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XL Longuemare carbie Mystery
Eric McKaige is asking about this large Longuemare carburettor. The throat = 45mm. Diameter of main body is 360 mm. "I was wondering if anyone could tell me what they were fitted to and were they any...
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Berliet, it's not just truck !
Vincent Juvenelle sends this very nice illustration of a true 'torpedo' body in a 1914 Berliet catalogue. The car is described as a 22HP Torpedo Sport with a topspeed of 110 km/h, a very good...
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Well preserved Wolseley at Bangkok concours
Last weekend Bangkok saw the 37th Glossy Heritage Concours in Bangkok. Stuart Penketh (text & photos) reports: Bangkok, is usually noted for its traffic jams, but it’s not always been like that! In...
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Brotherly love (but not right now) Richard Biddulph
As shown on this picture Master Charles Biddulph recently upgraded his collection. But got very out of sorts when his sister Miss Mary Claire offered to take the wheel. Luckily, order was finally...
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Where is Volume II of the Scrapbook or Historical Reference?
Peter Johnston writes: A while ago I obtained an old leather trimmed accounting ledger made into a scrapbook full of ‘vintage’ car cut outs. I read it many times and for a while now it has sat on...
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The Rovin Racer Mystery
If we were given a chance to try and race this little cyclecar, would we turn our back like this young lady does? Certainly not! And we're glad to say neither does she, because here she is again. But...
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What is it? Quiz #348
It is a western european sedan that could benefit from a little drop of SWISSVAX. More important, we finally present an easy quiz trying to get you on board again. Nothing hiding in the picture. Just a...
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The Vivian Frederick Seal Rolls Mystery.
Steven White sends this very nice Silver Ghost picture and adds: " Vivian Frederick Seal, was for many years chauffeur to Malcolm Campbell. During the First World War he was an army chauffeur driving...
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Phoenix Veteran to be hot-rodded?
There are things worse than changing a tatty saloon into a sports special... Bill Savage reports from Australia about an edwardian Phoenix which is in danger to be slaughtered for a hot-rod project!...
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Fiat 501 in Skoda disguise.
George Nica recently found this Skoda popular. Nothing amazing about that and he neede lots of parts for his other Skoda project. After trailering in the car to his hoem the big surprise came....
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Triumph Motor Club Annual Rally at Broughton Castle.
David Thomas was kind enough to send a report of the Pre 1940 Triumph Annual Rally: "The cars may be old but the mood was distinctly modern thanks to the Bloxham School Band that played at the Pre-1940...
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Packard down, Lincoln up
Not too long after the sad news of the sale of the old Packard buildings we're happy to annouce that construction has begun on a Lincoln Motor Car Heritage Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan. It will...
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Damsel in Distress
In literature a 'damsel in distress' usually means a lovely, young girl who gets herself into trouble and needs a man to rescue her. And surely, what full-blooded male hero wouldn't hesitate to stop...
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About Quiz # 348: 1935 DKW Schwebeklasse Limousine Type 4 = 8
This time the subject of the quiz has been a car which was bought by its present owner via this very same website. The car belonged to a little museum located in Aachen and took part in some film...
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Visions of Tomorrow
Ninety years ago Henry Ford had a vision about his company strategy that talked of "One Ford, one plan, one team and working together". This idea was translated by his advertising department into an...
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Keeping our streets clean
Here on PreWarCar we mostly deal with pre-war sports and luxury cars. But they weren't the only ones to be seen on the road. Occasionally we have shown you some trucks and buses but there were other...
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The A-Z of the first Morris-Oxford Light Cars.
Book Review by Michael E Ware: This is the centenary year of the first production car leaving WRM Motors of Oxford, and this book gives you much of the detail behind the starting up of the company and...
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The Skinnie Moore Mystery (Upd. Not an Eight)
Suppose you want to go racing, we think the stately Hudson isn't the first car that springs to mind. Yet there have been several racing drivers who tried their luck building a special around the...
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Centenary of the first Cyclecar GP (Upd. some confusion about Morgan and a...
By Fons Alkemade: This Saturday, on the 13th of July, it is the centenary of the very first Grand Prix especially intended for cyclecars. On the 12th of July 1913 the Automobile Club France held its...
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I Like Action!
"I Like Action!" is a great headline for an advert but we doubt if moviestar Ginger Rogers was really that enthusiastic about her 1939 De Soto. Previously she had owned exotics like a Duesenberg which...
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