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How to stay warm in Austria
With winter approaching it’s about time to get that warm coat from the loft and find a nice place to sip a coffee. Over in Austria, temperatures just manage to keep the water liquid - during the day....
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What is it? Quiz #384
It is a highly attractive 4 door Coupe. Most people think Rover introduced this concept with the P5 Coupe, and Mercedes reinvented the same with their current CLS. Yet as with many other ideas, it...
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The Raoul Dufy Cab Mystery
A very good friend and artist from the US recently sent us this picture. Not a childs painting, it's a watercolour made in 1923 by the french 'post-impressionist' Raoul Dufy. We were intrigued...
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The 'long arms' of PreWarCar
Last week we posted the issue regarding an unidentified Delage without any history attached to it. We hoped that at least one reader would remember the car. To our surprise one reader stepped forward...
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Spain's forgotten cyclecar: David
Regular PreWarCar correspondent Francisco Carrión Cardenas has just had his first full-length feature published in The Automobile magazine. Sticking to a subject close to home, he has told – for the...
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December dreamtime
It seems the flow of edwardian racers popping up from barns and history never ends. Last weekend Duncan Pittaway presented his 28 litre Fiat clearing its throats after 100 years. Now don't be afraid...
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When is Santa coming to town?
In Holland we're always somewhat early with Santa, that is to say with Saint Nicholas. Santa Claus will come later but has the same background. Saint Nicholas will celebrate his birthday December 5...
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The last summer of Lucy Christalnigg
Not all stories have a happy end. 2014 was a year full of World War I memories. Between all great events it was only recently that our attention was drawn to this booklet. Author Nello Cristiani took...
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'We had no idea what we were about to find! '
When old car specialist Pierre Novikoff took a telephone call one day, little did he know what a discovery he was about to make. He took Matthieu Lamoure, Managing Director at Artcurial Motorcars, with...
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A Damery, Champagne Mystery?
Remi Weber writes that he is quite happy about you - PWC visitors - identifying for him the Gregoire his grandmother was seated in. However he comes up with a new question. My grandmother is now...
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About Quiz #384: has anybody seen the 1935 Lancefield Hotchkiss?
Quiz #384 was both a Quiz & a Mystery. What it is, is quite clear. At least to some of you. With the help of jury member Alan Spencer we decided that Barrie Down came up with the best answer: "The...
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Modern road side assistance? (update: no minor issue)
Henk Nooteboom is experienced rally driver - amongst other palmares also winner of The 100 Miles of Amsterdam 2012. He reports about a recent holiday in France with his 1921 Stutz Open Tourer. Our...
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The 2015 calendar is out!
We're never early with our new calendar. For the simple reason we like to be very complete. And complete it is with 110 photos and 123 junior pilots from 18 countries in it with a wide variety of US...
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We’re stuck!
This time it's not the automobile we are talking about. It's us who are stuck! You may remember the East-Indies Mercedes Mystery we wrote about in 2011. The Mercedes was owned by a Mr. Tan Tjoan Keng...
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The Rapley Collar & Harness Mysteries (update: Humberette & (Liberia) Star or...
We know Daniel Rapley for years. We always have a chat when we meet up at Hershey and he seems capable to cough up some interesting project cars from time to time. Unfortunately those are slightly...
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The curved lines formerly complemented by Claretta Petacci
Some cars have a history that takes real detective work to unravel, and others are easier when they have been driven by famous racing drivers and the history books record every detail. But the car...
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What is it? Quiz #385
Well this should be pretty easy. A major American manufacturer built more than 400,000 cars like this in its model year. Most everybody will get the basics. We may get thousands of answers, so to win...
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The Hoop & Dog Mystery
A plain American car and basically we feel embarrassed that we didn't recognise this without any doubt high volume car. We thought of Chevy 490, Studebaker, Dodge, Star, Oakland, yet it doesn't fit....
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A V-shape radiator mystery in Belgrade (update: 1914 Benz, Elite?)
Peter Skofic dug up a yet another mystery again. This time with a pinch of the December atmosphere, snow! He writes: "The photo shows an unknown car fighting with heavy snow in Belgrade in front of the...
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The car behind the driver: the 1938 Thompson racing Special
Kieran White provided a photo of young Mr. Hugh at the wheel of '1938 Thompson racing Special', this in view of our new 2015 calendar "A New Generation Taking The Wheel". As we were intrigued by the...
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