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...
View ArticleDriving a Rolls 20/25 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...
View ArticleGatsby 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...
View ArticleAbout 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...
View ArticleThe boatbuilder's Packard project
May we ask a nice applause for the work of Steve Mills who created his own boattailed Packard based on photos he saw of a skiff bodied Mercedes with Labourdette coachwork: "I would like to show...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleAbout Quiz #407: La Gazelle
In quiz #407 we gave you three clues. There was a photo of a voiturette and the description of this car but we also gave a clue about the builder: that was a monsieur Tzaut who had worked for...
View ArticleGrieving with Paris
We are shocked, we are devastated and we grieve with the family and friends of all victims in Paris.Follow the latest news through Le Monde or CNN
View ArticleA new day: 1937 Hotchkiss Hossegor roadster
We're still deeply shocked by the horror in Paris. Yet just like the French we will try to pick up normal life again and stand at their side. So let's show on this November Sunday a brighter picture...
View ArticleAbout Rousson, from Feurs, France
One does not often get the chance to buy a Rousson. About 130 seem to have been built from 1903 up to 1920, in the small town of Feurs, near Saint-Etienne and Lyon. To automotive historians the make...
View ArticleThe Invisible Man Mystery.
You may have heard of socalled hi-tech companies like Google and Apple who recently try to reinvent and remarket stuff that others have invented already a l-o-o-o-ng time ago (sorry for stepping on one...
View ArticleMy 'lonely' 1918 Dodge Brothers
Doug Walters writes: "This is my new truck, a 1918 Dodge Brothers light repair truck. They were used as a tool truck during WW1, carried tools to repair other trucks or anything that was broken. There...
View ArticleMystery chassis on its way to San Jose? (update: 1910 Apperson!)
Hey, what's that? Halfway restoration and now testdriving the bare chassis? Sure not, The Thing is probably brandnew and it either must be a manufacturers test drive. Or a newly sold chassis on its way...
View ArticleRM Sotheby’s to offer ex-Fangio
- RM Sotheby’s secures ex-works 1956 Ferrari 290 MM by Scaglietti, chassis 0626, for its ‘Driven by Disruption’ sale, December 10 in New York City - Built for racing legend and five-time World...
View Article60 Years of Citroën DS at InterClassics Brussels
The Citroën DS will celebrate its 60th birthday during InterClassics Brussels 2015, the classic-car exhibition that will be held from 6 through 8 November at Brussels Expo. The DS is a legendary icon...
View Article‘Long nose’ leads return to Arizona
- RM Sotheby’s returns to the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa for its 17th annual sale in Phoenix, January 28 – 29, 2016- Two-day auction presents diverse roster of more than 100 blue-chip...
View ArticleTreasures at Retro Classics
The world’s oldest private collection of automobiles as a guest of RETRO CLASSICS: the Den Haag based Louwman Museum presents some of the most precious historic objects in the course of a special show...
View ArticleResults Preserving the Automobile Auction
On Monday, Bonhams hosted the fourth annual Preserving the Automobile Auction at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia and achieved a highly respectable 86% sell-through rate making...
View Article1933 Chrysler ‘Best of Show’
The coveted ‘Best of Show’ and ‘People’s Choice’ honors were awarded today at the closing event of the 14th annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival, the Concours d’Elegance, held at the Port Royal...
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