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Prewar Workshop: Finetuning your magneto
Last week's article was about roughly setting a magneto for timing. Now I want to let you know how to set a magneto to the correct factory setting, where known. In most cases, if you have an operating...
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Weird Thursday: Pirates of the Black Sea
Apart from the occasional Lada I didn’t spot any old car while on holiday in Bulgaria. But when I visited the old town of Nessebar, a Unesco World Heritage Site on the Black Sea, I saw this old...
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When the lady smiles
Ladies SMILE!Look at these six wonderful young ladies. Posing in a 1926 or 1927 Singer Junior. In 1926, the Junior was first introduced at the London Car Show. Comfortable, small,....
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What is it? Quiz #445
This week's Quiz-Car is a nice small Torpedo. It had a 10CV-4-Cylinder engine and was built in Europe. The two founders of the company came from Spain, but the cars were built in another country...
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A truly sad end to our wonderful tour down under
Some very unfortunate news came to our ears. A very original Bugatti Type 30 has been stolen in the States, just after its return from a tour in Australia. As our website has visitors from all over the...
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The Belsize works... last words
Earlier we published about quiz #443. Last week we also gave the answer to the quiz. The car we were looking for was a 1920 Belsize Fifteen. The fun thing about these quizzes is, that our loyal...
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Partytime, but in what car?
Well, that does look like quite a party they are having there. The reason why they are having a drink is not known to us. It might be that they just caught some smugglers who were trying to sell their...
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Prewar workshop: Casting small parts in the workshop
Before I start this article, I’d like to point out that casting metal is easily done with very little tools or equipment. This doesn’t mean that it is safe in any way or smart to neglect safety...
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Not only flamboyant and stylish, also a pure racer
Villa Erba on the Lago di Coma, will once again be the place where RM Sotheby's will be auctioning off some of the most amazing cars in the world.As the auction will be during the Concorso...
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Introduction of Mrs. PreWarCar!
The change of ownership of PreWarCar.com, also means that now there is a new Mr PreWarCar. With, on his side (a probably even more important) Mrs PreWarCar.You are possibly wondering why it is, today I...
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About What is it Quiz #445: Soriano-Pedroso
Many correct answers for a not really easy quiz! Congratulations, I didn´t expect that, as I only know the one picture of the car, we searched for. I found it in an old car-book, I bought in Paris at...
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Have you ever seen a more artful radiator mascot?
Have you ever seen a more artful radiator mascot?It is not just artful but at the same time the 3D version of the company logo of the Russian automotive company „Russo Baltique“Last month we had a...
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Monday Mystery a non-Voisin Boattail
Mystery BoattailRecently I found a very nice photo, which was specified as a “Voisin”-picture. On the very first view, you might think, that the photo shows a kind of homemade one-off Voisin, but...
View ArticleTravel with us at the eleven city tour
Last weekend, we drove the 'Elfstedenrally'. A tour of 250 km's through the lovely country side of Fryslan, part of The Netherlands. The tour is based on the famous skating race in the winter, where...
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Prewar Workshop: “Drilling” square holes
Recently I was making wheel hubs in the workshop and a question that kept rising from a lot of people that saw them was how I made the square holes. It’s actually a very simple operation that I want...
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Spot the 10 Differences #1; veteran cars
Today a new item on the website! Spot the 10 differences between the photos. This week a very colourful photo taken at the London to Brighton run of 2011. What we see are 6 cars. Next week, we will...
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An Austrian ladies orchestra in a Dutch car
Sometimes you come across one of these mysterious combinations like in this case: the Austrian ladies-orchestra 'Apollo', directed by a man with the short but almost unpronounceable name of Franz...
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What is it? Quiz #446
This big edwardian tourer is probably the only one ever made. If you hear the name, you would immediately think you were driving a bicycle! Find out whatever you can about this specific car and maybe...
View ArticlePassion for cars at Formula Vintage
The definition of Passion is; a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something. Most of us have it, we read books, watch movies, go to events and work on them: our...
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Which car is this? Maybe you can help us...
Look at this lovely old photograph. Two people, who look like a couple, sitting in a car. It looks like they just left the house. Maybe it is their house, but we do not know this for sure. Before...
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