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Metropolis motor keeps on rousing readers
There is no doubt that one of the most daring of silent film projects is Fritz Lang's epic 'Metropolis'. One reader writes: "As I have viewed the film over the years, the question what the make and...
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Beauty and the Bédelia
Back in May we shared with you the story of the 2014 Festival of Slowth – a celebration of cyclecars and their owners. The event was held in the grounds of Llysdinam Hall in Wales, the family home of...
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What is it? Quiz #378
This great colonial style picture found its way to us all the way from Bombay. A reader's friend recently found it and, like ourselves, wondered about the 5 w's: who, what, where, when and why? Well,...
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Adler and others go Antwerp
Next Sunday, on September 14, tourists and travellers walking the serene gardens of Chateau Belvédère near Antwerp, may be rudely awoken by the sound of sputtering and gurgling four-, six- and eight...
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A SCAP afficionado
We'd like to introduce you to a French friend, Monsieur S.C.A.P. Defrasnes. Apart from his everyday vintage Salmson he has a funny hobby on the side. He likes to fiddle around with a car sharing his...
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The oldies must go to keep the youngsters interested...!?
No less than 47 pre-war and early post-war Fords will be auctioned on October 1 and 2 in the Dutch flowerbulb municipality of Hillegom. They form part of the largest private collection of Fords in the...
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Drive slow or...
Our friend Fer likes to stroll around on flea markets, jumble sales and car boot sales and manages to find a little treasure every now and then, too. Take this picture for example, discovered at a...
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A one-pot, four-valve, four-spark Mystery.
The Beaulieu Autojumble always will cough up a few mysteries. This time best of show in that respect was the engine Yesterdays (antique Motorcycles) put up for display. An extremely well engineered...
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Beaulieu Bluebird
When you spend three days at the annual Beaulieu Autojumble, the three fields are mostly filled with men and their beloved motoring stuff. So it was a refreshing surprise to come across Jackie sitting...
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About Quiz #378...: no winners: 1905 l'Elegante
Crikey, not everything is what it appears to be. We just learned that once more when the answers for the latest quiz car came in. There were just three of you giving it a go, and two of them followed...
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A new generation of pre-war car rescuers
Report by Francisco Carríon (on right in photo): The continuity of the pre-war car hobby among young people is under fire. Just a few days ago we wrote about the auction of the Fords from the Den...
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The fate of the South American cars
The pictures accompanying this article were taken one month ago, but these american cars have not been moved for many years. Still this can´t be considered as a "barn find"the . The owner is a...
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Avions Voisin mystery Drophead & Dealer Sign.
Slightly similar to the Voisin Drophead coupe sold at Bonhams recent Beaulieu sale. Yet the one on this photo sent by Vincent Juvenelle seems more elaborate. After counting the bonnet louvres we...
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The 24-pot Zanvoort Revival Challenge.
Due to an unhappy decision of the Zandvoort Circuit management organiser the Zandvoort Vintage Revival is in the same weekend as the DTM, a championship for souped-up post-2010 saloons. Revivial...
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A new life to my 1929 Chrysler Imperial Le Mans Roadster
The 1929 Chrysler Imperial Le Mans roadster series 75. They call her "The Breeze" (click main photo for current condition). She's a former stockcar restored in Australia in 1976 (photos 5,6,7) and...
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It's only a fish
When I have guests staying from overseas I like to take them to Oxford and all its architecture and museums and shops, but on the way there I turn down a small side street and stop. Out with the...
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What is it? Quiz #379
It is a lovely cyclecar with outspoken radiator, nice cocky wings, interesting frontaxle and 'desirable' beltdrive. The radiator is topped with a figurine which looks like a flamenco dancer, yet that's...
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Eastbourne revisited.
Rick Ford reponds to our earlier feature about Eastbourne:Your story of early motor engineers in Eastbourne was splendid. But let us travel to the west and back in time to perhaps the turn of the...
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Charleston commuter
Chris Leigh-Jones reports from wonderful historic Charleston. Would you know of any better place in the US to use a french vintage car? Chris wrote: "In the past I did the 2 hour daily commute from...
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Liberation Task Force
Karel Vermeer is travelling on a frequent basis from Holland to France. Last week he stumbled over the Liberation Task Force only miles accross the border between Belgium and Holland. "On our way...
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