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Oily Rag Run round Rutland
Twenty eight old cars gathered together recently to enjoy the lanes of Rutland, Britain's smallest county, for that is where The Automobile magazine held their annual Oily Rag Run. Drivers and...
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A labour of love: homebuilt version of the 1935 Rytecraft Scootatruck
Some people have a real hobby with cars. They are not driven by speed, glamour or money. They just love to do their thing. Whatever you think of his Rytecraft Scootatruck lookalike. This is...
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Back on track at Brooklands
As is the case with so many drivers who died behind the wheel, J G Parry-Thomas will forever be associated with 'Babs', the 27-litre V-12 monster in which he lost his life at Pendine Sands in 1927....
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From Landaulets to MG Sports
Spring weather in Melbourne will bring crowds flocking to Motorclassica this weekend, and on saturday 24th Theodore Bruce are holding their auction of classic cars. The 1911 Fiat Landaulet looks...
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Humber reunion
The picture shows two young Englishmen posing beside a 1927 Humber 9/20 Tourer belonging to the one on the left looking cool in his shades who was a little older than the one on the right who thought...
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Irrepressible Kentucky Princess
We recently received a message from Mr. George Davidson enclosing the above picture and explaining that the lady posing beside the car is Henrietta Bingham who is the subject of a recently published...
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What is it? Quiz #406
The chassis shown was part of the maker's display at a motor show and they proudly announced various features which tempted new customers. The display also included other 'well-known carriages of...
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Mystery Car in Charleston (update: 1910 Stoddard Dayton)
No razer sharp family album picture yet a yesterda's paper snapshot sent by Chris Leigh-Jones from the US: this photo was taken in October 2015 outside our offices on Broad St, Charleston SC. The car...
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A high end Tivoli Mystery
Vincent Juvenelle writes: "If anyone can help me to ID this car. It's bodied by Tivoli, in Bordeaux, France. But, is it an Isotta Fraschini, Hispano... or? And, icing on the cake, does the car still...
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A Bugatti T32 Tank in the 1927 GP of Germany? (update: 1927 Bignan Tank)
Klaus-Dieter Hein from Emmingen (Germany) writes: "We collect beautiful old cars and have built us a small hall and with a beautiful picture on the wall of the Grand Prize of Germany 1927 which we...
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A brighter view on Greece
It is not our habit to show you just some nice pictures of pre war cars. But this time we could not resist. Greece has had too much bad press. So time for a bit of sunny news, the kind of news...
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Driving a Rolls in China
After the Tiangjin disaster in August the chinese custom regulations for all imported goods (including cars) became even more strict than usual. This lead to the 'second Tianjin disaster'. The...
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Gatsby decadence at model's party
When Russian model Natasha Poly recently celebrated her 30th birthday, she invited her friends to Amsterdam where her bacchanalia's theme was The Great Gatsby - F. Scott-Fitzgerald's novel inspired by...
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About Quiz # 406 - 1903 M.M.C. 20 H.P.
In last week's Quiz we showed the chassis of a new 1903 20 H.P. M.M.C. as displayed by the Motor Manufacturing Company at the Islington Motor - Car Show of March 1903. This picture shows the "new type...
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The boatbuilder's Packard project.
May we ask a nice applause for the work of Steve Mills who created his onw boattailed Packard based on photos he saw of a skiff bodied Mercedes with Labourdette coachwork:"I would like to show...
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A Meadows-Dorman Engine Mystery?
Peter Ruddick sends photos of this unidentified engine: "Could you help confirm the identity or identify the engine in the photo? No makers name, just numbers. Possibly 1920s Meadows /Dorman? BTH...
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A Mollmobil for the Magazine
Volker Wisserman recently found this attractive photograph and is kind enough to share it with us. He ads "The photo is depicting a Mollmobil, from about 1924. The company Moll was located in...
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Wednesday Mercedes-Benz W18 find..., what about it?
Sometimes it is very frusatrating to be the editor here. People send in photos that make your jaws drop and forget to add any info. Hey keep in mind this is not Pinstabook! You need to add a few words!...
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Wednesday Mercedes-Benz W18 find..., what about it?
Sometimes it is very frustrating to be the editor here. People send in photos that make your jaws drop and forget to add any info. Hey keep in mind this is not Pinstabook! You need to add a few words!...
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Working our way to Brighton
Report by 1903 Bolide driver Laurens Klein: "When you think of a run for veteran cars, you think of shiny brass, nice weather, beautiful clothes; a lovely view of cars and their owners busy polishing....
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