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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:
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1900 Clement Panhard 3.5HP Vis-a-Vis
Rather lovely photo received from Caryl
Bowles (Mrs) (UK)
saying "I am a member of Gargrave Heritage Group and wonder if you
could identify the car in the photo believed the first car in the
village. Taken in the Estate Yard, West Street, Gargrave; belonged to
the Wilson family of Eshton Hall. --
Quite an unusual French vehicle, a cca
1900 Clement Panhard 3.5HP Vis-a-Vis
Voiture Legere with centre pivot steering, made by Adolphe Clement and
sold in UK as / by 'Strling' of Edinburgh.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1902
Georges Richard 10hp Two-Seater
Cinema screen grab taken from taken
from a French film " Frou Frou" (A Girl from Paris)
made in 1955 where cars are being investigated by IMCDB. Story of a
singer who is befriended by four rich men who try to introduce her to
the high life . --
The car is French, built in Paris Ivry-Port by Georges Richard who had
a licence from Vivinus of Belgium to build voiturettes. This is cca
1902 Georges Richard 10HP Two-Seater
as seen on the Brighton Veteran Run and entered by a Belgian owner.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:  1905
Singer 12'14HP Two-Seater
An unusual period photo received from Alun
Pugh of Leeds (UK)
saying "You have helped me ID many postcards of classic cars in
the past but here`s something unusual.... A glass negative. Any ideas?
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We inverted the negative to a positive and added a bit of sepia; lovely
photo. Regretfully no registration to aid dating. Square radiator with
a round inner circle is a sign of the British Singer Company. This is a
modernised cca
1905 Singer 12'14HP Two-seater,
2.4L Aster engine.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1906
Wolseley Siddley Charabanc
Rather splendid photo received from Mark
Dawber (New
Zealand) investigating a Vehicle from a
series of pictures relating to the Whakatane Hotel in Whakatane, on the
North Island of New Zealand,
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Whakatane Hotel dates back to 1895 and was by the ferry terminal on the
Malata side of the River. The car is British and has three rows of
seats, so early Charabanc. Round badge. Lip to perimeter of the rad. A
couple of our experts agree it seems to be cca
1906 Wolseley Siddley.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1907
Daimler 35 or 45 HP Charabanc
Rather splendid photo received from Mark
Dawber (New
Zealand) investigating a Vehicle from a
series of pictures relating to the Whakatane Hotel in Whakatane, on the
North Island of New Zealand,
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Whakatane Hotel dates back to 1895 and was by the ferry terminal on the
Malata side of the River. Car is a Charabanc with three rows of seats.
Radiator suggests a Daimler and dumbirons suggest a relatively early
model, perhaps a cca
1907 Daimler 35 or 45 HP,
Charabanc Body.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1908
White Steamer Model H
Surfing through the internet in attempting to
identify old vehicles we often come across photographs or
old Postcards of very interesting ancient machinery which has not yet
been identified, so we have a go ! As photo may be on more than one
website we may not be able to attribute the origin. --
Quite an unusual car being a
cca 1908 White Steamer, probably Model H.
White Motor co made over 10,000 steamers before changing over to Petrol
in 1911. Recently made busses to 1980.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1909
Talbot 25 Tourer
Surfing through the internet in attempting to
identify old vehicles we often come across photographs or
old Postcards of very interesting ancient machinery which has not yet
been identified, so we have a go ! As photo may be on more than one
website we may not be able to attribute the origin. --
This one shows a lovely bay Sumner, New Zealand, (dated
1880 to 1920) showing a small cca 1909 Talbot
Tourer, probably a 25HP
model. Talbot were British, with French Clement origin.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: c1910
Ford Model T Touring
Rather splendid photo received from Mark
Dawber (New
Zealand) investigating a Vehicle from a
series of pictures relating to the Whakatane Hotel in Whakatane, on the
North Island of New Zealand,
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Whakatane Hotel dates back to 1895 and was by the ferry terminal on the
Malata side of the River. The car is American and looks quite celan and
new, poss dating photo. Transverse spring helps to identify a Ford
Model T, no front doors and no bonnet
louvres to the period 1908-1910.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1914
Monopole 269cc Motorcycle
Very interesting photo received from
Stewart Would in Rolston, East Yorkshire (UK),
Bike has Hull registration with a logo that he does not recognise.
-- Lots of
research went into NOT coming up with the answer, until Geoff Morris
suggested this is a Monopole. Monopole made motorcycles in Foleshill,
Coventry from 1902 with gaps to 1927. As this one has no gears and has
a Villiers Mk 1 engine, it is likely latest cca 1916 Monopole 269cc
Motorcycle. No dating help from the registration.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1914
Star 50'60cw Flatbed Lorry
Rather splendid photo received from Mark
Dawber (New
Zealand) investigating a lorry from a
series of pictures in an exhibition called 'Colourising the Hutt' - the
Hutt being the outer parts of Wellington, the capital city of NZ.
-- Fantastic
colourising by Brendan Graham. Love the rust tint to the body.
Star badge rather gives the game away but needed help from our Star
experts to pin this down from the metal wheels to a cca
1914 Star 50'60cwt 20.1 HP Flat Bed Lorry,
a la Marconi.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1914
Clement Bayard 10'12 Two-Seater
A bunch of interesting photos posted on
the AACA website by Deej (Soudi Arabia)
saying his step-father has a sizeable
collection of vintage and veteran cars but has not kept detailed
records, so could anybody help in precise identification." --
Good photo of the bonnet would help in dating but from what is visible,
the smooth line from the bulkhead to
radiator, the small square doors with edging and with small
hinges, would suggest a cca
1913/14 Clement Bayard 10'12 Two-Seater.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1916
International Model F Charabanc
Surfing through the internet in attempting to
identify old vehicles we often come across photographs or
old Postcards of very interesting ancient machinery which has not yet
been identified, so we have a go ! As photo may be on more than one
website we may not be able to attribute the origin. --
This one shows an interesting charabanc at Blockouse Bay, in Auckland,
New Zealand. Coal-scuttle bonnet and rear radiator, but this is
USA cca 1916 International Charabanc poss Model F.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
c1917 Ford Model T Touring
A bunch of interesting photos posted on
the AACA website by Deej (Soudi Arabia)
saying his step-father has a sizeable
collection of vintage and veteran cars but has not kept detailed
records, so could anybody help in precise identification." --
Good photo of the bonnet would help in dating but from what is visible,
namely that there would seem to be no conventional front springs, that
the bonnet is rounded and it has a 40'60 windscreen, this is a cca
1916'17 Ford Model T Touring.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: c1918
Brinton White Knight
A very puzzling photo received from
Richard Perrin (UK)
saying "You kindly confirmed identification of a 1910
Gladiator once owned by my Gt Uncle. I now enclose photo of Cecil
Brinton of Brintons Carpets. Car?"
-- Was
very difficult because car is a one-off built by Cecil Brinton in
Kiddermister being a c1918 Brinton White Knight Two-Seater based on a
BSA/Daimler chassis and a Daimler Silent knight 2 L engine. See article
by Mike Worthington-Williams, December 1988 in
"The Automobile".
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1919
Singer 10 with Dickey
Another fuzzy puzzling photo sent to us by Jason
Palmer, Melbourne, (Australia) saying
he recently purchased this
photograph and has not been able to identify the vehicle. " It is
obviously a light car, I believe of English manufacture. No similar
matches have been located in the reference books." --
A couple of our experts have agreed that this is a cWW1 Singer. The
horisontal seam on the upper rad housing and badge confirms. Reg is
1919 London. This is a cca
1919 Singer 10 with Dickey.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1921
Rolls Royce Silver Ghost
An unusual period photo received from Alun
Pugh of Leeds (UK)
saying "You have helped me ID many postcards of classic cars in
the past but here`s something unusual.... a glass negative. Any light
on the attached undated car? --
We have inverted and tinted. 0ur Rolls expert Tom Clarke advises a cca
1921 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Park Ward Two Door All-weather,
poss chassis 58NE, was in Australia post 1930, before going to the USA
in 1960, and later to France still with this same body.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1923 Citroen Model C 5HP Tourer
A bunch of interesting photos posted on
the AACA website by Deej (Soudi Arabia)
saying his step-father has a sizeable
collection of vintage and veteran cars but has not kept detailed
records, so could anybody help in precise identification." --
Useful to be able to see the registration plate which looks as if the
car came from Britain. If so, registration XO 1344, if UK, is London
County Council about June 1923. The car is French, a cca 1923 Citroen
Model C 5HP Tourer (5CV, 7.5HP).
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1923
FIAT 501 Spyder
A lovely period photo received from
Matthew McKinnon (New Zealand)
saying "Photo was shot in New Zealand near Christchurch in the
early/mid-1920s. The car belonged to an ancestor who lived in the area. --
Interesting photo showing an unusually bodied car made in Turin, Italy,
by Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino founded in 1899. This is a
cca 1923 FIAT 501 Spyder. The 501
range including S and SS was made 1919 to 1926, 1460 cc 23 BHP. A
FIAT success designed by a lawyer.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1924
Buick 6 Five-Passenger Sedan
Photograph posted on the PreWarCar website by John Rampling (UK)
asking if anybody can identify the car in the photo taken in Barnstaple
about 1930 possibly. --
Registration seems DD 810 which would be Gloucester County Council cca
1924. Barnstaple is not that far away being near Exmoor National Park.
The car is a Buick with the updated radiator so post 1923 and nickel
plated, and nickel strip to scuttle. This would therefore seem to be a cca
1924 Buick Six Five Passenger Sedan.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1928
Morris Oxford Greengrocer Van
Rather grainy photo received from Chris
Bibby (UK)
of the Bibby Coach Holidays fame saying "This is my family firm's
first business venture, am I right in thinking this is an Austin and
can you give any details or possible age of vehicle. Many thanks. --
Sorry not Austin but another popular UK manufacturer. Registration is
West Riding of Yorkshire CC c1928, so this seems cca
1928 Morris Oxford Light Van modified
to be a Greengrocer Van with old-fashioned cab and fitted with a
radiator blind.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1930 Citroen AC4 Berline
A lovely photo received from Michael
Stotter (UK)
saying "Is it possible to identify
the car in the photograph attached? The man in the black suit is my
maternal great-grandfather John Henry Osborn and the chap on his right
is identified on the back simply as "Jack" who was the owner
of the car. Any help would be appreciated please.
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French car possibly built in Britain because Citroen had opened a
factory in Slough in 1926. Six stud wheels suggesting that this is a
cca 1930 Citroen AC4 Berline.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1935
Krupp Double Decker Bus
Surfing through the internet in attempting to
identify old vehicles we often come across photographs or
old Postcards of very interesting ancient machinery which has not yet
been identified, so we have a go ! As photo may be on more than one
website we may not be able to attribute the origin. --
This one shows a cca
1935 Krupp Double Decker Bus and a cca
1934 Adler Trumph 1.7 Saloon in Berlin Germany during the 1936 Olympic
Games. Note the swastika flags and a Lowenbrau ad.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1936
ERA R6B Voiturette Racer
Very small photo in my
wife's family albums (UK) believed
put together by her late father; a Major in the
Western Desert in WW2 and connected with the the clandestine Long Range Desert
Group. Lots of tank transporters and Egyptian pyramids, and a postage
stamp photo believed taken at Brooklands.
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Brooklands motor racing circuit closed in 1939 so photos must be
before. This is a cca
1936 ERA R6B Voiturette Racing Car.
ERA 'English Racing Automobiles' were made 1933 to 1954.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:c1947
Boitel 3CV Populaire
Photograph received from regular
contributor Joao Ferreira (Portugal)
asking for help in identifying this car on behalf of a
friend. The This
photo is showing the late father-in-law in a mystery car taken probably in Austria during the
fifties. -- We
were unable to identify the car and had marked it UNKNOWN on HP 68.
However we have now been advised by Varun Coutinho that he thinks it is
a
cca 1946'8 Boitel 3CV Populaire, 2-Cyl made 1938'1950 by Automobiles
Boitel - Paris, France. Thanks!
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:Unidentified
c1921 Tourer
Very puzzling photo sent to us by Jason
Palmer, Melbourne, (Australia) saying
he recently purchased this
photograph and has not been able to identify the vehicle. Magnifying
the radiator badge shows script name (not clearly) - like a
Coy...?? --
He is not alone. We have sent photo to all our experts and two have
strongly suggested a Wolseley and one has suggested a Crouch. The
radiator does not seem to suit either, but we have nothing better to
offer. Registration is 1921 Salop (Shropshire
CC).
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