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What is it? Quiz #391
We found you another striking mystery motor from our files and were surprised not to be able to find it on the world wide web. That means you’ll have to know it or recognise its shapes, sizes,...
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La Vie au Grand Air...
Nowadays 'La Vie au Grand Air' is the name of a French organisation which is helping deprived children. Not so in the beginning of the last century. It was a well known magazine about the wonders of a...
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A Nash Quad in Holland
Tony de Vries: "In 1997 I bought three boxes of glass black and white negatives in an antique shop. Mainly because it had a lot of old motorcycle pictures just went through the pictures and found some...
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Desirables at Duxford
H&H are holding their next collector’s car auction on 15 April in The Imperial War Museum at Duxford and as we perused the catalogue our eyes opened at lot 18, a 1929 MG 14/40 Mark IV Tourer. One...
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Changing the route: Bergsma is history (April 1 UPDATE by Editor JB)
After almost 15 years the end has come for editor-in-chief Joris Bergsma. Yesterday evening, at just after 23.00 GMT, the Pre-war Post-war Publishing team came to an agreement to end their relationship...
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Blue traffic jam between Barcelona & Sitges...
At the first days of spring Barcelona hosts an interesting gathering of early prewar cars (roughly pre-1925). The past 21-22th March saw the 57 edition of this mytical rallye... this year without...
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Mud, cake and Matilda
Last weekend saw the annual gathering of members of the Light Car and Edwardian Section of The VSCC when they congregate in Wales for a tour of the beautiful countryside on Saturday and attempt to...
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About quiz #391: Bentley Airflow Saloon by Arnold of Manchester
You knew about last week’s quiz car, or you did not. And in case of the latter it proved a hard nut to crack. Guesses included Rolls-Royces, Alvises, a Duesenberg and a Railton. But most of you had it...
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Roaring Easter Egg
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a treat in store for you. We all love motoring with all the sights and sounds and smells and today we offer you the chance to taste sights and sounds of a unique car. (We...
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A Monday Mansion Mystery (UPDATE: 1903/04 Panhard et Levassor)
Miss Purdy sent a beautiful photo and a cry for help: "We have recently acquired a photograph of a car which once belonged to the family that used to own our house (circa 1910). The car is seen in the...
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No Mumbai Mystery (UPDATE: 1928 Erskine 'the Little Aristocrat')
Harit Trivedi sends this stylish picture: "I am sending herewith a photo. Don't know what it is, Studebaker? Wheel nut looks like there is an "S". The registration is from Mumbai, around 1933. The gent...
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A Brisbane Find: 1924 Crossley 20-70
Frazer Sloan sends a pride report about a rare Crossley he found in Australia: "This Crossley came from Brisbane and I think can be considered 'barn find'. It was the property of the widow of a well...
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White BMW 315/1 with white spots in its history
It is hard to compare a BMW 315/1 with the superfamous 328. Still you will. So let's say it is the 'poor mans' 328... but still a highly attractive car and only on very rare occasions on the market in...
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There's a hole in your piston, dear Heidi, dear Heidi...
We introduced you to Heidi last year (click) when she started her ambitious trip around the world in “Hudo”, her 1930 Hudson Great Eight Saloon. She started in July 2014 following (more or less ) in...
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What is it? Quiz #392
It is a taxi. One of the rarest french cars we have ever seen. To be honest we had never heard about the make before we received this photo of a collector who picked it up at a jumble. Total production...
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An Abadal and Amilcar pedal mystery
Jean Pascal is a vivid collector of pedal cars and is asking you to help with some extra information regarding two of his cars: "Who has some information about the above pictured pedalcar that was made...
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One Mystery, a Renault, a Citroën and an Opel (UPDATE: Hispano Suiza)
Two weeks ago we showed you a Nash Quad in Holland. From the same man, Tony De Vries, come these pictures, printed from glass negatives - showing in front of De Vletter & Groenendijk in Rotterdam:...
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Two-stroke and four-stroke in Essen
Many of you will be aware of the Techno-Classica being held in Essen this week and COYS are holding their next auction on Saturday 18 April at this event. Before we discuss the cars on offer, have a...
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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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