo Modderman sends this nice period shot. The car obviously is pre WWI . He bets it is a Mercedes Simplex. Yet he wonders why the car has a Dutch 1923 registration. Probably it was imported form...
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What's the early history on this very low mileage 1919 Austin 20HP?
Peter Maguire & Jacqueline Readwin recently bought a hardly run-in' Austin 20 HP with intersting body:"We purchased this at the Coy's auction in April. The description is that it is a 1919 Austin...
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A Staggered Seats Mystery (update: 1922 BNC "DZ" )
Spotted by Simon Brand somewhere between Sainte Maure de Touraine and La Chapelle Blache de Saint Martin, as you probably know this is about halfway between Le Mans and Limoges in the middle of France....
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Throwback Thursday: congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Pueche !
It is over eleven years ago that we posted this photo showing the just married Mr. & Mrs. Rafael Pueche from Madrid. When we asked our readers what was their favourite article from the past,...
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Pierce Arrow Revisited
Last Monday's 'Mercedes-Simplex' mystery appeared to be a 1909 Pierce-Arrow Model 40. Not a very strange mix-up as many makes of car were following the Mercedes radiator style prior to WWI. This making...
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About Quiz #420: 1927/8 Clyno 12/35 fabric saloon.
The picture in last week's Quiz #420 was not too difficult especially as we mentioned competition for Morris. Ten of you correctly identified the car as a Clyno and six narrowed it down to a 12/35...
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Amédée and Dauplay from Le Mans revisited.
We had a long telephone conversation with veteran expert Malcolm Jeal regarding the recent two cylinder 1899 Amédée Bollée quiz car. He was kind enough to take the time and look up whatever was...
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A Concours Invitation for Unrestored, Well-preserved Cars
During the 2016 Concours d'Elegance Paleis Het Loo a new category will be on display, judged and awarded: Unrestored Pre-1940 Automobiles which are still usable and close or very close to the condition...
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Porsche's Magnificent Mavericks
The formation of a new motor company is fraught with difficulty. Even if you skip the usual problems of launching a new car by simply amalgamating existing manufacturers into one new brand, how do you...
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PWC Workshop: Fitting a supercharger to an MG TA
by Tony Hillyard:A few years ago I decided that I should buy something a little different by way of a prewar car. Over the years I have owned literally hundreds of old cars. The majority pre 1940.In...
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Throwback Thursday: a few bites of 2011 Montlhéry.
One of the things we don't regret having done over the last fifteen years is taking up a cooperation with Vincent Chamon/Vintage Montlhéry. PreWarCar is supporting the event mediawise and with awards...
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Pamela and the 21st birthday present.
We recently shared with you news of a 1932 Alfa Romeo 8c which had been given as a 21st birthday present to a lucky young man who kept it for 70 years. Today's picture shows ex-Scuderia Ferrari 1931...
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What is it? Quiz #421
Literally a rara avis in this part of the world the mystery car must have felt itself at home in Egypt, a country which consists for the major part of desert. The make established its fame in one of...
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Cars you wouldn't expect at the ACD Museum
What kind of cars would you expect to find in the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Musaeum? Right...! A line up of dozens of A, C & D automobiles. But Catherinus van Zwol who recently visited the museum took...
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Mystery Firetruck in Kathmandu, Nepal
Christopher Haas stumbled over a seemingly deserted firestation at the Durbar square in Katmandu. It almost looks like an official firestation with the hoses packed on the side left an right. Yet we...
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Fine, finer and finest cars at Hershey
Complicated yet clever marketing, to start a new auction company and organise a first auction in worldfamous Hershey, but in a totally different segment of the calender. Not early October, but June 11....
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The aerodynamic Scap Mystery
The pictures accompanying these words lines were found in an old Spanish newspaper dating from 1924. the clipping contained an interesting report about the Barcelona Motor Show celebrated in February,...
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'Twin Sparks' at Brooklands
Despite the booming sales of Tesla coffee grinders and tv sets, the frequency in which we see fully electric cars at racing circuits is not alarming. Still you can test your senses and very soon see -...
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One Lady, two Mysteries
Sorry, it's a very poor quality photo. This happens as people use there mobile photos to shoot a framed photo. We were not able to contact Leonard Mermod who wrote: "All I know is that my Grandmother...
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