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Monster - A different kind of hot rod
After Tuesday's controversial Lakester, how about this for an altogether different type of hot rod? This Antipodean special started life as a 1920s Crossley 20/70 tourer, owned by Mrs Vida Jones of...
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Pebble Beach 2014: “The most interesting, breathtaking, swoopy cars ever built”
Concourses d’elegance will never get rid of all their stigmas about piano-gloss paint jobs shining deeper than the Kaspian sea and waxed tyres on glass plates. But then you may like to know that Pebble...
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Art-deco Ruxtons overwhelm at Pebble Beach
Right. Holiday is over and we’re going back to work. Well, okay – just one more look back at Pebble Beach before we do just that. Now, there was quite a lot that impressed. How about a Bentley Speed...
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What colour to choose for George Roesch's finest saloon?
This is about the dilemma of Stewart Wilkie. While restoring his Talbot Saloon (hear-hear!) he has arrived at the point where he needs to decide about colour. Stewart adds: "Very few of the type 110...
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Oily Rag Ford returns to the road
With The Automobile's event exclusively for unrestored cars, the Oily Rag Run, drawing ever nearer, it seems like the perfect time to take a closer look at a truly Oily Rag conservation story. This...
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Lady in Racing (update: 1919 Eric-Campbell 10 h.p.)
The lady you see smiling from the seat of her car is Violette Cordery – or Violet for short. The car is a 1926 Invicta and it was this marque with which she was closely associated. Her eldest sister,...
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What is it? Quiz # 377
This beautifull Brooklands rocket is a racer of ill fame. Developped for the 1100 cc class with complicated twin cam engineering ahead of it's time it was'nt very succesfull. Twin overhead cams and...
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Killing the AV Monocar gremlins.
Back in 1919, a new British Cyclecar appeared on the market. The AV was manufactured by Ward and Avey in Middlesex between 1919 and 1924. One of the more successful cyclecars, it was based on a design...
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A long weekend Mystery (Update: 1913-20 FN? Minerva? Vauxhall?)
Alain Legrand sends this photo that was shot in Belgium around 1920-1925. It seems the couple depicted just has returned from a long weekend or similar. There's still some luggage waiting in the...
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A $200 American Dream
Auctions are wonderful opportunities to dream, and we all need our dreams. We must believe that dreams can come true and so when deciding which one car to buy at the 7th annual Auburn Auction held by...
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Portugese pumper mysteries
Not a long time ago several interesting fire pumps were exposed at a Portuguese classic car event. The 1930 Citroen C6 (photo 3) or the 1929 Brockway (Photo 4) seem to be fully original while others...
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The Pierce Arrow must go
What do you do when you find a superb unrestored 1931 Lincoln Dietrich convertible sedan? No issue for David Schultz, director of the Stan Hywet Concours d'Elegance. He has Lincoln blood in his veins,...
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Hats off - goggles on.
We are lucky to live in this digital age and today we invite you to revisit an old friend we introduced back in 2012. Our picture shows Joan Newton Cuneo in 1911 at the wheel of her Pope Hummer (corr....
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About quiz #377 : 1923 Newton (Ceirano) Brooklands
Well this was one of those cars that you either know or never haVE heard about. The car that was subject of quiz 377 turned up at a most pleasant 'strawberries & bubbles' event at Bicester...
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Gordon Bennett Balloon Race; follow the flight! (ed.Updated below)
The Gordon Bennett Balloon Race has started last night from Vichy in France. 19 balloon crews took off with balloons filled with hydrogen and the winner will be the pilot who travels the furthest. The...
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About quiz #377: 1923 Newton (Ceirano) Brooklands
Well this was one of those cars that you either know or never haVE heard about. The car that was subject of quiz 377 turned up at a most pleasant 'strawberries & bubbles' event at Bicester...
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The World's Fastest (Indian) Cyclecar?
Keith McElroy spotted this sporty cyclecar at Steam & Traction rally at Lake Goldsmith, Victoria, Australia two years ago..! And the mschine is still haunting him. The engine is an aircooled...
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What will you be bringing home from Beaulieu?
Beaulieu is on our mind! Only a few days away from totally unexpected treasures. And only a few days away from unexpectedely selling that heap of parts. You'll never know what happens and one thing is...
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An Eastbourne Seaside Mystery (UPDATE: 1906-07 FIAT ?)
Nick Graves sent us above picture of his great grandfather William Charles Butler standing next to an impressive machine. Nick writes that the man was a 'motor engineer' in Eastbourne, Sussex...
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