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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 photo 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: 1859
Rickett Steam Carriage
Our Publicity Officer Tony Russell (UK)
wondered if we knew what this one was? -- This
is cca
1859 Steam Carriage built by
Thomas Rickett who was the Foundry Manager of the Castle Foundry,
Buckingham, UK. This was the third one ordered, by Earl of
Caithness for £190, and is shown driving it with his wife. It was
a three wheeler, two cylinder 3400cc, chain drive with reverse and
brakes. It was steered by tiller, did 19mph. Rickett at back
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:c1902
Adler Type 2 Vis-a-Vis
Puzzling photo received from Par Sorlinden
(Sweden) which
according to a newspaper article came to Sweden around 1898. It has a
De Dion-Bouton engine. Wondering if you have any idea of what
make the car is? -- Our
veterans expert Ariejan Bos advises
early Adler. In Werner Oswald book only Type 1 (1900-1903) had a
vertical steering column, but Ariejan has them on up to type 8
(1902-1904). This is likely Adler Type 2
which had 2 parallel
sets of horizontal louvres, (1901-03).
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:c1903
Lacoste & Battmann Product
Another puzzling photo received from Par Sorlinden
(Sweden) of
an automobile, taken in Sweden. Perhaps it could be either Star,
Napier, or Panhard? -- Another
for our veterans expert Ariejan Bos who advises
that it is a classic example of a cca
1903 Lacoste & Battmann product
whose cars were sold under many names in UK and abroad: Regal,
Canterbury, Cupelle, Achilles, Speedwell and at least a dozen more.
Perhaps a contemporary Swedish advert may produce local a name ?
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:Probably
1906 FIAT Tourer
Another couple of requests for identification of a vehicles
received from our regular contributor Joao Ferreira
(Portugal). Can we help with the
identification of this car on which he has no ideas. --
Nothing much to get our teeth
into but our Ariejan Bos deduced that bonnet and chain drive point
to Mercedes, Berliet or Fiat. Dumb irons rule Mercedes out, wheel
hubs rule Berliet out, leaving FIAT, possibly the 1905 24-32 hp
model , or
the 1906 24-40 hp
model, basically the follow-up of 1905
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1907 Spyker 30'42 Double Phaeton
Another couple of requests for identification of a vehicles
received from our regular contributor Joao Ferreira
(Portugal). The first one seemed Delaunay but he could not
find one to match. "Congratulations for your work !"
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Number companies made a circular bonnet on both sides of the
Atlantic. This one is European, but not French, instead from
Amsterdam in Holland. Has a long bonnet so is likely the big
cca 1907 Spyker 30'42 Double Phaeton.
Company closed 1926. Supercar in 1999. |
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1907 Darracq on
1908 De Dion Lorry
Another curious photo sent to us by Timothy
Martin (USA)
of a lorry carrying a car that he cannot identify. English scene
not French? -- Houses
all have shutters which is not common at all in the UK, so
probably it is France. The lorry is a De Dion Bouton
and it has
not got the round Solex rad, is likely pre 1909, longish so possibly the
4.5 Ton. The tyre-less car on the back of it is a cca 1907
Darracq Landaulette with an extremely unusual rad top which was
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1909
Panhard & Levassor 18CV
Another curious photo sent to us by Timothy
Martin (USA)
via Mark Dawber of a chain driven car. Suggestions of not much to go
on. A French postcard but not necessarily a French car. -- French
postcard would likely show French car. Primary recognition
feature is the 'funnel shape' radiator filler cap. This normally
points to one of the first car manufacturers in 1887 in the world,
in Paris France. This is a cca 1909 Panhard & Levassor 18CV
Double Phaeton, 4 cylinder engine of 4072cc. |
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1910
Berkshire Roadster
Puzzling postcard poasted on the AACA
website by Oldford from Hudson
(USA) which
he has had for over 30 years and has yet to identify it. On the
back, written in pencil is Houpt-Rockwell? -- No!
This reached us via Mark Dawber and we sent to Ariejan Bos who
advised it took him two days but can say it is a
cca
1910 Berkshire
Roadster built in Pittsfield MA, prop so likely Model E 35HP.
Started 1904, closed 1907; restarted 1909, revitalized 1910;
finished 1912. About 150 cars made. |
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1910
Plymouth 40HP Touring
Another very curious photo sent to us by Timothy
Martin (USA)
via Mark Dawber of a car with a strange hump on the bonnet. -- Not
familiar so first thought perhaps a steamer as had whistle?
However our Ariejan Bos had seen it before and advised it was a cca
1910 Plymouth 40HP Touring with
Wisconsin engine. Bonnet is a petrol tank and hump is 8"
filler cap so it coud be filled from a 3 gal bucket! Prototype
made by Plymouth Trucke Co of Plymouth Ohio. No connection with
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1910
Belsize 14'16 Landaulette
Lovely photo received from Andy in
Sheffield (UK) which
he had purchased recently in Sheffield. Can we help to identify this
car. -- Yes
indeed, a British made car, manufactured at Belsize Woks,
Manchester, by company initially Marshall & Co making cars in 1897.
Changed name to Belsize Motors in 1906. This one is a medium sized car,
a cca
1910 Belsize 14'16 Landaulette
frequently used as a taxi, which this may be as driver has a white
chauffeur's uniform and white hat. Defunct 1925.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1911 Star 15HP
Tourer
Our regular contributor Mark Dawber (New Zealand) is trying
to identify the vehicle on the photo taken in the Nelson, New
Zealand circa 1912. --
Couple of our Star experts agree this is a cca 1911 Star 15HP
Tourer, later referred to as 15/20, and found second photo from
Wellington Library on the same car/journey:
" Sportsman awheel in Nelson, 1912. Joe Cochrane's taxi is a
Star, his passengers include two jockeys, a publican and press
representative", all of them looking a wee bit merry! |
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1912
LGOC Type B Open Top Bus
Interesting photo pointed out by our
Publicity Officer Tony Russell (UK)
in a dark corner of the Dog & Duck in Outwood, and wondered what
the small car was? -- So
this is a photo-of-a-photo taken from behind glass and subsequently
much worked on to show details. It turns out to be a double-decker bus
coming out of Godstone towards Reigate. From the form of the humpy
shape radiator and the coachwork this is a cca
1912 LGOC/AEC Type B Open Top Bus. 900
such busses used in WW1 action!
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1913
La Buire Roadster
Another lovely photo received from Andy in
Sheffield (UK) which
he had purchased recently in Yorkshire. Can we help identify this
car. -- Wheel
hub appears to have the town name of Lyon on it. Lyon is in France so
this limits choice of manufacturers. Wheelhub has a two word name, one
seems ' La '. Two banks of 4 louvres but still having a flat radiator
suggests a
cca 1913 La Buire Roadster. Could be
Model 8500 12HP or 9500 16HP. Formed 1905, closed but restated
1909; liquidated in 1930,
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1918 Grant Model G Standard Touring
Interesting photo received from Seiyu
Hosono (USA) of
his grandfather driving his car with a white hat in Taipei, Taiwan most
likely around 1915-1925. RHD car perhaps because Taiwan was a
Japanese colony? -- Very
difficult one which took much searching and and assistance from the
AACA. Thought initially as perhaps a Paige but identified by our
Ariejan Bos as a 1918 Grant Model G Standard Touring made in Findlay
Ohio, USA. Company lasted 1913 to 1922. Sold in UK as
Whiting-Grant.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1925
Fiat 505 Torpedo
Lovely photo sent to us by Al Medrano from
South Carolina (USA)
of his wife's grandparents in Indonesia. He would like to know the make
and possibly year of the car. -- Interesting
one because the car is Italian, made in Turin by the Fabbrica Italiana
Automobili Torino. Squarish bonnet and radiator, large body and has
front brakes so has to be a cca
1925 Fiat 505 Torpedo tourer, Series
Two. The earlier version had a rounded bonnet and was a development of
the 501. 30,000 made.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:Radiator surround c1930 Talbot K75
Puzzling photo received from Adrian Fox
(???) asking
if we can assist in identifying the vehicle for this radiator surround.
Item is brass and has name Chausson on lower part. -- Chausson
were major French radiator and coacbwork manufacturer who also later
dabbled in cars. This rad/badge shape was very French and confirmed by
one of our sages as a
cca 1930 Talbot
K75. At this time Antonio Lago
was buying Talbot France from STD UK. Rad should be Chrome. Chausson
shut down 2000.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:Modified
cca 1931 Willys 6'90 Coupe
Very puzzling photo received from Ron
Severs (UK) of
a car photographed in Italy. No other info. -- Why
RHD in Italy? Pretty but something strange about it. Our Ariejan Bos
suggests it is a modified
cca 1931 Willys 6'90 Coupe. Mascot and
hubs correct, modern shocks, but has been substantially lowered
evidenced from no lower section to bonnet and number of horisontal
louvres short! Unusual cab/rear trunk arrangement but similar 97 was
bodied by Hojer Denmark as cabriolet.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1934 Mercedes Benz Type 200 Lang
Cinema screen grab taken from a Russian TV
Series "Po zakonam voennogo vremeni" (According to the
laws of Wartime) made 2015/19, and where cars are being investigated by
IMCDB. -- German
car, long body big hubcaps so is probably the cca 1934 Mercedes Benz
Type 200 Lang Limousine. Type number W21. This was a development of the
W15 Type 170, and which grew a longer chassis in 1934 which
included the Pullman. Originally 1961cc six, grew in 1936 to 2229cc.
Became W143.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1935
Audi Front 225 Special Cabriolet
Another interesting photo sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia)
who is collector of old photos. Can we identify this vehicle on a photo
which belongs to a friend who asks to identify it. No date to photo. -- Difficult
angle and with not much of the front to see. However there seems to be
a arrow shaped logo on the wheelshub which suggests this is an
Audi. The hubs are big and the spare wheel is not encased so thi
is probab;ly a cca
1935 Audi Front 225 Special Cabriolet.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1936
Ford V8 Tudor Sedan
Difficult photo sent to us by Gil
Meilleur, Winnipeg (Canada) of
a an old car which he has not been able to identify. Obviously,
from the tree that has grown through the vehicle, it has been
there for a long long time. Hope we can help. -- First
thing to do was to do some virtual shrub clearance and body panel
beating. Then to contact our Mark Dawber for his suggestion. He
advised: It is probably cca 1936
Ford V8 Tudor. Same body on 1935-36 cars but the wings were more
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:1936
Wanderer W40 Cabriolet
Cinema screen grab taken from a
Lithuanian (USSR) film " Tiltas" (The Bridge) made in
1956
where cars are being investigated by IMCDB. World War Two German occupation
of Lithuania 1941 to 45. --
This is a German car in the luxury class which had design input by
Ferdinand Porsche, and was made by Auto Union. Originally the W22,
later the W40, this has vertical rad, so is a
cca
1936 Wanderer W 40 Two-door Four-seater Cabriolet
with a 1950cc six cylinder. In 1945
became Audi.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:c1951
EMW 340 Saloon
Another interesting photo sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia)
who is collector of old photos. Can we identify this. -- Difficult
angle but the slope of the wing and bonnet is familiar. Car was German
but bit difficult to say from which bit of Germany. Consulted our fried
Raoul Rainer in Stuttgart who confirmed this was from the East.
This is a cca 1951 EMW 340 Saloon made in Eisenach. The mudguards are
unique to EMW which was a developed from the pre-war BMW 326.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
c1955 Moskvich 401-420 Saloon
Cinema screen grab taken from a Russian TV
Series "Po zakonam voennogo vremeni" (According to the
laws of Wartime) made 2015/19, and where cars are being investigated by
IMCDB. -- Russian
car, manufactured by Moscovskiy Zavod Malolitrazhnyh Avtomobiley, in
Moscow, chosen by Stalin and based on Opel Kadett (and similar Renault
Juvaquatre). Nearly 500,000 made, this seems from the second series,
so post 1954, and so would be a cca
1955 Moskvich 401-420 Saloon.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:c1970
Mercedes Benz type O302 Coach
Another puzzling photo sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia)
who is collector of old photos. Can we identify this vehicle probably
photographed in Austria. -- Does
appear Austrian registration from Vienna. This style of reg was in use
1947 to 1989. Regretfully we do not have info on the numbering system
so cannot be more accurate. The coach is a Mercedes
Benz type O 302 which was in
production from 1965 to 1974. 32,000 busses were
manufactured, four engine sizes.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1972
Cadillac Coupe deVille
Lovely photo sent to us by Paul Varga
(Australia)
of a lovely long car parked in front of imposing buildings in
NYC. No other info. Can we help identify the car in the attached image. -- Quite
a modern car so slightly outside our period.
The mascot on the radiator looked a bit like Cadillac so we asked
our 'Americans' expert in New Zealand, Mark Dawber, for his
thoughts. He advised it is a cca
1972 Cadillac Coupe deVille. 1971
and 1972 cars are near identical but in 1972 badge was on rear
pillar. |
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