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One of six 1927 Packard Touring cars made for the British 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 (Update: no Maserati gearbox!?)
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 photoshop training sessions. As we...
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The Pub Taxi Mystery (update: 1903 White, Model C)
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 (update: or Favorit?)
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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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 (update: 45HP Mercedes Gordon Watney? )
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? (update: or Benz, Mercedes,...
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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