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The Ghost Rosalie
Is it a "ghost car" itself? The dark atmosphere of the photo and the fact that it has a funeral past could make one think of "supernatural motoring". And yes, every "barn find" has a touch of mystery,...
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Vera's car catches fire and she flies away (update: 1903/4 Renault?)
In 1901, three wealthy motorists, Frank Hedges Butler, his daughter Vera and the Hon. Charles Rolls, had proposed a motor tour, but this was cancelled when Vera's Renault 4.5 caught fire. The lady...
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About quiz #396 the Jean Goupy Sport
In last week's quiz we only showed you a ‘plaquette’ with ‘Voiture J.G.S.’ and still some of you knew to which car this once belonged. We had three participants with the correct answer: the French...
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Knokke, just a few miles from Blankenberghe (update: Humber Snipe, plus... ? )
Just a few weeks ago we travelled to the belgian beachresort Blankenberghe. Today we're just a few miles down the road but also 10-15 years back in time. It's very busy and we're on a higher location...
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How many pre-war Siata heads?
What do you say about that. A good old friend picked up this Siata 500 head (#1628) from an online fleemarket in the former eastblock. You won't be surprised to learn that it is part of a pre-war...
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Three Chauffeur-driven Mysteries (Update: Humber, Renault, Wolseley)
In the years immediately before and after the First World War, Bertie Allaston was a chauffeur to two wealthy British families, first the Ashworths, and later the Andreaes. Bertie Allaston was to stay...
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A hidden cask of wine
Our frequent reporting Karel Vermeer writes: "While travelling in the Provence two weeks ago, we visited a chateau du vin to buy a few bottles. Outside we saw the remains of a Fiat Topolino or Simca...
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Rolls Royces fit for Princes
Two glamorous and highly desirable pre-War Rolls-Royces with Royal connections will be offered by H&H Classics at its forthcoming sale on saturday 20 June at Burghley House, the home of the...
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Five Ladies dressed for a Mathis (Update: 1925/26 Opel)
When we look at this picture of five ladies around a Mathis we wonder what is the occasion? Their uniform dresses may be for school but their varying degrees of happiness tell us it's something else....
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What is it? Quiz #397
We all know the Saab three cylinder two-stroke engines. And most of you will be aware that many of modern sub-compacts are making use of three cylinders. Yet those known engine concepts are quite...
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Mystery Coachwork on 1925 Talbot 18/55 (Update: Martin & King ?)
Peter Ransom writes: "I'm researching a 1925 Talbot 18/55 (essentially a rebadged Sunbeam 16/50) located in Western Australia. The car has a saloon body that currently defies all attempts...
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The first car in Romania was a ...? (UPDATE: 1901 Braun voiturette)
Bogdan Coconoiu from Romania writes: "A friend of mine, mr. Madalin Ghigeanu, sent me this interesting photo probably from 1900. We supose that the driver is mr. Basil Assan the first romanian car...
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It pays to post your Mystery Issue
Yesterday Robert Axelrod posted the above photos showing off the NOS(?) early JAP engine he found; and there must be zillions of similar issues: "This motor turned up at Hershey, PA swap meet!...
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What happened to 1924 RR 20HP XR2983? (UPDATE: still registered!)
Pete Giles found this car at the bottom of a drawer of which he has many we presume. In the drawer is an envelop with a post date of 1964... and it contains these photos showing XR.2983 after a hard...
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China here we come: 9(!) pre-war motorcars plus more
We promised you a BIG chance to win one of the two free entries to the Classic Car Challenge China provided by PreWarCar-PostWarClassic. Well, we didn't want to disappoint you. So in view of the really...
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Alfa Romeo twins (UPDATE: 6C 1750 Brianza ! )
The caption on this picture tells us it is the 1932 Concours d'élégance in Bois de Boulogne. The two ladies could easily be twins, but are named as Marie Costes and Mme de Beaufort and we wonder just...
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About Quiz #397: 1905 Compound Model 3
This Quiz #397 was a true challenge for the inner circle of insiders. We wanted to show this car primarily due to its refined 'out of the box' engine concept. This inspired by an article from the...
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The Compound Motorcar
It is amazing the number of different designs and construction ideas that formulated in the inventive brains of the early engine designers, the ideas seemed endless. One of the more completely...
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Mystery Micro T-head Engine (Update: marine application ?)
A few days ago a friend sent us these pictures asking for the potential sales price of "this Ford Model T engine" which he had casually found. At a first glance almost everybody could discover that it...
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Have you ever participated in a Concours?
Have you ever considered participating in a true Concours d’Elegance but thought you didn't have the right connections? Well, this is your chance. Normally you can only participate by...
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