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1923 Citroen B2 Torpedo, Luxe, Tourism Luxe, Torpedo Sport or...?
Craig Little lives in a citro-dilemma: "In an attempt to clearly define what type of B2 Citroen I own, I have been pouring over the book 'Citroen 10 HP' by Bernard Laurent and Revue Technique...
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Dusty treasures in Houston
Worldwide Auctioneers have a treat in store when they offer a long concealed assortment of pre-war, brass era and steam-powered motorcars from the Sawyer's Sandhills Museum during The Houston Classic...
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Hop in, Honey
Fresh from Shorpy’s wonderful archive of images comes this picture of a lady looking happy in a Packard. We think it’s a 1923 Phaeton Sports 126 with custom body by Pullman ( or do you know different?)...
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About Quiz #392: 1927 Induco Landaulet
Quite some French cars had this kind of Rolls-Royce like radiator in the 1920s and several of these were mentioned by the participants in this quiz. But no, it is not a Guilick, it is not a Montagnac...
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1899 De Dion Bouton by the Motor Manufacturing Company
Derek Magrath: "I am re-building an 1899 De Dion Bouton 2-1/4HP tricycle which has been in the same family from new. What makes it even more unusual is that it was made in England by the Motor...
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A delightful Dilambda
Participants of the 2013 100 Miles of Amsterdam rally may remember this beautifully mellow Lancia Dilambda from its valiant performance in the 2013 event. Although driver Guido Gast didn't manage to...
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A Feuerbach Radiator Mystery (UPDATE: 1912/1913 Apollo)
Bruce Woolley from South Africa: "I was wondering if any of your readers may be able to help with this mystery radiator. I'm hoping to find out from what car it is. I've made a close-up from the plate...
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Reincarnation of a GP Lorraine Dietrich
If you had been at Silverstone last Saturday, you would have had to work your way through a crowd to get a close view of the car causing such a stir. Photographer Stuart Matthews had to wait 30 minutes...
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A 1910 'Lobster' SZ Mystery
Well, well, that's not the car you would expect in strong reformed Holland of the early 20th century. It's one of the sporty one cylinder Sizaire Naudin of course (listen to that) and contrary to our...
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Students of Amsterdam (UPDATE: 1931 Model A Convertible Sedan 400-A)
Our student days can sometimes be the best days of our lives and when we see nine young ladies crammed into a Model A Ford with ‘mortar boards’ on their heads it tells us they have just graduated and...
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What is it? Quiz #393
It's will be the first truly sunny & warm weekend, so we decided to give you an easy one. A very nice havana shaped racing car with not too much engineering efforts on the front part. For those who...
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A great day at Beamish Steam fair
James sends his report on the recent steam fair: "I have enclosed a selection of pictures taken at the Great North Festival of Transport at Beamish Open Air Museum which took place over the weekend...
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A Bentley-London 'Muppet' Mystery?
Louise Browne sends this picture and adds: "This has been sitting on our heart for the last fifty years or so. My father was an engineer and in the past he was a racer and stuntman. I have no idea what...
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Wanted: the right tires for fabulous HPOF 1910 Reo
David Coco, a long time Hershey friend is asking your help for this incredibly original REO : "The size Michelin we're looking for (and what's on the car now but worn out) are as close to original size...
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Used veterans at small change...
One of the nicest things with browsing old magazines is to check the prices in the classifieds. We received a couple of interesting scans from Matthieu Cuppens taken from a 1912 edition of 'Morisons's...
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D-d-d-d-deng,BANG-CRACK !
When the fan hits the sh... A small Talbot disaster. Last Friday we planned a drive out with the editorial limousine, the french Talbot. It was sunny and fine and nothing could stop us. The idea was...
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The 1939 Chevrolet Master 85 'Bombs' Mystery
Steven Caudillo likes to learn: "I have photos of a rare 1939 Chevrolet Master 85 Phaeton I am featuring in my 'Bombs' magazine. I can use some help. I have seen a few pictures from the owner of the...
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About Quiz #393: 1923 Benz Tropfenwagen (UPDATE: now with comments)
That was easy! Twenty one good or partly good answers. Well we expected this in a way but it was heartwarming to see which details came in. Most important of course is the fact that the rer engiens car...
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A Sunday Roadster Mystery ( update: 1913 Darracq, Plus (Austin) Sizaire Berwick)
Ian Sykes sends this nice shot of a middle aged couple and their nice looking roadster. He added: "I was asked by our local history society in the Cotswolds to identify these cars. I have my own...
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Alfa Romeo Monza built from PreWarCar parts!
Do yo think we are a bit thin on pre-war Alfa-Romeo parts lately? This may be the reason....Chris Leigh Jones writes: "Built over 4 years from parts collected from 14 countries but mainly sourced from...
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