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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...
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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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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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