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VSCC: on behalf of the family, we salute you
A big family gathering. That is what we noticed last weekend when we visited the Silverstone races. We came to see pre-war cars racing against each other, but saw much more than that!A...
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The first Miss America: without paint!
Who has more paint, the lady or the car? Although the lady looks pretty pure, since this is Margaret Gorman, the first Miss America ever, she must have used some make-up. Without make-up you cannot...
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About Quiz # 443 : 1920 Belsize Fifteen
Sorry, no Sunbeam and no Daimler as some of you wrote. One respondent complained that we ran this quiz earlier. Probably he referred to a quiz we had last summer that was about a Belsize -Bradshaw, the...
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Bedelias on the banking.
How can we describe the event happening next weekend? The name - Vintage Revival Vintage Revival Montlhéry 2017. The place - Montlhéry Autodrome, 15 miles south of Paris. The people? Well, let me...
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A 1909 Book mystery
Bill Coates is reading a book by F. Kinsley Hutchinson called Motoring in the Balkans, published 1909. There are very few photos of the car despite it being a motoring adventure. This is the best -...
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Thomas-Detroit: large history, just few left
Erwin R. Thomas, a Buffalo, New York, bicycle manufacturer, began building motorized bikes, trikes and quads before 1902. That September he changed the company name to his own, and the E.R....
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A wonderful Bugatti-day…
The prehistory:Some years ago, my good friend Bastian visited me and he pleased me to help him with the search for a car. He never had his own car, but for his premier, he didn´t want to buy...
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Gillet-Forest, an unusual design
1907, now 110 years ago, was the last year of one of these makes, which coloured the early years of the automobile industry: Gillet-Forest. Strangely enough the last picture I know of this make is...
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Brooklands banking beauties.
Many of us will be heading for the banked race track at Montlhery as you read this and you may be sure there will be plenty of opportunities to view the photographs taken over the coming weekend.The...
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What is it? Quiz #444
My first thought when I saw this car, was that is was a creation of a woodcarver named Geppetto. Geppetto? Yes, Geppetto, the creator of rascal Pinocchio, whose nose grows when he is lying.Maybe you...
View ArticlePWC meets a Rolls, Topolino and Lagonda
How easy is it to start an Edwardian Rolls Royce Silver Ghost? We can of course explain it in a text but a video is a bit easier and makes it probably more clear to you.We are interested to know if you...
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An Indian Mystery car in Europe
A saloon to kick the week off. This photo was sent in by Harit Trivedi, who collects photos connected to India. He said the photo was taken in Europe and the people appear to be from India. The car...
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No glitter or glimmer but some really nice and usable cars
On Wednesday 17th, some attractive prewar-cars are offered by Brightwells at their “Leominster Classic & Vintage May 2017”-auction.So let´s see, what we can find!
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PreWar workshop: Timing a magneto
Today's article is about a thing I find on many cars: wrong or slightly wrong timing on the magneto (or battery ignition, but I mostly fettle with magnetos so I will concentrate on that).I always...
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Montlhery: a true PreWar paradise!
What a fantastic weekend at MontlheRAIN! The prelude:Montlhery... Vintage Revival... the paradise for every prewarcar-afficionado! You just can´t describe the mood in written letters. The...
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Wash the dust of your car and drive
This lovely young lady has taken her husband's car (or is it her own?!) out of the garage and is washing it. A thing we love; a car that gets under the mud, dust and is used. Cars are made for driving,...
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About What is it Quiz #444: 1939 Ted Hall XCP1
What a quiz this was. Not your everyday car. Or is it a plane?Only one answer was sent in. It was given by jury member Alan Spencer and was correct.The car/ aircraft shown....
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The racer that never raced
When the Gordon Bennett races started in 1900, racing was mainly a French affair. The Automobile Club de France already had held numerous city to city races, whereas racing activity outside France...
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Mysterious Minerva from Saxony
In the 1920s, the bulk of imported cars came from U.S. manufacturers, many of which had production lines of their own in Germany. The share of Italian automobiles was also quite impressive at that...
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Ernst Neumann Neander; an early genius in arts and motoring
Ernst Neumann-Neander, born in 1871 in Kassel/Germany was an early universal genius in arts and motoring. He got famous as well for his graphics and paintings, as also for designing cars, bikes and...
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