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Who built this Rover twin-air Special?
At last weekend's British Cars & Lifestyle in Holland we spotted this intriguing little roadster with noddy looks. The current owner acquired it in Belgium a good many years ago. He found it...
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Centenary re-enactment Boyd Edkins Melbourne to Sydney record
Tomorrow 100 years ago: On the 18th March 1916 Boyd Edkins, the noted Sydney motor enthusiast, dealer and competition driver left Melbourne at 5am with the intention of breaking the then existing...
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A Renault with the sound of a Soprano
We saw this photo and decided to try and identify the lady, and her car. It is easy to see the lines of a Renault but not so easy to distinguish between a 1912 CB or a 1916 FK. The photo is captioned...
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What is it? Quiz #415
The mystery photo this week is again an iconic - relatively wellknown - photo, taken about 10 years later than the previous quiz photo. The motorcar is not 'at home', coming from far away. At the time...
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Coal scuttle bonnets after 1906
Makes with coal scuttle bonnets were very common during the early years of the 20th century (and often difficult to identify!). After 1906 this number dropped drastically, and of the remaining makes...
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A new Spring for a *LOST* 1932 Alfa Romeo 8c Figoni
Today is the first day of Spring, and tulips, daffodils and snowdrops are all emerging from winter hibernation and bursting out into the daylight, but a much rarer creation has recently come out of a...
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Model T Worldtour; light at the end of the tunnel
Last Friday we visited Model T Worldtour Dirk & Trudy Regter who escaped from total disaster when their Model T after 60,000 miles without a scratch was near total destruction when a careless...
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Reinventing European Unity
Paris, Istanbul, Brussels, it's all too much. After yesterday's terror in Brussels we didn't feel much like presenting you the next car story and decided to show you a sample of recent history. On days...
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Countdown announcement: 15 'Throwback Thursdays'
It was July 1, 2001 when PreWarCar went online so the real celebrations are still far away! It's another 15 weeks untill we reach the exact 15 year date line. Over the many years behind us more than...
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An Edwardian Lady Mystery (upd.: c. 1913 Clément Bayard 4M3a or 3b)
A most charming Edwardian runabout with coalscuttle(!) nose. Regarding the earlier coalscuttle write up by Ariejan Bos, some of our readers didn't realise that he wrote he was presenting European...
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About quiz #416 - a 1915 Overland Model 80-T
During the first World War England was attacked by Zeppelins and aeroplanes in almost 80 air raids in total. Although the military effect was negligible, the attacks lead to numerous victims among the...
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We wish you a T'oeuf - T'oeuf Easter
The French club of veteran cars - the Teuf-Teuf Club - was of course earlier than Peugeot with claiming the TT-word. NOT! They were late, started only in 1935. And to the insiders it is known of course...
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While hunting for Split-Screen campers!
"Junior Editor" Griff sends in a recent discovery. You may know what it is. We know what it is. It's just hat he doesn't know what it is. It seems that Amilcars pop in from everywhere currently......
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PreWarCar Workshop: getting spares for your car.
One of the most important sections of our beloved hobby is finding spare parts for one's vehicle. Things will break from time to time. And finding spares is not always easy. Sometimes parts are...
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Monte Carlo or Bust on a prewar Riley Nine
The Riley Nine has the honour of being the first light car to complete the torturous Athens to Monte Carlo route of the famous endurance rally. In 1932, with the appropriately-named Rupert Riley at...
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Throwback Thursday: Voisin's Abstract Beauty
Last week we promised you to show you a series of great stories from a more or less distant past in view of PreWarCar's 15 year anniversary. This story by Rudy Kousbroek was published by us in November...
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Gentleman Heroes: a New Chapter of Friday Ladies ?
Let's be realistic. We don't actually live in pre-war times. Look at your smartphone, this is 2016. Showing a quality motorcar with lovely lady leaning or lying on the paintwork may be a long passed...
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What is it? Quiz #417
In view of next week's Techno Classica in Germany we liked to look East and found this photo. Shot on an early April day many decades ago. The chance that you will find a car like this or even of this...
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Round radiators revisited
When I recently identified the Maudslay, Kevin Atkinson asked if he could see more. I thought about it and decided it would be a good idea, but not only round radiators. During the year a number of...
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Retyred tyre
by Michael E.Ware: At the Beaulieu Autojumble last year I was intrigued by a wheel and tyre on show with James Whieldon and Nick Mouat from West Grimstead, who repair and remake spoked wheels (tel....
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