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About Quiz #421 : 1907 Thomas Flyer 4-60 Runabout
Apparantly Quiz #421 of last Saturday was not impossible to solve , we received 16 answers of which most were correct ( unfortunately three came in too late) in identifying the car as a 1907 Thomas...
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More Maudslay in Southern Rhodesia
After an earlier feature with Maudsley in southern Africa Andre van der Loo returns with a new set of pictures of these omnipresent motorcars:"Here are two more photo's of early Maudsley's in Southern...
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Alternative fuels in the early 1900s
Maybe some of you noticed or even bought during Interclassics in Maastricht at the Pre/PostWarCar stand this postcard with a wonderful image of 1½ racing Renault in what looks like rather wet and muddy...
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Mystery 'U-Eight' or maybe 'Offline Eight' ?
Rainer Schmidt, earlier winner of PreWarCar's 'Spirit of the Event' Trophy at Vintage Montlhéry with his Sénéchal tandem racer is now working on a new project. This based on an amazing eight...
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Super low to Het Loo : 1912 Regal Underslung 25HP
Remains of a 1912 Regal Underslaung, found in Virginia, USA ( editor: well in fact at PreWarcar, check 'Sales History' ) in September 2005, an almost bare chassis ( Nr. #2722 ) with only small bits of...
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PWC Workshop: what material to use for relining a cone clutch
Jos van Genugten is a young engineer and is approaching restoration jobs 1. as an afficionado, 2. as somebody who likes to show but even more likes to drive his cars. It occured to him that whenever...
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Throwback Thursday: To all forgotten cars.
This feature - first published 12 December 2001 - is part of a series of 15 'rearview mirror' articles in view of PreWarCar's 15th full year online as per July 1, 2001. In the years after several more...
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An affectionate Bolide driver.
30 years ago, Elga van Wenum met a classic car enthusiast, whom she married. With that man - Sikke Klein - who passed away very recently - she entered a new world. Before that time she drove a charming...
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What is it? Quiz # 422
A sweet little thing with the looks as if escaped from a period merry-go-round. 'Almost real.' Still, the basic idea was a dead serious marketing concept not unlike many modern cars have: a light...
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1915 Packard Indy 500 Pace Car returns to Speedway after 101 years
PreWarCar will have a very strong attendance in the section Well Preserved at the coming Concours d'Elegance Paleis Het Loo, but boy! this eighty year long untouched 1915 Packard Pace Car would...
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A German Dixi Mystery?
Robert Hotzan sent us these photos and wrote: "I bought this chassis from a BMW enthusiast...like me. The seller suggested that the chassi possibly is form Dixi in the period 1910 - 1920. I am...
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Rescued from a breaker's yard.
Those of us who started our motoring interest with an Austin 7 would soon look for books about them and inevitably pick a favourite model to dream of owning. This writer chose the 1923 Pram Hood Chummy...
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PreWar Workshop: a waterpump write off?
You may remember the dramatic waterpump issue we experienced over a year ago with our '31 Talbot K78. The basis of the alloy fan housing collapsed resulting in (check here) the fan ruining itself,...
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Throwback Thursday: even more Hisso H6B photos
Earlier we presented a found photo of this fine H6B in January 2009. Now a full collection of photos regadin g this same car has coem to light. Ashely Hollebone - wellknown in this community - found...
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A Filipino nurse and her Model T
"Miss Baldamera Garcia, nurse at the Philippine Islands. The duties of her position take her far from home and through all sorts of country. As her work grew in scope and the people began to accept the...
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About quiz #422: 1909 Little Briton 2 cylinder 10HP
Last weeks quiz was about a sweet little thing that was built in the UK. Although, there aren't still many of those cars around we received quite some good answers. But what was it exactly. Well, first...
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European underslung cars
A while ago the Stabilia was the subject of PrewarCar Whatisit quiz. Someone was wondering then how many European makes had used the underslung concept. In America at least 6 makes had produced cars...
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A Twin or Triple Bathtub Plumbing Mystery?
Humphrey Smith is asking: "Mystery machine with my grandfather seated in the front passenger seat. Any ideas anyone?"We see typical german design. Stretching form the V-shaped radiator to the nicely...
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RAF Mystery Truck?
We have a little desk research for those who are interested in RAF history. Just recently this joyful picture came in with a saloon? truck? or whatever? overgrown with happy RAF personnel. Too little...
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PreWar Workshop: How to fit a Conical Oil pressure gauge fitting
A very common propblem. There are zillions of different copper pipe fittings. Do we have somebody or soem website which is offerings solutions for the most 10,000 different common fittings? Tim Green...
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