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The SVVS Website currently receives
approximately 500,000
hits a year and the "HELP
PAGE" is internationally the most
visited 'page' on the site. We receive numerous e-mails from historians
and motoring enthusiasts from all over the world with the request to
identify vehicles from old photographs. We can help with identification
of Classic cars because most of us are old enough to remember them as
new, and owning Vintage or Veteran vehicles, many of us, and/or our
associates, are also specialists in own make or type of vehicle -
These Help Pages are therefore devoted to some of the interesting enquiries
received, and information that we have provided. While page is
being built, enquiries are in received order, - when completed, cars are in year order:
Page104
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1904
Thomas 30HP Touring Car
Surfing through the internet in attempting
to identify old vehicles we came across a Wikipedia Website Page called
Unidentified Automobiles showing very interesting
ancient machinery for which they are asking identification, so we have a go
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This is a cca
1904 Thomas 30HP Three Cylinder Touring Car
in Nome, Alaska, USA, notated as Gen Greely and party arriving at Golden
Gate Hotel 1905. A Model 35 60HP four Cylinder won the '
around-the-world ' New York to Paris Race in
1907.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1905
Humber 8'10 Swing-seat Tonneau
Surfing through the internet in attempting
to identify old vehicles we came across a Wikipedia Website Page called
Unidentified Automobiles showing very interesting
ancient machinery for which they are asking identification, so we have a go
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Apparently the 1905 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy race organised by the
Automobile Club had two Humbers entered but neither seems had number 9?
Winner was Arrol -Johnston, second Rolls Royce. This is a cca
1905 Humber 8'10 Swing-seat Tonneau.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1913
Bedford-Buick Tourer
A couple of photos received from Tom
Cosens from Yorkshire (UK)
of old cars he didn't recognise. The cars appear to be the same make.
The street scene is Dewey Road in Dagenham. The terraces are no longer
there. --
The car is Anglo-American. The chassis was made by General Motors in
Flint, Michigan and the body in Westminster by Bedford Motors. This is
a cca
1913 Bedford-Buick Tourer, 15'18
(£305) or the 18'22 (£305). The name Bedford was used
later by Vauxhall for lorries.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1913
Bedford-Buick Cabriolet
A couple of photos received from Tom
Cosens from Yorkshire (UK)
of old cars he didn't recognise. The cars appear to be the same make.
Both are on British postcards, the backs of which bear the same design,
so both could be Dagenham. --
The car is Anglo-American. The chassis is made by General Motors in
Flint, Michigan and the body in Westminster by Bedford Motors. This is
a cca
1913 Bedford-Buick Cabriolet, 15'18
(£285) or 18'22 (£395). 'Bedford' was used later by Vauxhall for
lorries.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1913 Metallurgique 40HP Landaulette
Lovely photo received from Nancy Bond
from David Huchings (UK) saying
the people in the picture are his grandparents on the mother side and he
would love to know the make and model, and maybe the year. --
This is a car manufactured in Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium by a company
founded in 1898 already making railway engines. Represented in the UK by
Charles Royce. This is a
cca 1913 Metallurgique 40HP Landaulette.
Bodies were made by Vanden Plas, founded 1870 Brussels.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1920
Ford Model T Touring
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 this European
vehicle? The photo was taken somewhere in the USSR in late 1920s. -- Not
sure if European made because the design is American. Most of car is
hidden so dating is difficult but no demountable wheels so this is a
cca 1920 Ford Model T. By then UK had a factory, as did Denmark,
and Trieste was supplying to 'Balkans & Eastern Europe'.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1921
Citroen 5HP Two Seat Tourer
Lovely photo received from Nancy Bond
from Englehart, Ontario, (Canada) which
was from her Grandmother. The Driver of the car was a William Tyrrell of
England. They would love some information on the car. --
Interesting car for England because it was made in Levallois, Paris,
France. From the three louvres on the bonnet this is an early cca
1921 Citroen 5HP Two Seat Tourer. One
of the first mass produced cars in Europe and specifically
targeted at women. Later made in UK in 1926.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1921 Mathis SBA Torpedo Special
Photo passed to us by Mark Dawber (New
Zealand) on behalf of his friend Tim in the
US, which may have come from a batch of photos for sale on Ebay. --
Interesting car which seems to have been much modified. The body seems
to be 'skiff' type with slatted wood, Vee windscreen, and electric
lighting with an extra giant spotlamp. Obviously a Mathis of the 1919 to
23 period. 1920 mudguards. Probably a cca
1921 Mathis SB/SBA Torpedo, 10HP, 1.1 L
four c. Norwegian flag?
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1921
Studebaker Big Six Touring
Another lovely photo received from Tom
Cosens from Yorkshire (UK)
of an old car he didn't recognise. This is from his collection of
postcard, this one being from Spain. --
The car is American, made in South Bend, Indiana by a company founded
1852 making farmer's wagons and wagons for the US Army. Went into
electric cars 1902. First petrol cars made with Garford in 1904 and EMF
1908. Square headlamps and louvres toward the rear, this is
a cca
1921 Studebaker Big Six Touring.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1922
Ford Model T Fordor Sedan
Surfing through the internet in attempting
to identify old vehicles we came across a Wikipedia Website Page called
Unidentified Automobiles showing very interesting
ancient machinery for which they are asking identification, so we have a go
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This photo is notated as 'Marius Windfeld-Hansen c1910' who seems was a
Danish industrialist (1850-1931) who founded a couple of cotton mill
companies. This photo cannot be c1910 because car is earliest a cca
1922 Ford Model T Fordor.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1925
Morris Oxford Bullnose Roadster
Our Publicity Officer Tony Russell (UK)
found this photo on a friend's Facebook page....any ideas...possibly
Morris? -- Rather
poor photo but does indeed seem to be cca 1925/6 Bullnose Morris
Roadster but difficult to tell if Oxford or Cowley. Our Morris Man Chas
Moody advised certainly a cca
1925 Morris Oxford Roadster. 1926 cars
had plain doors with no edging; this has edging. Cowleys had shorter
wheelbase (8'-6") fr mudguards curved, Oxfords (9'-0")
end slopes down at about 45deg.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1925
Fiat 509 Torpedo
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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Rather poor photo of Little St Bernard Pass in the Alps between France
and Italy at 2,188m. From personal experience not very pleasant in the
winter before tunnels and motorways. Car is cca
1925 Fiat 509 Torpedo.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1926 Buick Master Six Sport Phaeton
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
competitor at a " Romanian Touring Contest ". In view of the
Steyer photo on the previous page, we think this could be June 1926.
Our Mark Dawber thinks this car is a
cca 1926 Buick Master Six Sport Phaeton Model 26-55.
Competition vehicle so some details may be specific to this car.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1926 Buick Standard Six 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? -- This is a
competitor at a "Romanian Touring Contest ". In view of the
Steyer photo on the previous page, we think this could be June 1926.
Our Mark Dawber thinks this car, number 19, is a cca
1926 Buick Standard Six Model 26-25, five passenger Touring.
Very similar to car 20, but front bumper.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1926 Buick Standard Six 5P 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? -- This is a
competitor at a "Romanian Touring Contest ". In view of the
Steyer photo on the previous page, we think this could be June 1926.
Our Mark Dawber thinks this car, number 20, is a cca
1926 Buick Standard Six Model 26-25, five passenger Touring.
Very similar to car 19, drum headlamps.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1928
Whippet 96 Roadster
Another couple of photos received from Tom
Cosens from Yorkshire (UK)
of old cars he didn't recognise on a poscard originating in Spain. This
one appears to have been rather comprehensively crushed by a tree. --
Guessing from the numberplate and that car had sidelights, and size of tree,
that the location may well be Antipodean, although the car is American.
Our Mark Dawber correctly pointed out it is a cca
1928 Willys-Overland Whippet 96 Roadster,
and the body may well be local.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1930
Opel Cabriolet
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.
A German-registered car, but possibly not of German manufacture. The
bumper looks more American than German? -- Despite
the external stone guard on the radiator, we think it is German and
are relatively sure this is a cca 1930/1 Opel Cabriolet, 1.8L or
1.2L, square bar between headlights, rounded metal windows.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1930
Graham Paige Special 822 Sedan
Photo posted on AACA website by Dosmo (USA)
saying any help would be appreciated in identifying this vehicle. --
The tower device is a Weaver Automatic Brake Tester which enabled
customers to test their own brakes. Each wheel was measured separately
and indicated by a liquid tube so ech could be compared visually. Still
made like it today! Car is also unusual having flap louvres being a cca
1930 Graham Paige Special 822 Sedan.
Fitted with a staright eight cyl cca 5L 100bhp engine.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1930 DeSoto CF Sedan
Cinema screen grab taken from a Swedish TV
Series "Brottsplats Sverige" made in the late 1990s
where cars are being investigated by IMCDB. The documentary series
deals with historical criminal cases and using their own investigators
set about solving unsolved cases. --
This car is American, made in Highland Park, Michigan, by a
division of Chrysler Corporation which was making cars 1928 to 1960,
named after Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. This is a cca
1930 DeSoto CF Sedan.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1932
Commer Centaur 2-Ton Lorry
Interesting period photo received from
regular contributor Bill Stothard of the Cudworth Local History Group (UK) asking
if we can again help with this photo? Sure is a Commer Centaur,
taken earlier than 1935 because later spot was occupied by pair of
semi detached houses where his brother and he were born. -- He is
right, indeed a West Riding of Yorkshire registered 1932
Commer Centaur Two-Ton Lorry.
Commercial Cars became Humber 1926, who became Roots 1931.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1935 Ford
Model C 10HP Tourer
Interesting period photo received from
regular contributor Bill Stothard of the Cudworth Local History Group (UK) asking
if we can again help with this photo? Believes it is a studio
mock-up but his colleagues believe it a genuine production vehicle with
windscreen removed to ensure better visibility of the occupants. --
Regret his colleagues win. This is a standard cca 1935
Ford Model C 10HP Tourer. Model C was
produced in UK 1934 to 37. Tourer was introduced in 1935.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1936 Daimler Light 6 Fixed Head Coupe
Interesting period photo received from
regular contributor Bill Stothard of the Cudworth Local History Group (UK) asking
if we can again help with this photo? Canbnot
offer much guidance or assistance on this one, other than an estimated
date of 1942-43 for photo of Mary Green with workmates. --
Very grainy photo with the ladies hiding most of the car. From bonnet
release lever on top front of bonnet panel we think this is a cca
1936 Daimler 15hp Light Six Fixed Head Coupe,
2-litr.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1939
Adler Trumph Junior 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 German car in this photo
taken in East Germany (Saxony) in 1950s ? -- German
car indeed made in Frankfurt by a company also known for its
typewriters. From the circular holes in the wheels which were introduced
1938 and the fold down canvas centre of the roof, this is a cca
1939 Adler Trumph 1E Junior Cabrio Limousine,
over 100,000 made!
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:c1954
GAZ M20 Pobeda Saloon
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
taken USSR in 1960s of Marshal of the Soviet Union arriving at military
garrison? A ZIM? -- Russian
car but not a ZIM. This is a cca
1954 GAZ M20 Pobeda Fastback Sedan
made by Gorky Avto Zavod. Pobeda (Victory) was favoured by Stalin.
Original name Rodiana (Homeland) and earlier 'Molotovets'.
Factory was 'Vyacheslav Molotov'.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:Unknown
post 1920 Charabancs
Part of a photo received from Robin Daly (UK)
taken in Broadmoor in Surrey, dated 1925.
The two vehicles seem to be charabancs - this was a very popular day
trip for Londoners. Can we confirm this and say anything about them? --
Photo is too small to ascertain any details re make. Indeed large
charabancs on pneumatic tyres, fold down roof and stepped angled
seating. This would suggest that they are post 1922/3. Converted WW1
(1914-18+) lorry busses / charabancs had solid tyres.
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