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About What is it Quiz #436: A circa 1913 Luxior
Five answers, of which 3 jury members (Fried Stol, Alan Spencer and Robbie Marenzi), all sent in Luxior as the solution. Malte Jürgens and Christof Vandenburie were the other two. And they were all...
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Best Snowmobile in the world?
Richard Biddulph, the man behind Vintage and Prestige Cars is a real classic car enthusiast. He sent us some snow pictures of him and his Rolls. This is the way to use 'the best car of the world',...
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A war-time baby and Cinderella.
Today we introduce you to just two names amongst the interesting long list in RMSotheby's sale to be held in Arizona on 19-20 January. One was born just before WW2 and after successfully going into...
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Mystery Benz look-a-like
From around 1912 until the mid-1920s cars featuring v-shaped radiators were all the rage in Germany. In particular, the characteristic radiator masks introduced by Daimler and Benz before WW1 were...
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A famous Humber racer in retirement
A famous Humber racer in retirementAn interesting series appeared in the Autocar of 1910 and 1911 under the heading: Famous cars in retirement. Cars and especially racing cars often received a...
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Spotting pre-war cars at InterClassics show
Last weekend, the InterClassics show was held in Maastricht. It was the first big European car show of 2017 and what a great way to kick off the season! At the PreWarCar.com-PostWarClassic.com stand,...
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Any colour as long as it's black.
When we saw this picture we immediately wondered what colour this 1934 Ford would have been painted. Computer experts are writing new software all the time and it is becoming easier to do very clever...
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What is it Quiz #437 The 10 mistakes of raising chickens.
Raising chickens can be a very rewarding process. Besides providing you with fresh eggs, it can also be a teaching resource for your children and a way for you to become self-sufficient. There are a...
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The new Oldsmobile; the F-series
For 1928 Oldsmobile introduced its 'F' series of automobiles. The cars featured a longer chassis with a 113.5 inch wheelbase and larger more powerful flat head six cylinder engine with 197 cubic...
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Ex-chief is looking for his old fire truck
Karl W. Riesterer Jr. sent us the picture shown above. He is the ex-chief with the West Hempstead Fire Department on Long Island, New York and they are looking for their first fire engine. It was a...
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A pioneer in Hybrid-technology
The Hague, end of December: While many Dutchmen were stacking europallets for the big NYE-bonfire at the Scheveningen-beach, we used the chance to escape the drizzling rain and made a short trip...
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PWC Workshop: preparing a real cyclecar for Festival of Slowth
Being known for breathing life back into rusty, neglected, and under-powered modes of ancient transport, in the spring of last year I had an interesting contraption delivered to the Gunn & Co...
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Another mystery car from Slovenia
Peter Skofic sent us this photo, which was taken by photographer Peter Lampic in 1910 and shows an unknown car on its journey from Ljubljana to Kamnik (some 25 km). The owner of the car who seats on...
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Getting a good picture of the auto speed trials
Alice Austen is one of the first female photographers, and she lived in Staten Island, NY, at a home built by a Dutch sea captain who settled there in the early 1700s. In this photo Alice sits on a...
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About What is it Quiz #437
Last Saturday’s puzzle #437 was not about raising chickens, it was about guessing the car on the picture. That mystery was solved by many. Interesting however, that none of our top 10 contestans had...
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The future is secured: a new young managing director at PreWarCar.com
PreWarCar.com and PostWarClassic.com are growing rapidly. Therefore some structural changes are necessary to keep the high level of service and the daily features that you are used to.For the last 15...
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Mystery Bugatti body
What is it?: Mystery Bugatti body. This mystery Bugatti body recently came out of a long-term storage, from the owners of the chassis that it’s supposed to belong to. The body is of a 1927 Type-40...
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Adolphe Clément: What's in a name?
In early French transport history Adolphe Clément was overwhelmingly present. Whether cycles, motor cycles, cars, boats, balloon, zeppelins or aeroplanes, Adolphe Clément has made them. It is...
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PreWarWorkshop: a monocylinder repair
In this case there was a cast-iron cylinder that was cracked on a very tiny bridge between the 2 valve plugs. The area has a diameter of some 2,5mm and had been welded multiple times already, but kept...
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Will Tipo B Alfa P3 No. 46 find a lucky buyer?
RMSothebys have assembled a delicious choice of cars for their auction on 8 February at Paris Retromobile and we seized upon a car with just 3 gears, one seat and no roof. The very mention of the Tipo...
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