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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1900
De Boisse & Levassor 3.5hp Tricar
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From an album by famous French photographer Jules Beau (1864-1932).
Gorgeous photo of young lady in lots of
fur. Our Ariejan Bos advises this is a Paris built cca
1900 De Boisse er Lavassor 3.5 Voiturette Tricar.
De Boisse was the builder and was probably financially
backed by the widow of Emile Levassor.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1900
Gardner-Serpollet 5CV Model D
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This is a photo from an album by famous French photographer Jules Beau
(1864-1932) specialising in sport. This French vehicle made in
Paris, a steam powered two-seater, is driven by Mr. Serpollet. This is a
cca
1900
Gardner-Serpollet 5cv Model D was bodied
by the famous Parisian carriage-maker Kellner et ses Fils.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1900
Societe L'Energie Racer
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This is a photo from an album by famous French photographer Jules Beau
(1864-1932) specialising in 'sport'. This was taken at
the 1900 Gaillon Hill Climb. This small
racer
was built in Paris by the Société L'Energie in
1900 and was driven at Gaillon by Caillois and Renaux. Built a Tricar
and a Tonneau, but closed by 1902.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1900
De Dion Bouton Tricycle
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This is a photo from an album by famous French photographer Jules Beau
(1864-1932) specialising in 'sport'. This is a French vehicle made in
Paris, forerunner of the then world's biggest manufacturer. This is a cca
1900 De Dion Bouton Tricycle
introduced 1895 as 132cc 1.25 HP, then 1.75, 2.75, by 1904 955cc 8HP.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1900
De Dion Bouton Quadri Cycle
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This is a photo from an album by famous French photographer Jules Beau
(1864-1932) specialising in 'sport'. This is a French vehicle made in
Paris, forerunner of the then world's biggest manufacturer. This is the
follow-on from the successful Tricycle being a
cca 1900 De Dion Bouton Quadri Cycle,
also a 'Forecar'.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1901
Metallurgique 4.5HP Light Car
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This is a photo from an album by famous French photographer Jules Beau
(1864-1932) specialising in 'sport'. This was taken at Salon de
l'Automobile, du Cycle et des Sports in January 1901 in Paris. Our
Ariejan Bos advises this is an early Belgian cca1901
Metallurgique 4.5HP Light Car
from a maker of railway engines.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1901
Crouan 16HP Brake
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This is a photo from an album by famous French photographer Jules Beau
(1864-1932) specialising in 'sport'. Our Ariejan Bos advises this is a
Paris made cca
1901 Crouan 16HP Brake
with a two cylinder engine
automatically regulated by an automatic advance & retard, and that
it had "pneumatic transmission".
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1901
Vehel 8HP Phaeton
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This is a photo from an album by famous French photographer Jules Beau
(1864-1932) specialising in 'sport'. Our Ariejan Bos advises this
pointed bonnet defines an early French
cca 1901 Vehel 8HP Phaeton
made in Paris by Messrs Dulac, and also sold in the UK as the
'Torpedo'. Company only lasted 1899 to 1901.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1901
Mors 10cv Duc-tonneau
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This is a photo from an album by famous French photographer Jules Beau
(1864-1932) specialising in 'sport'. This was taken at Salon de
l'Automobile, du Cycle et des Sports in January 1901 in Paris. Our
Ariejan Bos advises this is an early Belgian cca
1901 Mors 10cv Duc-tonneau.
Bought by Citroen 1925 and closed.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1903
Renault Type N 10HP Phaeton
Photo received from Colin Lyle (UK)
of the Lyle family (Tate & Lyle) which
was given to him many years ago and he has been wondering what the car
on the right was. --
Many cars had a scuttle bonnet at that period but not many had the
radiators on each side of the bonnet. This car is French, made in
Paris, by the company started 1899 as Société Renault Frères
originally using De Dion Bouton engines. Designed own engines 1903.
This is a cca
1903 Renault Type N 10HP Double Phaeton.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1905
Rambler Type 1 Surrey
Photo received from Gerald Davis, Atlanta,
Georgia (USA) saying
'taken in Weston, Massachusetts, early 1900s. I am working on
family history. The two ladies in the back seat are distant cousins of
mine, and I think the couple in the front seat are too. So my ancestors
are from the state of Massachusetts'. --
Car made by the Thomas B. Jeffery
Company of Kenosha, Winsconsin, of the earlier Rambler bicycle fame,
this is a cca
1905 Rambler Type 1 Surrey, two
cylinder 16'20HP, costing then $1350.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1905
Darracq Side Entrance Tonneau
One of a couple of photos received from Tom
Cosens from Yorkshire (UK)
of old cars he didn't recognise. From his collection of postcard
curiosities without further background. --
Quite a difficult one but at least two of our experts believe from the
not visible radiator, detachable rad side panel, distinctive bonnet
handle, shaft drive, small rear hub, and especially from the steering
column gear lever, that this is an early cca
1905 Darracq Side Entrance Tonneau,
possibly 10'12 HP.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1907
Enfield 18'22 Double Phaeton
Photo received from Colin Lyle (UK)
of the Lyle family (Tate & Lyle) which
was given to him many years ago and he has been wondering what the car
on the left was. --
The car is a cca 1907 Enfield 18'22 Double Phaeton
which was used by
his relatives Philip Lyle in 1908 to do a mammoth European Tour from
UK through Holland, Germany, Austria to Hungary and Romania, and then
back. Other photos of the car are without large cyclops
headlamp but do feature post 1907 RAC badge.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1911
Bedford Buick Landaulette
One of a couple of photos received from Tom
Cosens from Yorkshire (UK)
of old cars he didn't recognise. From his collection of postcard
curiosities without further background. Is this a Hotchkiss? --
Similar confusion as with a previous photo because the car is Anglo-American. The chassis
by General Motors in
Flint, Michigan and body possibly in Westminster by Bedford Motors. This is
a cca
1911 Bedford Buick Phaeton Landaulette
where the whole of the back roof is 'decapotable'.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1911
Renault Open Drive Limousine
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ancient machinery for which they are asking identification.
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Photo notated 'Detective Giuseppe Visco Gilardi a Cannes' who was one of
the earliest Italian private detectives who also worked in London and
New York where he also took up 'psychics' including Hypnotism. The car
seems to be a cca
1911 Renault Limousine.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1914
Minerva 38CV Torpedo
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Photo notated 'Fahrt zur Front, Panne (10-4-1917)'. The car is of
Belgian manufacture, Antwerp, by a bicycle maker, turned cars in
1900. Big car, the radiator is flat but fronts of mudguards rounded so
likely cca
1914 Minerva Torpedo, probably the 38CV
Knight.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1913
FIAT Tippo Zero Torpedo
Photo received from Malcolm Summers (UK)
taken in February 1914 of Mary and Henry Willink of Hillfields,
Burghfield, Berkshire. This was their first car and their first motor
tour, travelling through Gloucestershire to Cornwall. Is that an AA
badge? --
LK 4987 is a London County Council registration of late 1913. The car
is an Italian cca
1913 FIAT Tippo Zero Torpedo, also
known as 12'15HP, costing then in UK £325. Badge is indeed the
Automobile Association, but as it has no wings was pre 1911.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1914
Austro Daimler Prince Heinrich
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is notated 'Besuch des Kais. Hoh.d. Erzh. Thronfolger am 7.7.16, Abfahrt.'
The car is Austrian, made in Wiener Neustadt by a subsidiary of the
German Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and was headed by Ferdinand Porsche
senior. This is
cca1914 Austro Daimler Prince Heinrich,
overhead cam 5,714-cc four.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1926 Renault Type 40 CV Landaulete
Photo posted on AACA website by Dosmo (USA)
saying any help would be appreciated in identifying this vehicle. --
Definitely French. Big car with diamond shaped logo so post 1925 when it
replaced the round logo. Very big car with lots of louvers but still at
the back of what is a long bonnet, so most likely a cca
1926 Renault Type NM 40 CV Open Drive Landaulette,
6 cylinder 9120cc. A 40 CV Renault won the Monte Carlo Rally in
1925, and another was the official car of the French President.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1932 Citroen Rosalie Boulangere
Cinema screen grab taken from a Dutch mini series
"De Zaak Menten" made in 2016 where cars are being
investigated by IMCDB. True story of Dutch journalist Hans Knoop's
1970s struggle to uncover the truth about World War II war criminal
Pieter Menten. --
This car is of French manufacture with five uncovered wheel studs so not
Peugeot but a cca
1932 Citroen Rosalie Boulangere. The
Rosalie car range was made 1932 to 1938 and included a number of small
commercial lorry / van variants.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1938
Opel Admiral 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 this European
vehicle? The photo was taken after WW2. -- Indeed
European car manufactured by an American owned company in Rüsselsheim,
Hesse, Germany which had started by making sewing machines in 1862.
This is top end of range cca
1938 Opel Admiral Limousine.
Manufactured between 1929-37, 3.6L 6 cyl, and 6,404 made.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1938 BMW 326 Saloon
Cinema screen grab taken from a Czech film
"Anthropoid" made in 2016 where cars are being
investigated by IMCDB. True story of WW2 mission of Czech exiles
who are parachuted back home to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich,
the architect of the Final Solution. --
This car is of German manufacture from Eisenach by ex aircraft maker
Rapp renamed Bayerishe Motoren Werke 1917 who built a licensed British
Austin Seven in 1927 as the Dixi. This one is cca
1938 BMW 326 Saloon.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1939
Standard Flying Fourteen Saloon
Photo received from Russell Robshaw (UK)
researching family history and would like to identify
the car shown in a number of photos taken 1949-50. No expert on old
cars, but research seems to suggest a Morris 10, but doors and hinges
do not match. --
Not much of car shown, no registration, only people. However from
attached there is a significant bulge carry-over from the top of door
to the door pillar. Also both doors are of suicide type. Car is a
cca
1939 Standard Flying Fourteen Saloon.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
Probably 1939 GAZ M1
Cinema screen grab taken from a Russian TV Series
"Koroleva Krasoty" (Beauty Queen) made in 2015 where cars are being
investigated by IMCDB. Story of a beautiful peasant girl who went to
Moscow and sacrificed personal happiness for being a beauty queen. --
This car seems of Russian manufacture from Nizhny Novgorod but
which has been extensively modified. We think this is a a cca
1939 GAZ M1 Saloon with post 1946 GAZ
M20 bumper and cut down M11 grille.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1966 Innocenti I4 Saloon
Cinema screen grab taken from an Italian
Film "Ingrid Sulla Strada" (Ingrid the
Streetwalker) made in 1973 where cars are being
investigated by IMCDB. Story of a bedraggled prostitute arriving in
Rome. --
This car looks English and easily mistaken for one of the BMC ADO16
variants. It is actually an Italian made
cca 1966 Innocenti I4 Saloon. Innocenti
famous for the Lambretta made BMC cars 1961-76, and was purchased by BMC
in 1972, but became De Tomaso group 1976.
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