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A date with Rétro Renault in Paris
If you already have a 2017 diary, then turn to those February pages between 8 and 12 and see if you can squeeze in a date with the elegant lady leaning against the Renault Type ACXI Viva Grand Sport...
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About Quiz #435 - 1921 Deemster
The car pictured in last week's quiz is a 1921 Deemster made by the Ogston Motor Co. (1918) Ltd. at the Deemster Works in Acton, west London. The image was captured by the camera of Peter McFadyen who...
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The search for "L'Automobiliste" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
A little research of histroy won't hurt in these dark December days. Mr. 'Pugrider' (editor: is he driving this 1907 Speedster? Wow, we envy him!) reports: "While researching another Henri de...
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Unknown car used by R.A.F in WW II in Africa
Peter Huson would like to know the following: "This photo was taken of 237 (Rhodesia) Squadron R.A.F. personnel in the early years of WW2 either in Kenya or Tanganyika. Can anyone please help with the...
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Pre-WW1 mystery car: Austro-Daimler?
For some time I have been wondering which manufacturer once built this impressive Coupé de Ville (or Sedanca de Ville/Town Car). My first guess was Bergmann-Metallurgique, a German company who had...
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Dreaming of a white X-mas
Thank you for sending us snow shots! Here a selection of the snow scenes that came in. First a fresh concours level restoration, but still in the snow:"Here's our Phantom 124 NC, photo taken by...
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Packing up for Christmas (update: AEC or Daimler Y-type)
All on board? Yes, this is the time of the year to visit family and friends or even better go touring together. Nowadays it may be easier to come together over large distances but back in 1927 men used...
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Ladies having fun in the snow
Do you remember as a child how your little heart leapt with joy when you opened your bedroom curtains and saw the world covered in snow? Of course you do - because it meant a day playing outdoors and...
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What is it? Christmas Quiz Announcement!
The snow you see here is only 80 years old. The car showing was photographed during the Olympic Winter Games at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany. No need to answer to this snowed in mystery....
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Happy Christmas! What will Santa bring?
HAPPY CHRISTMAS to You, your Family and Friends! Think back of the days you were a little boy. What would he bring with boxing day? I can assure you that we always hoped for a proper pedal car....
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Whatisit? PreWar Christmas Quiz day 1
The year 2016 is almost behind us. But please don't be sad, as this is the time for our annual Prewar Christmas Quiz! Quite simple this time. What we are going to show you is an historical figure, a...
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Whatisit? PreWar Christmas Quiz day 2
Please ignore the man sitting on the chair. He’s Prince Leopold of Belgium, but he has no relation to our question, other than that he was an avid admirer of the marque we want to hear. It’s the name...
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Whatisit? PreWar Christmas Quiz day 3
The mean looking man pictured here was a French explorer and adventurer who travelled to New-France. In 1701 he laid the foundations for a city that was to become a world center for automobile...
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Whatisit? PreWar Christmas Quiz day 4
Just like King Alphonso XIII from Spain, this Belgian king also had an automobile named after him. He was born in 1875 and reigned from 1909 to 1934. The make itself (Belgian of course) started in...
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Whatisit? PreWar Christmas Quiz day 5
The man behind the wheel of this magnificent Benz (click main picture) was a French engineer. Born in 1879, he moved to Saint-Petersburg in 1905 and became a personal driver to Tsar Nicolas II. Trying...
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Whatisit? PreWar Christmas Quiz day 6
Seen here is a patriot from the American Revolution. Born in 1734, he became a silversmith, but in 1765 he became a member of a group of militants trying to protect the right of the colonists and to...
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Wishing you heaps of Motoring Fun in 2017 !
Isn't that a great start of the year! A Mitchell racing machine idling while posing for the photographer after a good day at a dirt track (note the mud/snow chains). May we say that the car is showing...
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New Years Resolution
The New year has started, new plans are made and also new goals are set up. Leif Ortegren has sent us this Pope Waverley Electric advertisement which says it all. The message is: I am resolved; which...
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An early Belvallette car body
This 1891 Panhard & Levassor dogcart was one of the first cars of the famous make and probably used by Hippolyte Panhard himself. In P&L code the type was a P2C of 1.5 H.P., in which the P...
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PreWarCar Workshop: An exploding dynamo
When you start up your beloved vintage machine and the ampere-meter reads a steep discharge, something might be going on with your charging device (when equipped!). In this case, I wanted to check the...
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