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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 (Update: 1932 Alfa...
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 Greatgrandfather Mystery (update: Vinot-Deguingand?)
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 greatgrandfather's vehicle."Editor: The...
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A Fiat in the Fahrenheitstreet The Hague? (upd.: 1930/31 Plymouth)
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 (update: Model T conversion)_
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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Sort of barnfind
Patrick Jacob: "The Peugeot was advertised and turned out to be located at only 15 km from my house, but I had never seen him anywhere. It is a type 175 of probably 1923 but it could also be from...
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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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Fancy a free ride through China?
Last year October we reported about the Classic Car Challenge China; in short the 4C Rally which is roughly a 1000 mile drive from Beijing to Shanghai in the south. This 4C Rally is one of the...
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Voisin is like having a new lover
‘La Vie en Bleu’ is a celebration of French voiture design from veteran to the Veyron, and this year our eyes fell upon a very stylish lady and her equally stylish car- a 1930 Voisin C14 ‘Chartre’...
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What is it? Quiz #396
It's a French cyclecar powered with a 6CV Ruby DS, yet who can add anything to that? We decided to do something different this time. The information is above, now you give us the photo! Well that...
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Swiss Air
Packards all have an air about them. From first glance, one can usually tell a Packard, if not from its distinctive radiator shape then from its hexagon-adorned hubcaps. What, then, are we supposed to...
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The Quirky Cars Mystery (update: 1911-12 Singer plus two 1912 Phoenix cars)
Bill Coates sends a kind e-mail: "It's about time I put something back into PWC after all the good response to ads I've had recently! So here is a photo I discovered in a junk shop yesterday. I know...
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Help to identify a family car connection (UPDATE: 1926-27 Model 96 Overland...
Peter Johnston writes: "Apart from my passion for vintage cars I also research my family history and recently was sent these two pictures by my cousin. My great grand father (Frank c1870) was an...
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Meet 'Abigail', our 1931 Buick 66S
Jim Sandefur III sends these photos showing his 'nearly new' and unspoilt Buick. "This is a 1931 66S Buick with 47,000 actual miles. It has sit in a garage since 1974. We are only the third owner,...
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