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Half a million Franc legs
The car you see is a Delage DI coupé de ville and the lady is Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois - better known as Mistinguett, who in the 1920s was 'Queen of the Paris music hall', the most popular...
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What is it? Quiz #407
Well that's a real cyclecar isn't it? And yes it is of french origin. Created by somebody who was involved with a famous double named french automobile concern. The car employs one of the well-known...
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Restored to Packard Glory:1937 Super Eight
It's often said but seldom realised: a running restoration... Gunther Hoyt writes: This car is one of four known 1937 Super Eight Five Passenger Coupes. It is driven very regularly and is a wonderful...
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Unidentified prewar chassis
Colin Dennis writes: "I purchased this chassis recently at a rural clearing sale and would like to know what sort of vehicle it is from. To me it looked veteran as it is flat topped (no rise over...
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This year's toughest event; bring sunblock and swimwear?
It's early November and with near to tropical temperatures our team is doing a recce for the toughest event of the year: The 100 Miles of Amsterdam. Should you bring bathing suits and sunblock on this...
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In Brighton turn right for Lisbon
London to Brighton is a mere 63 mile run which was not enough for some of us! Upon arriving at the seafront in Brighton most people turn left into Madeira drive. In the company of a friend who drove...
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Sculptures rolling into New York
If you live in USA you may well have heard of the Keno brothers, but some of us this side of the pond have not, and are opening our eyes wide at the cars they are offering in their 'Rolling...
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1928 'Wampas Babes'
In February 1921, The Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers (Wampas) was formed - made up of press agents for the various motion picture studios and is recalled primarily for its (mostly)...
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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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