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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1904
Daimler 12 HP
Lovely period photo received from one of
our SVVS members Mike Gorman (UK)
showing Pam's grandfather's car. The
picture taken in Bermondsey. The car had been purchased from Lord Howard
de Warden family. Believe photo taken pre 1908. --
Registration is London County Council
early 1904. The car is a cca
1904 Daimler 12HP, unlikely 22, probably
a Tonneau but without curved scuttle. The solid rear tyres seem to
indicate hard work, so perhaps used in estate hunting events?
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1904
Brushmobile 6HP 2 Seater
Period photo received from Paul Levey (UK)
saying 'Picture of friends of wife's parents Harry and Kitty
Bolton. Sadly, all long gone and we only came across this photograph recently. Seems same location as on your website. 'Paid for' photo
opportunity? -- This
is a 1904
Brushmobile 6HP 2 Seater
which seems to have been used as a 'photographer's prop' at/near Beaulieu. We
have traced a number of photos of different unconnected people sitting in the
car. See also HP41
HP96
and HP99.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1908
Star 9HP Swing-Seat Tonneau
Our good friend Leif Holmberg (Sweden)
with whom we regularly correspond on identification of old car photos is
currently investigating a photo taken in 1909 that could be the first
car in his town of Storvik. Is it a Star?
-- Our Star
expert thinks it is indeed a British made Star,
most likely a 1908 Swing Seat Tonneau
9hp twin-cylinder ; the door handle releases the front passenger seat
which then swings towards the driver, giving access to the rear seats.
No connection USA Durrant-Star.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1910 Labor 20'30 Landaulette
Cinema screen grab taken from a French film "Bandits
en Automobile" made in 1912 where cars are being investigated by
IMCDB. This period film is a parody of the spectacular siege
by Jules Bonnot's Gang at Choisy-le-Roi near Paris in 1912. --
Extremely unusual car made in the Pantin district of Paris by Weyher et
Richmond to the design of De Cleves Chevalier who were the selling
agents. This is a cca
1910 Labor Landaulette, biggish so
probably the 20'30. Existed between 1907 - '12.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1910 Labor 20'30 Tourer
Cinema screen grab taken from a French film "Bandits
en Automobile" made in 1912 where cars are being investigated by
IMCDB. This period film is a parody of the spectacular siege
by Jules Bonnot's Gang at Choisy-le-Roi near Paris in 1912. --
....and then two come at once, chasing each other ! Perhaps an early
example of Product Placement. This is a cca
1910 Labor 20'30 Tourer. Rather
confusing about the registration numbers suggesting perhaps
three Labor cars in the film.
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HELP ON HISTORY NEEDED:1912
Unic Type J2 Taxi
Email received from Marc
Sabbe (Belgium) who says he has a
1913 UNIC as per photo, which shows how the car was found and is now.
In researching the car he found on the internet couple of cards showing
perhaps the original car. Is there anyone who may have an idea about
the history of that car with the number 61 on it? -- Regretfully
we cannot help. If same car, then the Photo Card advises a Unic
Type J2 Taxi 1908-14, probably
cca1912. Help on this car would be
appreciated!
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: c1924
Steyr Type VI Sport
Another fascinating photograph from our
regular contributor Cicos Florin in Constanta by the Black Sea (Romania)
who is interested in old cars of Romania. Do we know what
this is? -- A
Supercar of its day made in Austria by a company established in 1864 as
an weapon manufacturing company OWG. Bulls eye target logo, spitzkuhler
radiator, vee windscreen, swept wings and with a boat tail, all add up
to it being c1924
Steyr Type VI Sport, later racing 4.5
Steyr Klausen Sport.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1924 Citroen 5HP Cabriolet
Cinema screen grab taken from a Spanish film "Gernika"
made in 2016 where cars are being investigated by IMCDB. The film
is about an American journalist and a lady censor in the Spanish civil
war, and the events leading up to the carpet bombing and the destruction
of the Basque town of Guernica by the Luftwaffe. --
Lovely little French car designed by Edmond Moyet and Jules Salomon and
manufactured in Quai de Javel in Paris, a cca
1924 Citroen 5HP C3 with a
Cabriolet body.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1925
Lincoln Model L Touring
Another fascinating photograph from our
regular contributor Cicos Florin in Constanta by the Black Sea (Romania)
who is interested in old cars of Romania. Do we know what
this is? -- We
are relatively sure this is an American cca
1925 Lincoln Model L Touring. Lincoln
was started by Henry Leland who bought Cadillac after Henry Ford Left.
Cadillac bought by General Motors so Leland left and founded Lincoln
1917. Went bust 1922 and bought by Henry Ford. Now luxury cars
worldwide.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1925
Delage DI SS Boat-tail Tourer
Another fascinating photograph from our
regular contributor Cicos Florin in Constanta by the Black Sea (Romania)
who is interested in old cars of Romania. Do we know what
this is? -- This
is a competition vehicle which are sometimes difficult to nail down
precisely because of body and other details being specific to
individual cars. We are however relatively sure this is a French cca
1925 Delage DI SS Boat-tail Tourer.
Delage were very successful in many European motoring
competitions.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1925 Delage DI Saloon
Cinema screen grab taken from a Spanish film "Gernika"
made in 2016 where cars are being investigated by IMCDB. The film
is about an American journalist and a lady censor in the Spanish civil
war, and the events leading up to the carpet bombing and the destruction
of the Basque town of Guernica by the Luftwaffe. --
Lovely French car manufactured in Levallois-Perret, Paris by a company
founded 1905, much into racing, lasting to 1953. This is
a
cca 1925 Delage DI Saloon.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1926
Brennabor Type R Limousine
Another photo received from our regular
contributor Raoul
Rainer from Stuttgart (Germany) from
a batch of photos he purchased recently and has on a big website on line.
Lovely photo of perhaps a 1920s Opel but bonnet doesn't match? -- First
thought FIAT but wheels wrong. Not an Opel as rounded bonnet, no
mid-way hinge to bonnet and very peculiar wheel-nut arrangement which
suggests a cca
1926 Brennabor Type R Limousine.
Front wheel hub different? Closed 1945 when
Soviet Zone.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1926
Renault NN Torpedo
Period photo received from Tom Bon (UK).
Picture has appeared on Facebook under community page Bargoed Past &
Present. Trying to identify the car. Registration shows UD 1345.
Location is at Gilfach, which is near Bargoed, Mid Glamorgan, South
Wales. -- Registration
UD 1345 is an Oxford County Council registration but no details
pre-1929. The vehicle is French but unfortunately not possible to see
shape of logo on bonnet which would help in dating; so
cca 1926 Renault NN Torpedo.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1926
Willys Knight Model 70 Touring
Another fascinating photograph from our
regular contributor Cicos Florin in Constanta by the Black Sea (Romania)
who is interested in old cars of Romania. Do we know what
this is? -- Looks
like a Buick but is not! This is a Willys-Knight, but quite
difficult to nail the precise model. The difficult bit is the quite
wide upright between the hinge and the top of the side of the bonnet.
Our Mark Dawber recons it is a cca
1926 Willys Knight Model 70 Touring.
Seems only one to have that feature.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1928
Rochet Schneider Charabanc
Surfing through the internet in attempting
to identify old vehicles we often come across photographs or old
Postcards, including those on Rootschat and those for sale on Ebay, of very interesting
ancient machinery which has not yet been identified, so we have a go
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Interesting view of the old Monte Carlo town (Mount Charles), Port
Hercules harbour and Monaco-Ville in the background. Vehicle is a
pretty
cca 1928 Rochet Schneider Charabanc
, made in France, in Lyon.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1928
Fiat 520 6 Saloon
Another fascinating photograph from our
regular contributor Cicos Florin in Constanta by the Black Sea (Romania)
who is interested in old cars of Romania. Do we know what
this is? -- This
one is Italian from Turin. Big car, upright division line between
bonnet and body rather than smooth, no hump on the centre of the
bonnet, hinge on the crease line of the bonnet, steering wheel on left;
we
are relatively sure this is a cca
1928 Fiat 520 6 Saloon. Deluxe
upmarket car, 20,000 made 1927-1929.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1931
Alfa Romeo 8C Spider Corsa
Another fascinating photograph from our
regular contributor Cicos Florin in Constanta by the Black Sea (Romania)
who is interested in old cars of Romania. Do we know what
this is? -- Cannot
quite read the date of the photo but this one is Italian from Portello,
Milan. This is a competition vehicle which are sometimes difficult to
nail down precisely because of body and other details being specific to
individual cars. We are however relatively sure this is cca1931
Alfa Romeo 8C Spider Corsa.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1931 Austin 16'6 Beaconsfield
Saloon
Photo posted on AACA website by Dosmo (USA)
saying any help would be appreciated in identifying this vehicle. --
Definitely British and looks like a fabric covered
Faux Cabriolet. Our Tony Oakes suggested Austin. Fabric covered bodies were much in fashion between 1920
and 1930, supplied by such companies as Weymann, and Gordon England who
made fabric bodies for the Austin 7s. This car is also an Austin but is
a cca 1931 Austin 16'6 Beaconsfield Fabric Bodied Saloon, Faux
Cabriolet.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1934
Morris 5cwt Van
Period photo received from Paul
Savage (UK) of his
Father washing his Grandfather's van from his Warwick based Family Dairy
business, "A.E.Savage Ltd" taken in 1935. He was 12 years
old. -- Registration
ADU 211 is a County Borough Council of Coventry registration of summer
1934. The vehicle is British with a couple of pointers confirming the
dating; It has a rear rear filler cap/tank and has slight upward kink on
back of central body molding suggesting a cca
1934 Morris 5cwt Van.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1936 Horch 830 Cabriolet
Cinema screen grab taken from a BBC made
for TV Series "Fortunes of War"
made in 1987 where cars are being investigated by IMCDB. The film
is about a British lecturer and his new wife, who become members of the
English community in Bucharest, Rumania on the eve of World War
II. --
Luxury German car from the Auto Union stable being a cca
1936 Horch 830 Cabriolet. Horch
was formed in 1899, but August Horch left to found Audi 1910,
became Auto Union 1932, and then Audi 1969.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1938
DKW F7 Limousine
One of a number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos. Can we identify the car in this photo?-- German
car made by DKW ('Steam-driven Car' Co.) in Chemnitz (later
Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany). From the quite large chrome hub
caps this would seem to be
c1938 DKW F7 Limousine, two-stroke, 2
cylinder front wheel drive. Became Auto Union, later Audi. Zwickau
factory under Soviet control made IFA F8 from 1949-'55.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1938
Mercedes Benz 230 Cabrio B
One of a number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos. Can we identify this photo of a captured
Mercedes vehicle in the town of Frankenberg in 1945 ?-- Yes
indeed a Mercedes and a development of the W143. From the chrome hub
caps this would seem to be an early cca 1938 Mercedes Benz 230 Cabrio
B. The B stands for a two-door four-seater. This range of cars was made
1938 to 1943, and some 4,300 made, mostly in 1939.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
Probably
c1904-5 Peugeot 500cc
Cinema screen grab taken from a French film
"Bandits en Automobile" made in 1912 where cars are being
investigated by IMCDB. This period film is a parody of the
spectacular siege by Jules Bonnot's Gang at Choisy-le-Roi near Paris in
1912. -- Peugeot
badge was rectangular with six pointed 'corners', forward opening
compartment on fuel tank, an oiler in front, two levers on cross bar.
Engine seems of the later '05 cross-flow type, but front forks '03
type, so cca
1904-5 Peugeot 500cc?
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:Perhaps
c1914 Napier 30'45
Period photo received from Paul
Savage (UK) taken around 1921 of his
Grandfather when he worked for "Somerset Direct Dairies ".
Radiator badge on this ex-military vehicle is too poor to make
out. -- Registration
Y 6342 is Somerset CC 1919. Logo looks similar to Napier but Nick
Georgano and Mick W-W don't think so. Name is diagonally underlined with
a circle hoop. Foden logo has hoop but steam in period. Napier
30-45cwt were supplied in large numbers
to British & Allied uses!
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:Possibly
1936 Mercedes Benz G4 W31
One of a number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos. Can we identify this photo of a German vehicle
being used by Generalfeldmarschall von Mackensen?-- Von
Mackensen was WW1 general who served vith Hitler in WW2. He died in
1945 at 95! The car is difficult to identify from small information but
the pivoting top windscreen over two fixed small panes suggests this
could possibly be a cca
1936 Mercedes Benz Type G4 W31.
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