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The Rothenburg Condom mystery (update: NAG C4? Stoewer D5? Opel?)
Gunther Hoyt sends this unidentified car with funny history:" (the photos was shot) About 1920 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber (above is probably pictured one of the city wall gates): my grandfather...
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Lambdas chewing away a 5000 km trip
Iain Simpson reports:"I read with interest your Pre War feature about the gathering of Lancia Lambda's in the North West of Italy at the Fobello Rally in September of this year. Many Lancia's from...
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Are Humber & lady owner still around?
A charming presentation of a Humber Eighteen; this according to sender Bruno Costers from Belgium. "Huber six cylinder models for 1936 have completely transformed lines, while the frontal appearance is...
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What is it? Quiz #432 (UPDATE !
This is the start of a veteran week, this in view of the London-to-Brighton Veteran Car Run next weekend. So we start with a quiz regarding a car that was made at the turn of the last century. It is a...
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1908 Mercedes-Simplex 35/40HP reappearing in Melbourne
Harry Hickling was at the Motorclassica in Melbourne, Australia's equivalent of the famous Pebble Beach. Celebrating the Mercedes is the second oldest car entered (beside a 1986 Benz Velo) and...
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Getting ready for Brighton: Veteran Car Week!
Next weekend will be about the famous London to Brighton Run. A young PreWarCar.com crew is, just like hundreds other crews, putting their last efforts into their antique machinery. Less than a week...
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Prepare yourself for the next 13 runs
The traditional Bonhams sale on the Friday before the 120th Anniversary Run to Brighton. You have always wanted to own a real London-Brighton veteran, so what do you buy? If there wouldn't exist any...
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PWC Workshop: get your lights ready for Hyde Park
by Jos van Genugten: "As many of you in this hobby, I'm all for original. It's quite easy to make something to modern standards, when not strictly necessary, just because it's easy and accessible....
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Longing for information regarding Lemaitre Benz
The intriguing material shown here is in the hands of a fanatic collector of pre 1905 motorcycles and the odd car of the same period. Anything really early is what he likes. Currently he is working on...
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The very first full female crew?
by Ariejan Bos:"It could very well be that we see here one of the oldest, maybe even the oldest photograph of a car with full female crew. The lady at the steering handles of this early motorized...
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About Quiz #432: 1900 Darracq 6.5 HP
It was only after that we sent out a Newsletter with a second view on last Saturday's quiz car when a load of good and very complete answers came in. It was obvious that by this second shot the car was...
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What happened with Vincents' London-Brighton Benz ?
A while ago we published about Vincents of Reading. Louise Vincent sent us some lovely pictures. One of them being a Benz. We got great response about the history of the company and also about the...
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Out for a light breakfast with the MG Magnette
Last month, H&H auctioned several MG cars. Robin Batchelor wrote a lovely article about it and mentioned the six-cylinder MG Magnette. Last week I had the chance to drive this car with its new...
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Taking a cab in the 30s....
Frequent visitor Mahmoud from Cairo, Egypt always comes up with nice shots from another time and world. Nowadays when we drive our vintage cars, we take it for granted that a few stops are necessary to...
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Another Hershey Mystery
A few weeks ago we did a quiz about a photo found during the recent AACA Fall meet in Hershey. Yet when you dol a quiz you need to be sure what you have otherwise there is no way to judge what the...
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Abandoned mystery car in France in May 1940
Michael Schlenger sent in this photo. Hardly a mystery but still nice to see:"My vast collection of prewar car photos includes several prints showing mystery vehicles, and I hope that the readers of...
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A Jack Johnson afficionado
We recently found this simple 1910 snapshot showing an elderly lady with a shiny runabout (where have we seen that radiator before? ) somewhere along the Californian coast. Only after scanning the...
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What is it? Quiz #433
French, conventional design, early twenties and only three lines in my old, first edition Georgano, maybe one or two more in the newest one. Few of you will ever have seen a photo of this make, let...
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Exploring the Western Development Museum, Canada
By James Clark:I have just visited the Western Development Museum at Saskatoon in Canada and was amazed how many early vehicles they had in their collection, which became clear when I found out...
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1 horse vs many HP ( update: 1914 Delage, Sunbeam, Sheffield-Simplex,...
Before the cars, horses were all over the place. So the competition race and horses were less attractive. Luckily there were still people with horses and they want to show their price. Enclosed is a...
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