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Resting racers and rusty rollers
Wednesday 13 May is a date to put in your diary because Brightwells are holding their next auction in Herefordshire with buyer's premium at just 10% plus VAT, excellent on-site café, free wi-fi and...
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Jowett International 2015 Tour in Holland
Donald van Mourik: "Last weekend there was the Jowett world meeting in Schoorl, Holland organised by Dutch Jowett clubmembers. I visited the start of the tour on Sunday morning and it was wonderfull...
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Downing Street 10 motoring Mysteries (a far out adventure with RR Silver...
Today is Election Day in the UK. We don't like to dwell on politics, especially if it's not about our own country, so we limit ourselves to the next car expected. And more important. Which car is...
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First date on a vintage picnic
Winter is behind us and we have (hopefully) finished the annual maintenance on our old cars ready for summer. There are plenty of events organised for us and our cars, but we hope you will make the...
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Too large for the photo Mystery
Paul van Banning writes: "On a collectors market I found this photograph showing an impressive landaulet, probably around 1910. The photograph was large ( edit.: too large for his scanner), so front...
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The butterfly 5000 Mystery
This can't be a big mystery. A fine, not so large delivery truck which is in a parade, summer festival or carnival, who can say? We found the photo some time ago at a fair and have no background at...
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The 1911 Mercer Toy Tonneau revisited
Since publishing our review of the forthcoming Dragone auction last week, we have received some comments which demonstrate the passion with which enthusiasts unravel the history of old cars. The 1911...
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Her grandfather's name was Ettore
The Vintage Revival at Montlhéry was a fabulous event where it was impossible to visit all the cars and all the people, but we were lucky to be introduced to a lady and her car with a special link -...
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What is it? Quiz #395
Quite probably one of the last chaindriven examples of the illustrious make with double name. An ingenious engine that made driving and racing much more enjoyable as it killed vibrations to a minimum....
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Whitsun in Blankenberghe, Belgium
Blankenberge (a name referring to the blank or white sand dunes of the small beach village) is a pleasant hideout for a good weekend with beach strolls and good food. This is how it is today and it was...
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Most popular at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2015.
The outcome of winners at the romantic Concorsa d'Eleganza de Villa d'Este was not yet known when we received these photos from Vincent Juvenelle. But does it matter? All cars exposed at this oldest...
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A Russian Grandgrandfather Mystery
Valery Patrakov: "Hi all! Can anyone help to identify this car? It is a question from a Russian retro forum. One of our forummates tries to find out what was his grandgrandfather's vehicle."editor:...
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A Fiat in the Fahrenheitstreet The Hague?
A postcard found by Rick Nicolaas showing the Fahrenheitstraat in The Hague, not too far from where he lives. We were puzzled by the car in the foreground 'Ford' but finally decided probably it is...
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Rewriting the history of desmodromic valves.
The Beaulieu Autojumble has a reputation for being the best place in the world to discover rare prewar parts (although on the other 362 days of the year, our classifieds are worth a look, too)....
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Krishna jumps from Napier to Lancia
The staff at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire are to be congratulated on their imaginative idea to add to the usual activities for their annual speech day. They asked the Old Stoic Society to organise a...
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About quiz #395: 1913/14 Gobron (Brillie) 40/60 HP
Last week´s quiz photo comes from an old Spanish magazine called "Stadium", which in those days was devoted to sports of all kinds. In one of the 1916 issues is an interesting article about the first...
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A finnish Forssa Mystery
Raul Vlakila from Espoo (Finland) writes: "This picture was taken in a small town of Forssa in southwest of Finland sometime around mid 1920's. In the picture (click the main for a full picture) right...
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Ready for "rat delivery"
What to do with a 1920s truck isn´t an easy question. They are difficult to handle, slow and usually too big for an average garage, but as you can see they have enough "charme" to please most of the...
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Remember the coffin nose mystery?
Loooong ago, we wrote about the coffin nose mystery. John Davies responsed without being aware of that with a fresh view: "It is an AC chassis, I have a 1921 Anzani car with the same frame shape, but...
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An Abernythe - Balbeggie Mystery (update: 1910 Lancia Gamma? )
Alasdair Nicoll wrote to us: "I am trying to find out the make/model of this vehicle. It has a London registration and a UK AA 1911 badge, if I'm not mistaken. The photos were taken on the B953 in...
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