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Old Romanian aristocracy enjoying a Diatto?
Hey, don't you think this is a nice soft focus Sunday shot? Ken Skuse sent it and writes: "I am an Englishman ex RAF who came to Romania in 1993, and stayed on as an NGO having inherited 100 orphans,...
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A 'sheet-shaker' Tatra 57b 1940
A nice photo of a lesser known Tatra, a 57B of 1940. It made us think of the sheet shakers, a photographic 'pre-adobe photoshop' trick to add a neutral background to a car photo. Mocci Demartis,...
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How to spend a million dollars at Amelia?
Bonhams are holding their Amelia Island Auction on 12 March at the Fernandina Beach Golf Club and such is the variety of desirable cars on offer, we started dreaming about which ones we would buy if...
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The 1911 Cambridge Supercar Mystery
Derrick Wells sent us this picture and writes: "This is the car that belonged to a friend's grandfather whilst he was up at Cambridge in 1911. It was thought that it may be a Lancia, but I would be...
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Spring is at hand at the Royal Horticultural Society
If there is a space in your garage that needs filling, then now is the perfect time to choose. Fling open those doors, breathe deep the joys of Spring and head down to London’s Royal Horticultural...
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A Lady Version of the Gordon-Watney De Dietrich?
See that happy smile, mrs. Hawke barily can overlook the bonnet of her chaindrive tourer. A few sizes smaller than the 135 HP De Dietrich Gordon Watney as presented earlier this week but still a strong...
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About Quiz #389: 1909 Lane Model 15 or 1910 Model 20? No winner?
When you read back the answers to last week's quiz you can only conclude that we must have ruined the weekend of jurymember Ariejan Bos. We wrote the quiz car was made in Pennsylvania, which should...
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Somewhat hidden at Retromobile: Tracta 1928
The most innovative car at Rétromobile. Aside the Baillon cars, Rétromobile this year was quite strongly dominated by the beautiful Italians (and Spaniards) from the 1940s up to the 1970s. The black...
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A Monday chaindrive Mystery (update: Mercedes 1904/05 ?)
Jon Dudley's great uncle was a successful merchant in seeds and flour miller (at 149 Evington Rd. Leicester, an address now with a certain fame as the 'Picnic Kebab House' not too far from the 'Jungle...
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A fresh bouquet from Lyon
Never seen the bouquet of Lyon? Here's a bouquet of grand marques to be found in the Aguttes auction being held at the Hôtel des ventes Lyon Brotteaux in Lyons on saturday 21 March. The 1914 Metz...
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A Darracq undercover Mystery?
Derrick Wells got in touch again after last week's mystery image he sent in. He now writes: "Thank you for your help in unravelling the story, it has been most helpful. The picture that contained the...
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Rosengart - the multinational car
Mocci Demartis sent us some pictures of his Rosengart and added a brief history. Rosengart started as multinational marque from three nations of equal merit: Germany, England and France, with Germany...
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This Chummy is lucky to find Millie
Today is Friday 13th, considered by many to be unlucky in Western superstition, and because we are firm believers in making your own luck, we share with you a story to remind us how lucky we are to...
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What is it? Quiz #390
This week’s mystery motor of pre war days is so extraordinary that we believe many of you will be able to answer the question above. Fact is that once you’ve seen it, you won’t forget about it! Still,...
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Can a petrol pump be a work of art?
"All petrol stations look alike," seems a statement that we use today. But also in the early days of the petrol pump, say the 1920s, many looked the same. Yet there was one pump that stood out from the...
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It's all in the family: Lancia Artena
Regular contributor Hugo Modderman came up with another of his entertaining tales last week. It’s a story of a Lancia Artena that has been in the family for quite a while. Hugo wrote: “It was around 7...
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It's all in the family (2)
Don't think Hugo Modderman was quite finished with his Lancia Artena tale, here is his follow up on yesterday's story. Hugo wrote: "In 2012 my friend and car historian Hans Veenenbos had found a...
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Last of the Wiltons comes home
How many people can claim to drive a car built by one of their antecedents? Roy Halsall is one of this tiny minority of old-car enthusiasts, owning a rare Wilton 10/20 tourer that was built by the...
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A village called Amelia.
People say that the Amelia Island Concours is the friendly 'little village' version of Pebble Beach. Hard to say if they are right as we have never seen Pebble Beach so far. And after the four day...
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Friday Night, Fernandina Beach, Florida
When visiting Amelia Island the days are filled with possibilities. For the Friday night we opted for the duPont Registry Live at the Fernandina Beach airport. Only minutes after arrival we had the...
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