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What is it? Quiz # 426
This must be one of the very first 'Motor Homes' pictured on a 'black saturday': the predictable scenario every year with roads packed with cars on a hot Saturday in July or August trying to reach...
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1938 GMC Panel Van waiting for better times in Zimbabwe
This 1938 GMC Panel Van is patiently awaiting rescue in Zimbabwe and hopefully given a new lease of live. As can be seen from the photographs, it still has its original engine fitted, complete...
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Two Belgium Baron Mysteries
These two photos were sent to us by Korben Guns. He writes: "I've been trying to identify these cars for a while now without success. The owner was Baron Paul van Reynegom de Buzet from Belgium. The...
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Rescued from the fire: Mercedes 540K Mayfair Roadster
At PreWarCar.com we see lots of mysteries. Some are solved within hours after publication. Some will never be solved. And for some it just akes a little longer. In this particular case 14 years !...
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Old-school motorcycling holiday
In this part of the world, summer holiday started. On of our readers, Nick Jonckheere, went on holiday in style;When finally summer arrived, and no far-away trips planned for the holidays, my young...
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Prescott VSCC weekend, the best vintage show on Earth
There were much larger and much noisier engined cars, yet without a shade of doubt: at last weekend's glorious sunny VSCC Hill Climb weekend at Prescott the Buick engined Mitchell Board Racer was the...
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Sporting gems amongst Historics At Brooklands
An interesting car is coming up for sale in the Historics At Brooklands sale on Saturday August 20th. After we have been around old cars for a long enough period of time, we eventually begin to form...
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"Let's stop for an ice cream" Mystery.
We love the infectious smile on the face of today's lady and we suspect she may have parked beside the sea? She enjoys the breeze in her hair and the smell of the sea in the air. Perhaps she will buy...
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About What Is It quiz #426
The response to the quiz #426 was heartwarming and most of you knew it was a Grégoire. Many of you could also tell in extenso about the Rally de Saint-Sébastien in which it took part. So...
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A New World Record?
Veteran cars are classified in Australia as those manufactured before 1919. This year the Veteran Car Club of Australia(Queensland) is celebrating its 60th Anniversary with a series of 5- and 6-day...
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Where to sell a one-off 1928 REO Wolverine "Period Rat Rod" ?
David Williams writes: I stumbled upon a estate barn find and purchased the car from the granddaughter of a man who bought the car from a wrecking yard in El Paso, Texas. In the dark barn I saw the...
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Old-school motorcycling holiday
In this part of the world, summer holiday started. On of our readers, Nick Jonckheere, went on holiday in style;When finally summer arrived, and no far-away trips planned for the holidays, my young...
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A Holiday Caravan Towing Mystery.
Chris Jones sends this nice holiday shot of his Grandparents before the war. "They were keen caravaners and being motor dealers always chose a large tow car to take them on holiday from the available...
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Immortal and extraordinary Alfa Romeo at Monterey.
Athlete Usain Bolt called himself 'immortal' since he won olympic gold for the third time on the 100 Meter sprint. If the black Alfa Romeo 8C pictured above could talk it would be allowed a similar...
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PWC Workshop: a nearly forgotten tuning patent
by our rookie reporter:Sometimes one discovers the most incredible garages of individuals tinkering on their bolides. I found one of them, but not just an amateur, because he can restore...
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Birthday in a Bullnose Morris.
The story starts in a pub car park on a lovely summer's day in a village in England. Three men had stopped in their vintage cars for a drink to watch some cricket on the other side of the road. The...
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What is it? Quiz #427
It is an easy one this time. It's a weekend you are busy BBQ-ing, watching the last bits of the Olympics, visiting auctions and concourses. So probably there's little time to test your memory and...
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Classic Days, Schl;oss Dyck: same story, different year?
Report & photos by Hubertus Hansman: "Well, in a certain way it is "Yes", but only if you look at the number (thousands!) of cars at. Although the majority of the cars at Classic-Days is...
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Mystery 'car' in Sweden
Well, this is what we like. The left overs of what once was a car and possible now only interesting to look at. Or is it in fact a project with potential? Jack sent us this picture of a collapsed 4...
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Best of Show Pebble Beach 2016: a wellknown 1936 Lancia Astura Pinin Farina...
Of course you may have seen the result of last weekend's Peblle Beach already. The fabulous 1936 Lanca Astura Pinin Farina that won the overall honours at Pebble Beach Concours already. Still it is a...
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