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"What happened with my father's birthday present?"
Lesley Farley writes: "My late father, Godfrey Paddick was given the above Aston Martin 15/98 as a 21st birthday present by his rather generous father, Sidney, in either 1937 or 1938. My brothers and...
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A massive motor home Mystery
Now that temperatures start to raise a littel again we start thinking about spectacular motoring weekends. Chris Jones sends this photo. "This motor home was one of many vehicles owned by my Great...
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A 60 mph three room appartment
Reacting to yesterday's motor home feature Tom Laferriere react with his very recent offering ofa 1929 Studebaker, straight eight President engined House Car. Looks can deceive, the vehicle is 100...
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About Quiz #365: 1935-37 Škoda 935
No matter it's scarcity, quiz car #365 appeared to be wellknown. Probably as it was exposed at last Rétromobile in Paris. No less than 13 competitors - among them various judges - came up with the...
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A B or B or B Mystery?
Most of the times we present you an unidentified car without doing lots of research ourselves. Many times we see in a glance what it is and decide to, often we have a gutfeel in which direction to...
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Mystery Block or Coffee Table?
Matthew Blake recently bought a load of 4 cylinder Amilcar parts from the US and amongst them was this 4 cylinder block having a bore of 58mm. It so far has been to two autojumbles and no one seems to...
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Aston A3 returns to Brooklands after 90 years
It's always a special event when a historic car is taken back to a circuit on which it competed in period, but the tortuous journey this Aston Martin has taken to get here makes it even more...
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Not every MarneTaxi was a Renault
by Fons Alkemade: The other day I acquired a nice copy of the 1911 catalogue of the Société Anonyme des Automobiles “Unic”. Unic cars were well-known in the 1910s and 1920s and the catalogue shows a...
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About Quiz #365: 1935-37 Škoda 935 (update: full results)
No matter it's scarcity, quiz car #365 appeared to be wellknown. Probably as it was exposed at last Rétromobile in Paris. No less than 13 competitors - among them various judges - came up with the...
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First Dutch trial a blast!
Despite the lack of hills last Sunday's first Dutch Trial was a big success. Twenty four teams were battling their way through a decent portion of mud and misery. A fabulous spring sun helped to...
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A nice spring gathering?
A roadside restaurant and a parking area filled with battered vintage cars. A lunch of the Oily Rag Gang perhaps? It was a very strange scene, discovered by our super active spanish reporter Francisco...
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What is it, that's missing. Quiz # 366
Everybody is out to enjoy the first days of spring - or depending on where you live - the first days of autumn. So we thought this is the right moment to do a slightly different quiz for the...
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High wheeling in Melbourne: 1906 Black Motorbuggy
Clarke Mayze from Australia is showing off his very original 'Black' Model 112 Motorbuggy circa 1906. From Georgano we understand Black was a Chicago firm who made high wheelers propelled by a 10HP...
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Connecticut to Essen per Kelsey Motorette.
This week 'Essen' will be the buzz word as there it is where the action is. Twelve halls and several outdoor courts filled with maybe a thousand classics. Plus parts, automobilia, clubs, dealers, a...
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Lancia Epsilon for a good cause
One of the -many- highlights of the Techno Classica in Essen will be the Coys Auction on Saturday, March 29. Among the 60+ cars to be offered we found a true gem... a 1912 Lancia 'Epsilon', Versione...
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Short note from Chickasha
Larry Riches visited last weekend's pre-war swap meet in Chickasha, one of the better kept secrets of the US classic car comunity. Possibly because it's hard to get there when you don't live in the...
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The Autovia Prototype Mystery
Tony Clark, who runs the website motoringart, recently obtained an original drawing of a saloon he didn’t recognize. And neither do we. At first guess it looks like the rare Autovia (click main pic),...
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Daimler's Wall of Fame
When you're in Essen, Germany you can be sure to stumble over one or two products of Daimler A.G. They always try - and often succeed - in creating some downforce in your jaws. This year they...
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About Quiz #366 Missing parts on '29 Hudson and '29 Pierce Arrow
Senders of the photo are Peter Ransom and Jak Guyomar from Australia, both jurymember. They thought up this killer-quiz. We received many interesting answers about various makes like Stutz, Lincoln...
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Today’s your last chance!
If you had plans to go to the Techno Classica in Essen, you'll have to go today, as the show will close its doors at 18.00 hours sharp. If you couldn't make it this year, here are some of our personal...
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