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Spot the 10 differences #2: Montlhery
This week the second 'Spot the differences'. The photo is taken by Hubertus Hansmann during a wet Vintage Revival Montlhery. What we see is a Morgan and 2 GN's. But can you also see the 10 differences...
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V 16 Beauty
If you were a well-paid American movie star in the 1930s and you wanted to splash out on a car, what would you choose?Our picture answers that question for Joan Crawford, who chose a V 16 Cadillac. We...
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About what is it? Quiz #446: A 1905 Raleigh
No, not a Duerkopp as mentioned by George T. Cassidy, though the engine of this car indeed did come from Germany. The car is of English origin, as Kevin Atkinson describes very correctly: “The car is a...
View Article24th of August, 1901, the first race in Tuscany: Piombino - Livorno
Even the name sounds great: Piombino - Livorno. It was the first race in Tuscany, 24 august 1901. Felice Nazzaro won at the wheel of his FIAT12 HP Corsa on this 80km track. He did it in 1h 49m with an...
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The ill-fated 1902 Wolseley racers
Recently we received from one of our readers an interesting series of photos picturing two of the 1902 racing Wolseleys, including the underslung model. Particularly interesting are some photos of...
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An English - French workhorse
Our first thought, when we hear Leon Bollée;the famous three wheeled car (from around 1900), with its air-cooled vertical cylinder, mostly hot tube ignition; not the most reliable car but it is quite...
View ArticleAutomotive service in 1940, not that much difference from now.
Fantastic to see a commercial from 1940 where they explain how automotive service works. It is quite interesting to see that most things haven't changed through the years. At the end of the day, the...
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The Rumpler-Metropolis car: Burning drops
Even if I´m a big fan of old movies, some classics still are missing in my collection. One of those movies was Fritz Langs "METROPOLIS", one of the most fantastic movies of the 1920s, but last...
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Hi! My name is....
Hi! My name is Morris. Lovely to meet you. Yes, indeed Morris as in the car. M-O-R-R-I-S. Morris? Oh really. In the United Kingdom, it is much more common. Especially as a surname. But in The...
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What is it? Quiz #447
When you have a hard time selling your motorcycles, you can experiment with cars. That was what this company did, when the Model T Ford was cheaper than their bikes. This roadster was the development...
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Brooklands finishing straight re-opens for the first time since 1940
Precisely 110 years after the grand opening of the banked racing circuit of Brooklands, the famous Finishing Straight is due to be re-opened to motorsport as part of the venue’s Double Twelve event...
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Roch-Brault, a family of motoring pioneers
Roch-Brault is one of these names you could regularly come across in the pioneer years of the motor car in France. Early 1897 Maurice Roch-Brault was 'constructeur' of the Fisson. He participated...
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Brightwells Bonanza at Bicester.
There is an auction coming soon (24 June) held by Brightwells at their new Bicester Heritage premises offering an interesting choice of vehicles from Austin Sevens to Wolseley.This Austin was...
View ArticleWhat can we say....
Not corporate at all, is what they are saying at Longstone Tyres about themselves. And indeed, what a joy we had when we looked at this 'test'- film. They are making sure, we will be safe. Heroes, they...
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Twelve Cylinders... Voisin... That sounds really gorgeous!
Twelve Cylinders... Voisin... That sounds really gorgeous! And there is the very special opportunity at the Stanislas Machoir Auction on June, 28th to let this dream come true. Gabriel Voisin started...
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If only she had stayed with Bugatti.
Her name is Renee and to properly meet her, we first have to introduce you to her Father Ernest Frederich. You know his name - the man who accompanied Ettore Bugatti in 1909 when first visiting a...
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About What is it Quiz #447: 1928 Indian X4
The answer of last week wasn't that hard. It is of course the 1928 Indian X4 automobile. Built by the Indian Motorcycle Co. of Springfield, Massachusetts,USA. Their fourth experimental, thus X4, car....
View ArticleSee, smell, hear at Het Loo
Next weekend, is Concours d'Elegance Het Loo. When we were preparing for this lovely event, we came across some photos and movies of the sprint from last year. In our opinion, the sprint which takes...
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The whole family included
Recently Mr Wilson from Bangalore, India shared this lovely old photograph with us. Where the photograph is taken exactly, we do not know. But what we do know, is that the people on the photograph are...
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Who can come up with a new nickname?
Last time when we were discussing names, we were talking about people named after cars. As we all know, cars are quite often named after their inventor / maker. Last week, we received the following...
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