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The Flying Lady Mascot concours
Last week was the "20 HP Register Rolls Royce Enthusiasts Club Touring from Asturias". Under this long intrincate headline one of these typical turistic rallyes took place, in this particular case in...
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Mystery Saloon-Convertible mix-up
Two cars. One a Saloon, one a Cabriolet were sold to South America. However, to two locations very far away from each other. Still their chassis numbers are consecutive. The two numbers #410203 and...
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On which Rolls would you put your money?
You may know that we're not really into the money side of the hobby. Still it is a wise thing to think ahead about the day you may have to dispose of your beloved car again. Due to examples recently...
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Liberated sisters Dolly and Molly
Most of us who like old cars also like old bicycles. It is a good way to get exercise, they are cheap to run and there are just as many lady riders as gentlemen. My picture shows sisters Dolly and...
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What is it? Quiz #374
This stubby looking European vehicle is not completely honest about its virtues. Its outer looks send you in a wrong direction. In other words, what you see is not what you get. It was available in the...
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High-end Model T touring!
Report from Peru: The Canyon del Plato is a canyon that little by little becomes less inhabited and cultivated, but where at a given moment only cacti grow. We follow the river Santo and fully enjoy...
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Purposely disabled Peugeot 401 Camionette ?
Peter Hill recently purchased this wonderful looking truck. "Everything appears to be there but the vehicle looks like it has been deliberately disabled at some time in it's life. The fuel pipe has 2"...
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Hanging on to a 1908 GP Panhard – Levassor
report by Tim Gunn:In April 2012 I was asked to take an Edwardian ladies’ bicycle to a secret location in the depths of the Norfolk countryside for a photo-shoot. I often get requests to provide...
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Maxwell parts remarried after a 30 years divorce.
report by Joe Goss:"Quite some time back a mystery engine was shown on your site (check back May 2012), images having been forwarded from Mr Foster of Old Cars Weekly. I had answered that it was a...
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A miniature XL bonnet Mystery (update: two 4 cylinders ?)
Radu Comsa has a keen eye for photos in small shops and markets. Even for small photos found in small shops. Last week he found this physical thumbnail measuring 10 x 20 mm! in a Bucharest antique...
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What are you waiting for? Hop in! (update: 1920 Standard SLO)
Allow me to introduce you to Margot Burke. She was a model when this photograph was taken in 1922 and is captioned ‘modeling for automobile advertisement’. That makes me think America, but the car...
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Jean Panhard, 1913-2014
On July 17 one of the last survivors of the pre-war French automotive industry died at the age of 101. Jean Panhard was the son of Paul Panhard who was a nephew of René Panhard. Together with Émile...
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About Quiz #374 1922 Stigler electric. No Winners.
We had no correct answers for last week's quiz. It is not a ca. 1923, 12-25hp Phoenix "All Weather saloon convertible". The make we were looking for is Stigler. August Stigler, at the age of 18, moved...
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Another thumbnail mystery. (update, coachwork Sodomka)
Radu Comsa found this second miniature photo in the same Bucharest shop. This time no flag or movie title to help us out. So what you see is what you get. We first thought a special bodied...
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Front wheel drive town-car from Belgium?
Some cars by the coachwork alone make you think how things worked in the old times. That is to say, when you were rich. The 1929 Cord L29 was a serious choice in itself. Not too many front wheel...
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A very wet Tour de France.
We're looking at a rare shot of a very wet day in 1938 with the Tour de France crossing Lille (the backyard of Bruno Vendiesse). Of paricular interest of course is the Bugatti T57 Atalante driven...
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The most horrendous Hispano ever built?
The french Hispano-Suiza factory of Bois Colombes closed its doors in 1938. Around 120 J-12 chassis had been produced, all these bodied by the most prestigious coach builders of the era. The car...
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Fast moving girl, or the Princess Braganca d’Avellar
The quality of this photograph begs for close inspection and you won’t be disappointed. The lady in the driver’s seat is Miss Ruth Maycliffe. Notice I didn’t say she was the driver because this...
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What is it? Quiz #375
Here we have very formal body on a very noble chassis. The slightly Rolls-like radiator may point you in the wrong direction. Yet the location of the factory - be it not British - is not lightyears...
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Pedalling like Hercules: in the saddle of a 1901 De Dion Bouton Tricycle
In 2012 Geoff Gray bought a 1901 De Dion Bouton motor tricycle in need of restoration. I suggested he first spoke with De Dion tricycle expert Mick Penney who is the UK’s best kept secret for all...
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