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What is it? PreWar Christmas Quiz day 6
Part six and the last day of our Christmas Quiz! The side lamp on this fender is probably again a period accessory as we haven't been able to find an original picture with this exact lamp. It will be...
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Happy New Year !
On this very first day of a brandnew year we like to share this incredible photo sent to us by a very good friend of PreWarCar. It may look as a simple photo at first glance. Just another one in the...
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The very first 2015 Mystery. (update: Model T + ?)
Steve Diggins sends this very nice brass era special (?) "We have a photo on the Vintage Car Club Of Canada website of an early sports car, maybe pre WWl. It is a posed shot by a professional...
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'Spitting distance' from... Down Under!
"(I am) ...spitting distance away from a fully rebuilt 60mm bore splash feed engine (of my Amilcar C4 Sport). I can feel the beat of the open exhaust now. May your project be just as close to up and...
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An amazing rediscovery Essex story
Allistair 'Bud' Smith: "Many years ago, around the late 1960’s or early 1970’s, one of my dad’s mates came across a 1919 Essex roadster in original unrestored condition in the town of Toogoolawah...
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The Sumatra Seven-Photo Mystery (update: three different cars)
Earlier quiz winner Pieter Vos sends this set of photos. It is only on rare occasions that we see more than one photo of a mystery car. Here we have no less tahn seven photos of the same car (if we...
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Cadillac only in Maastricht?
The first weekend of January will be a long one. Shows in Birmingham, London and Maastricht to mention a few who like to kick off the new season. Auctions in two places. See for Coys' NECC Birmingham...
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PreWar Christmas Quiz 2014: The Results!
Many thanks for all your well wishes and nice comments. We were pleased to know that you have enjoyed the quiz. It wasn't really too difficult this time and almost all of the competitors had all...
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Rally car mysteries in Slovenia
Peter Skofic writes: "The photo shows the rally of the members of the Automobil Club of the Kingdom of the SHS, section Maribor, which took place in Logarska valley (Slovenia). I can recognize the two...
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A day of Respect
An attack to the media. An attack to democracy. An attack to freedom. We like to pay our respect to the victims in Paris and will remain silent until Saturday morning.
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Chasing classics Uruguayan style
We have fond recollections of chasing classic cars in our younger days - literally we mean - as these were the days of running hard and long only to get a glimpse of a rare four-wheeler before it...
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A Milestone on the Greasy Road to Pre-war Joys
It all started with an 1928 Amilcar CGSs we found on the website of Dan Mooney, classic Jaguar specialist in Austin, Texas. It appeared this was the car of the late Irving Silverman. YW77 is known with...
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Dial M for Mystery (update: 1923-25 Maxwell)
Sure, a good design makes a car, but badges and logos give it that little more distinction, too. Oh, how lovely can it be to find that one little piece of brass you have been looking for so long! The...
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Vintage Adventure Tours, no Weddings!
One of the first visitors who reacted to our invitation to send in a little story is Steven White: "2014 saw the start of my Best Job Ever! After considerable negotiation with the Local Authority I...
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5000
Jos Cox writes us: "Joris, it is like yesterday that I advised you to buy that Amilcar as soon as possible! (and an hour later you were on the plane) It is like yesterday that you became a prominent...
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The New Delhi Mystery.
Dave White sends this photo from India: "Recent appearance of a long lost car in the back streets of New Delhi. The owner intends to restore it. I know what it is, now you tell me."editor: Dave, to...
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Is there life after the museum?
We can't tell you how happily surpised we are with the avalanche of stories that's been coming our wayover the last few days. We even consider making this an ongoing affair getting you in the driver's...
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What is it? Quiz #386
Wow, that's a nice arrogant V-radiator Torpedo. Solid teutonic design. We've had several of similar cars posted as mystery cars before, yet most of those had what we call the 'bathtub' torpedo design...
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1907 Cyklonette, Frame nr 235, Engine nr 282
Long time visitor Harry Pyle from Australia sends this very nice pics of his four cylinder front wheel drive:Here our 1907 Cyklonette restoration project..before, during and after. It is now almost...
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Riley abuse?
Mike Long: "About 17 years ago, as my neighborhood (in Franklin, Tennessee) expanded, I noticed that builders were creating "burn pits" of perfectly good wood. Lacking a truck, I removed the front...
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