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A National Highway Mystery
Another American tour, or more likely the celebration or first drive of the new National Highway New York-Chicago as proposed in 1902 by the AAA. Interestingly enough the name 'National Highway' is...
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About Quiz #369: 1936-1939 Schlörwagen
Last weekend's quiz proved not to be that hard. Everybody recognised the Mercedes 170H chassis and found the basic information based on that. Roughly the same information as given to us by Mike Rose...
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The only surviving Renault Primaquatre Saprar?
In January last year work was started on this very special 1938 Renault Primaquatre; and now click the mainphoto for today's appearance. The attractive sporty roadster is a - don't stumble over the...
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'The World's Best Car' 1914 Mercedes 80/90HP
One hundred years ago (May 1914...!) , seven years after Rolls Royce was acclaimed 'Best Car in the World' by Autocar magazine, the UK distributor of Mercedes came with nearly the same words:...
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Identifying a Panhard et Levassor. (yes or no sleeve valve)
This can't be that hard to solve. Richard Biddulph found this pre 1914 Panhard & Levassor and freed it from a long time museum rest. There is this one little issue. The car has no identity, we just...
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Edwardian giant to stretch its legs at Goodwood
In 1911 Fiat built two giant racing cars to capture the records for the flying kilometre and flying mile. Called the Tipo S76, car number one achieved the mile record with driver Pietro Bordino at the...
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Hillman Aero Minx sliding window issue
Tim Green´s report brings up a side window engineering issue with respect to his wonderful Aero Minx project: "I bought this car which was a four seater tourer as a collection of bits in boxes. I...
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Chummy Ladies hardly need Spanner Men
Report by Robin 'Gasballoon' Batchelor after a jolly Chummy meet at Chawton House : A few years ago a group of Ladies got chatting at a VSCC event where their husbands were competing and communally...
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What is it? Quiz #370
If you have been reading PreWarCar for a long, long time, you will have no trouble identifying this cyclecar, as it has been mentioned a few times. Although we have not published a picture of this make...
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Unrestored well preserved Automobiles
There seems to be a lot of chatter these days about cars being over restored...or original cars that should not have been restored at all. I'd like to present five cars from the Fountainhead Antique...
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Use them while you can
Fresh photos from Uruguay by Hans Cornelisse. It seems like Uruguay is the new Cuba... This well used Citroen truck looks like a U23 and is still in nearly daily service. And why not, it's cheap and...
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About Quiz #370: Colombe
Did you notice in last week's quiz the apparent absence of electric lights? As our quizwinner suggested: "Maybe the crew survived the nighttime part of the 24-hour race by the illumination of the...
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Grand Prix of Pau 2014
Past weekend (17-18 May) was celebrated the annual Grand Prix de Pau Historique in the South of France, this year under a new organizing team. We´ve seen some changes, mainly in the different racing...
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Hundreds of pre-war Aston Martin parts plus a few cars...
Getting parts for your pre-war beloved one is one of the hard aspects of the hobby. No wonder PreWarCar's parts section works so well. The marque specialists work very hard to have reproduced important...
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An Aprile mystery at Villa d'Este 2014
report and photos by Vincent Juvenelle: Since 1929 the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este is arguably the ultimate concours for wonderful cars and fashion. This year, Maserati and Rolls Royce were the...
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What became of 'MG1932'?
Graham Rankin sent this family photo: "I recently came across this period photo of my father Kenneth Rankin in his J2 MG taken in 1932 after qualifying as a chartered accountant. The number plate was...
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Moviestar in the Sunset Song
Ian Murray reports about his Locke bodied 1914 ED: "The Reno has been on tour. It's just had its 100th Birthday and was used in the filming of "Sunset Song" - a story written by the Scottish Author,...
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Speechless at Stowe School
Stowe School sits in beautiful Buckinghamshire parkland near Silverstone race track. Every year on Speech Day, the school likes to offer parents and pupils something extra and I was invited to bring a...
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What is it? Quiz #371
Correct, it's not a Bentley. And not even remotely acquainted. It is a fine example of a make that started prior to 1900 and lived up to WWII. Not too many have survived though and we understand of...
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French life in rural Gloucestershire
La Vie en Bleu; the French inspired motoring weekend is held at the end of May at Prescott Speed Hill Climb. Nestled within the rolling hills of Gloucestershire - UK; the event was started a few years...
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