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Driving with a Model T
Model Ts are not diffult to drive, but they are different. First impressions can be worrying, but driving becomes second nature after the first hundred miles. The key skill is to look and think ahead...
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Lost cause of Italian motoring
The history of some cars can be traced way back till the day when they left their factory. The existence of others remains vague while got lost in sometimes decades of neglect or disinterest. Just...
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Brush up your Ego
It's summer time and if you don't go for a good spin right now you probably never will. The young chap at the wheel was wise enough to make good use of the full seating arrangement of his car: in his...
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What is it? Quiz #448
The "car", we are looking for was built for the attempt to break Sir Malcom Campbells land speed record of the early thirties. Much is written about the car, but most information is conflictive....
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Auburn's Greatest
The 1935 Auburn 851 Speedster might be something of a mongrel, but it is still one of most desirable American cars of the 1930s. Hastily cobbled together from left-over components from the unloved...
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Burmese Rolls Royce mystery
An old photo of a Rolls, that seems interesting. And a Rolls that is used by the Prince of Wales makes it even better. This photo is sent in by family of the former owner. He wrote: "I wish to share...
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Enjoy your day, America!
Today it is Independence Day. In 1776, the Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies could consider themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, and were no longer...
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Prewar Workshop: Line boring in the lathe
This project requires a little out-of-the-box thinking: using the machine for something it isn’t built for. The project is line boring a brass veteran gearbox. The 4 bores are quite oval and tapered...
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Best of British and a slice of apple pie at Brightwells
Yet another Classic Motoring Auction is due to take place at the Leominster branch of Brightwells on Wednesday 12th July, offering some shining examples of pre-war delicacies from both sides of the...
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Four ladies and their aeroplane radiator cap mystery
Not one but 4 ladies this Friday. There is not much known about this photo. It looks like the tallest woman is carrying something what looks like a melon. Or is it something else? She is possibly the...
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About What is it Quiz #448: Stapp Jupiter
Well done participants! The "car" we have been looking for is the Stapp Jupiter, also called "Stapp-Rocket" or "Mademoiselle France", built on a Voisin-Chassis around 1930...1932, to bring the speed...
View ArticleA most trilling demonstration of Bugatti power
Last weekend the Goodwood Festival of Speed was held at the famous track. Unfortunately, not everybody was able to attend. But luckily enough a lot was recorded and so we spent days behind our screen,...
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The good old days…
Mr Ezzeldin sent us this photograph from back in the days. We think the car on the photograph is a 15 ph. Crossley. Better known as the ``Shelsley`` model. This sporting version was introduced in 1913,...
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A confident young chauffeur
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this photograph from 1905 is the relaxed attitude of the chauffeur of this enormous Panhard-Levassor, clearly holding forth on some subject or other to the...
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A 1908 ABC restoration: help needed!
Six years ago Osvaldo Faustini from Italy bought through our PreWarCar.com-site a 1908 ABC, a rare high-wheeler originating from St. Louis in the USA. Although the car looks very original, it was...
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European history lessons at Blenheim
A small yet highly impressive selection of pre-war cars are due to go under the hammer at the up-coming Blenheim Palace auction, hosted by Coys of Kensington, on Saturday 15th July. Only five...
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An unknown German aircooled car
An email from Christian Günzel came in. With attached this photo of a small but very crowdy 'family' car and he would like to know what it is. Quite often we receive this kind of photos, which we...
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One car, 44 years, 250,000 miles…
If you live in England then you will probably recognise the car in these photographs. This 1937 Frazer Nash-BMW 319/55 has been owned for the last 44 years by Mark Garfitt, who is certainly not afraid...
View ArticlePrewar Workshop: Trembler coils
Recently in the workshop I had ignition problems with a <1900 vehicle. The car would not really want to work well when cold and had problems finding the correct ignition timing. The ignition...
View ArticleThe ultimate barnfind? Definitely a dream car!
The Ultimate barn find they said... Something we hear quite often, not always correct in our opinion. But in this movie, we can definitely see a fantastic barn find! A car we only dream about finding...
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