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About Quiz #381: 1937 Mack Jr.
As we suspected, this was an easy quiz, and all but one of the 17 who responded were on the right track. Most of you got the make, model and year of this truck (the model year of the truck encroached...
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Pre Wars in Athens
What better place to make contact with “the right” people than a Concours d’Elegance? While planning the Via Hellenica we visited the Athens show at the Flisvos Marina. We immediately spotted our...
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Vive Traction Avant!
Report and photos by Mike Tebbet: "Les Amis de la Traction Club de L’Aigle” held their seventeenth annual ‘Bourse d’Echange’ last weekend (19th October). Welcoming visitors at the entrance into the...
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A 1914 GN returns home
Amongst the cars sold at RM’s Hershey auction was a 1914 belt drive GN which is well known to the British GN fraternity and had enjoyed some competition after being discovered in a UK barn in the...
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Austin Seven Vs Morris Minor
There are some types of car which inspire total dedication from their owners. Much more than a means of transport, they become part of the owners' personality. Along with this dedication comes too a...
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Looking for new facts about the Schlumpf brothers
At the moment Arnoud and Ard op de Weegh are working on a new book about the Schlumpf Affair. "This book will tell the whole truth about the affair and will display many new photo's that never have...
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From ' barn find' to 'good-as-new'.
Whether you like the term ‘oily rag’ or ‘barn find’ or ‘ripe for restoration’ you have a treat in store on Wednesday 12 November when H & H auctions will offer a car in just such a condition at...
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The cast iron Lambda Mystery
A very nice shot of the 1923 Lancia Lambda currently on offer by Christoph Grohe. He will bring the car to AutoRetro Barcelona three weeks from now. Christoph asked us to bring up a little mystery...
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Winter is early in Cameron
Winter has shown its pale face early this year in Cameron Wisconsin. Yesterday Ed Fallon - US President of the American Gozzy Club (whatever that is..?) - decided 16" of snow is just perfect for the...
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An English Model T mystery
English ford Model T specialist Neil Tuckett recently had this most unusual car for sale. It is a Manchester-built 1920 car with what is believed to be unique English coachwork.A true Oily Rag car, it...
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A late autumn Convert
Autumn is my favourite season. Out with the woolly jumpers and corduroys and enjoy the changing colours whilst driving your vintage car along leafy lanes. Digby had two friends staying – he would take...
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What is it? Quiz #383
Here's a fine family touring photo, shot in eastern Europe, probably late twenties. A chauffeur plus two well to do couples. In the background a chinese style (?) porch. This is a slightly different...
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Talbot - but which model?
Peter Skofic: "In the period from 1952 to 1955 at several local and international racing events in former Yugoslavia this Talbot has participated too. For sure it was a prewar MC model (=monoplace...
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Landed from Mars?
Richard Biddulph writes: "I just took this Delage in as a part exchange. It has come with no papers or history whatsoever. I want to know what year it is & if the body is original to the car etc....
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Three twenties beauties found in chateau.
It still happens. We received this message from Alexy , a 32 year old classic car enthusiast from the UK. He recently bought three cars in a chateau in France. The cars were part of the estate that...
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The fate of a 1934 Matford Saloon
We like to hear your opinion in this. This car is owned by a dutch guy who reports that this once was a 1934 Matford saloon (with the wellknown - small- Ford V8). Somewhere in life the car was...
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Mystery at Bleasby Hall
Anthony Morton sends the above postcars showing his homestead Bleasby Hall. The picture has puzzled him for some time now as he would love to find out which car is depicted. We suspect he is entertain...
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Ode to Netta the navigator
When driving abroad it is essential to have a map, and even more essential to have a map reader. You’re driving on the opposite side of the road, there are frequently beautiful views to distract you...
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About Quiz #383: Buick Master Six
Well, that was fun! Lots of good and better aswers coming in. One answer - though not correct - was quite interesting as it told us about a make of car we never heard of before: the CWS T-1 , which was...
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Hans Davids' pre-war racing career?
Jan Roosenburg writes: "I am looking for information on the Dutch driver Hans Davids from Rotterdam. His post-war accomplishments are documented, both in the ex Ecurie Ecosse C-type and the factory...
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