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About Quiz #387: 1937 Buick Vandenplas
After decades of peaceful rest inside a garage, this rare 1937 Buick has come to light recently in Spain. Very little was known when the car was bought by its current owner, apart from both little...
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In search for early Cork competitors
Joe Dwyer writes: "We at the Munster Vintage Motorcycle and Car Club are holding our 60th Cork Veteran Run on July 18th and 19th this year. We are trying to locate some early entrants, in particular:-...
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Antiquemobilist of the year
In the semi-psychedelic lighting of the VIP-room of Retromobile a new award was presented to Model T world travellers Dirk & Trudy Regter by Directeur du Salon François Melcion (right) and Malcom...
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Is this 1935 Packard still around?
Hugo Modderman is wondering if this special bodied 1935 Packard is still around, possibly in North West Europe, or even in the Netherlands where the body was made by Schutter en Van Bakel. Aside the...
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Damsels in Delage
Now that the razzmatazz of Paris has died down, let’s travel to the South West of France to a place called Saumur beside the River Loire. Let us also ignore the fact that it is Friday 13th today and...
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What is it? Quiz #388
A serious racing car of a famous make, yet not very well known for racing. This car appeared in the early twenties at one of the famous banked oval circuits of Europe. From our source we know that not...
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One of six1927 Packard Touring cars made for the British market.lish Market
Steve McDonald from Florida (USA): "My investigation reveals that Packard built six RHD model 343-290 long wheel base touring cars for the English Market. This is one of the six, built in early...
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Greetings from Luang Prabang, Laos
We love pictures from old cars, shot in remote places. Hans van der Putten sends this solid piece of garden furniture: "Remainders from the french colonial past rot away in a hotel garden near Luang...
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"It's him! Same ears!"
Sorry that we let you wait so long! After 'Edition 5000' came out on January 10 a small avalanche of great photos, stories ...and more came in. So many that we had to wait until today before we were...
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A Maserati gearbox Mystery
This interesting gearbox came in with the parts adverts last week. It intrigued us immediately. How to date this box without being an expert? Well much larger you cannot depict the Maserati logo so...
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A Komnick van in Danzig?
Mateusz found this old photo from Central Hotel in the Pfefferstadt street in Danzig (now Gdansk) in Poland. He also found this car dealer plate connected to the same street. It is a dealership for...
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Auto drama in Autódromo
Next week sees the publication of the tenth issue of Autódromo, the superior classic car magazine from Spain, and on its front cover we see El Professor Ignacio Barraquer standing proudly beside the...
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About Quiz #388: 1923 Hispano Suiza pace-car "Aerodynamic Terramar Special"
Last week quiz was apparently too difficult for most of you. We have received only two answers… and both correct, but with a difference: One was completely correct, while the other one said mistakenly...
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The heartbeat of the Finland winter.
Recently we received this amazing winter picture from Seppo Asikainen. As we only received a very small version we first thought it is a drawing or the result of a photoshop training sessions. As we...
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The Pub Taxi Mystery.
Luke Collison: "This photo was recently found. It is believed to be the first taxi in Aberyswyth Cardiganshire in about 1915. Local records show 29EJ is registered as a 1917 Overlander(?) 12 HP Towing...
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220 Miles to attend a boring meeting.
Last Sunday we attended the year meeting of the Dutch Vintage Sports Car Club. Who wants to talk about event evaluations, member contributions, year reports, financial prognose of a club and all that?...
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Old collection and 'cave' finds at Clasicauto Madrid
Since 20 years Clasicauto Madrid is one of the major motoring events of Spain. One pavillion with three floors of which one is solely dedicated to cars, while the other two are full of stands with...
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Won in a wager – 1929 Talbot-Darracq K74
Imagine the scene: the early hours of 1st January, 1948. The new year's celebrations have begun to subside, and the focus has turned to a game of cards. Perhaps suffering the effects of a little too...
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Miss Stapel says Goodbye to a 1935 Adler Trumpf.
It is always pleasing to be able to share with you pictures from family motoring albums taken by previous generations and today is the next one from Hugo Modderman, our vintage car expert friend who...
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What is it? Quiz # 389
It's a very rare edwardian beauty. Saying it has an imposing radiator is an understatement. It's massive! Still behind all that you will not find more than a two cylinder engine, which is quite capable...
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