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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1897 Goddeu Tandem
Fascinating photo found on the AACA website
posted by West Peterson (USA)
asking for identification. We were lucky to find web pictures and
contact previous owner who confirmed it was one-off cca
1897 Goddeu Tandem. Goddeu was
also the inventor of the paper staple. The Tandem has a rear boxer twin
and two clutch/gear transmission, being his patent test bed for his
automotive ideas and was used to assure his investors his ideas would
work. Un-restored, and maintained all it's life.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:cca1900
Clement Panhard Dos-ŕ-dos
Alan Baker (UK)
sent this photo to the Automobile magazine requesting identification.
The photo shows a neighbour's Grandparents in approx 1902. -- We
are relatively sure that this is cca
1900 Clement Panhard design. The bodywork is Dos-ŕ-dos. In
view of this, and as it was photographed in Glasgow, it could also well
be a "Stirling 5HP Light Dogcart". Clement Panhard cars were
distributed in the UK by Stirlings of Edinburgh, called Stirling
Panhard, Clement Stirling or just Stirling.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1903 Waltham Orient Buckboard
One of a number of very interesting photos
submitted by Cartom Weaving showing vehicles in the 20s and 30s
Scandinavia, for which he is seeking identification and dating. -- This one
shows a very unusual cca
1903 Waltham Orient Buckboard
made by a company formed in 1897 for manufacture of the Orient bicycle.
Basic, it has no springing, relying on planks of wood forming the floor
to provide the flexing. Single cylinder, rear mounted 4hp petrol engine directly
coupled to axle.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1905 Humber Tonneau
Unusual photo received from Sylvia Murphy (Australia).
Location is Bombay, India and the driver is a Harry Soundy, born 1863
& died 1922. With him are his sister Kate, in back, step mother and
sister Elsie. As Elsie married in September 1906 and Harry married in
1907, the photo was probably taken before then. Harry was a photographer
and ran a major studio in Bombay. It is likely that he had the picture
coloured. --The car is a cca
1905 Humber 8/10 Tonneau. This rad. for one year only.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1911 Cotton Tourer
Fascinating rare photos received from
Laurie Kathage, of Brisbane (Australia)
advising that he owns a 1911
Cotton Tourer. Only about 15 of these
cars were made, by Rennie & Prosser in Glasgow, Scotland on behalf
of Cotton Motor Car Co, Brisbane. Designed by an Australian landowner
Alfred Cotton who needed a vehicle to cross very inhospitable terrains.
The car had high ground clearance and a patented engine driven forward
winch. Engine was White & Poppe 12/25HP OHV.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1911 Lancia Delta
Interesting photo received from Gabor
Radocz & Andreas Born (Hungary?) asking
for our help in the identification of the car in the photo. The
photo was taken in a European country now called Slovenia, near the city
of Tržic (Loiblpass). Alpine car races were held here from the
early 1900's, and are still being held today. The picture was perhaps
taken around the 1910's. -- The
image is too small to identify positively as little detail
available but we think a cca1911
Lancia Delta or Epsilon.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1912
Stearns-Knight Tourer
Cinema screen grab received from Mark
Dawber (New Zealand) of a car which
appeared in a '28 film called 'Show People' and being investigated on
IMCDB. -- Photo deserves more
than just a passing glance as it is fitted with a very unusual device
called the Eveready Automatic Engine Starter. Friends at the AACA advise
unit has a self re-winding
after start heavy-duty spring, released by a pedal. This was an after
market accessory. The car is a cca
1912 Stearns-Knight Five Passenger Tourer.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1913 RCH Touring
One of a number of very interesting photos
submitted by Cartom Weaving showing vehicles in the 20s and 30s
Scandinavia, for which he is seeking identification and dating. --
This one shows a cca
1913 RCH, a car made by Hupp after he
walked out of Huppmobile and after they took him to court for continued
use of his own name. RCH Corporation was an initial success with many
thousands of cars sold and/or ordered, but the company was
undercapitalised and had closed down by 1915.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1913 Car in Cairo
Another photo received from
Mahmoud Ezzeldin
(Egypt) requesting
identification. Unfortunately the photo
is far too small. It is not normally
possible to accurately identify early cars by their bodywork. Bodies
are by external coachwork companies. Fashions would make bodies look
similar. Same bodies could have been fitted on a number of different
makes of cars. We need big resolution
photo scans especially showing
radiator and the bonnet.
Possibly a 1907/8 FIAT Landaulette.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1914 NAG Landaulette
Request received from Mark Dawber (New
Zealand) to have a go at
identifying a photo on OldClassicCar site. Photo had been submitted by
Ann requesting identification. - We
are relatively sure this is a
cca 1914 NAG Landaulette. Neue
Automobil Geselleschaft was a German company from Berlin, part of AEG
who also made commerical vehicles. This car may have been a Taxi. The
picture may have been taken a few years after manufacture as unlikely to
be a German import post WW1.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1922 Rover Eight Two Seater
Photo received from James Walker (UK)
showing two unidentified women sitting in an unidentified car.
Grandmother went to New York [using Assisted Passage] in the 1905 to
1912 period, and married in Toronto, Canada, before returning to
the north coast of Wales where his half-aunty was born in 1913.
-- Granny's return to Wales was about 10 years before the car was
made. The car is a British cca
1922 Rover Eight Two Seater. About 17,000
made 1919 and 1925. British tax disc.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1922 Jewett Touring
Lovely evocative photo received from Erich
Bruckner (USA). His
mother thinks the photo was taken about 1922. His great grandfather was
working on a construction project called the Hetch Hetchy Project,
building a power plant in Moccasin California to supply power to San Francisco.
The project started in 1921. One of his grandmother's friends had this
car and was the only young person around who had a car. This is a
relatively unusual cca
1922 Jewett Touring, follow-on of the
Paige.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1923
Standard Two Seat Tourer
One of two new photos received from David
Hillman (Switzerland)
after
we identified the Ariel car for him. There is no background to this
picture but we have been asked to provide our expertise in identifying
the vehicle shown. -- The
rounded peaked radiator but with flat bonnet is the giveaway. The car is cca
1923 Standard SLO Two Seat Tourer. The
dating is helped on this one with the radiator matrix going round the
sides. Unusual disc wheels and low windscreen. Bodywork 'town' names.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1923 Studebaker Light 6
One of three photos received from Scott
Fagg of Bayside Vehicle Restorers Club, Brisbane
(Australia)
passed to him by a friend who helps a local historical society date
photos based on fashions and cars. These photos have them stumped. They
believe the photos were taken in Australia, so could be Australian built
bodies on foreign running gear. --
With the assistance of our friends at the AACA we are relatively sure
this is a cca
1923 Studebaker Light 6.
Interesting wooded background.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1923/4 Mercedes 1.5LSports
Two more small photos received from Mahmoud Ezzeldin
(Egypt) asking for
identification. Both photos show Prince Abass Halim of the Egyptian
royal family, grandson of Prince Mohamed Abdel-Halim and son of Mohamed
Ali, the founder of the dynasty. Seems he was a bit of a maverick having
organised workers unions and strikes, being stripped of his royal titles
and fighting for Turkish and German armies in WW1. The car
in this photo appears to be a
1923/24 Mercedes 1.5L Sports.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1924 Steyr Type 5 Tourer
One of a number of very interesting photos
submitted by Cartom Weaving showing vehicles in the 20s and 30s
Scandinavia, for which he is seeking identification and dating. --
This one has a very striking car with two
military gentlemen in it. The car features the very fashionable 'spitzkuhler'
pointed radiator much then in favour with German Austrian and Italian
car manufacturers. This is in fact an Austrian
1924 Steyr Type 5
Tourer.
Became Stayer-Daimler-Puch. Makes war tanks today !
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1923 Nash Touring
One of three photos received from Scott
Fagg of Bayside Vehicle Restorers Club, Brisbane (Australia)
passed to him by a friend who helps a local historical society date
photos based on fashions and cars. These photos have them stumped. --
We are not sure on this one. Accessory
Hayes wire wheels with 5 lugs so possibly a very unusual Earl (1922-23
revamped Briscoe) or more probably a cca
1923 Nash Touring.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1924 Dodge Brothers Touring
One of three photos received from Scott
Fagg of Bayside Vehicle Restorers Club, Brisbane (Australia)
passed to him by a friend who helps a local historical society date
photos based on fashions and cars. These photos have them stumped. They
believe the photos were taken in Australia, so could be Australian built
bodies on foreign running gear. --
With the assistance of our friends at the AACA we think this one
is probably a 1924-5
Dodge Brothers Touring as it has the
bulkhead lights.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1927
Morris Oxford Tourer
One of two new photos received from David
Hillman (Switzerland)
after
we identified the Ariel car for him. Seems we are the talk of the
village ! There is no background to this picture but we have been asked
to provide our expertise in identifying the vehicle shown. -- We
thought it could be a Morris Empire or a Swift and our Chas Moody
confirmed that this one is a cca
1927 Morris Oxford Tourer (Sept
1927 to August 1928; five stud wheels, swaged mudguards,
dished spoke steering wheel).
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1928 Durant Sport Roadster
Another cinema screen grab received from
Mark Dawber (New Zealand), this one
of a car which appeared in a film called '“If I Had a Million”
starring WC Fields.
-- Assistance
provided by the AACA, which needed
peripheral thinking. The car must have done a number of 'takes', as it
had a bash in the back. It is a cca
1928 Durant DeLuxe Sport Roadster but without all the chrome
embellishments over the radiator matrix. This must
have broken and had been fully removed.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1931 Chrysler CM6 Sport Roadster
Another small photo received from
Mahmoud Ezzeldin
(Egypt) for
identification. Photo shows the famous Syrian/Egyptian
Singer/Actress "Asmahan”. Asmahan and one of her friends were
later killed in an auto accident in 1944. The car had gone out of
control and drove into the Nile. It was suspected that the accident was
the work of the "British Intelligence" or "German
Gestapo"; there were rumors about her association with both! -
The car is a c1931
Chrysler CM6 Sport Roadster.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1936 Royal Enfild Model L
One of a number of very interesting photos
submitted by Cartom Weaving showing vehicles in the 20s and 30s
Scandinavia, for which he is seeking identification and dating. --
This one has the rider in clothes and pose
very reminiscent of Marlon Brando in the Wild Ones. Interestingly, Brando had a British
motorcycle in the film, a Triumph twin. This chap also has a British
bike, a
cca 1936 Royal Enfield Model L
500cc. The car in background is a rather racy French cca 1924
Voisin C5.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1950s
Austin 7 Cambridge Special
Enquiry received from Gianfranco Carbini from
(Italy)
saying he is considering purchasing an 'Austin Barchetta Seven Tourer
special 1953' but does not have a picture of it. Could we help?
-- Our Austin Seven
racer John Caddy found a reference in a 1958 book "Austin 7
specials" by Bill Williams of 'Cambridge Engineering' which shows
two different photographs of Cambridge
Specials. Barchetta' translates to a
'roadster', 'tourer' suggests a 'convertible' with a roof and
windscreen.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1950s
Austin 7 Hamblin Cadet Special
Saga on the Gianfranco Carbini from (Italy)
continues with a very blurry photo of the car he is considering purchasing.
He called it a Cambridge but from the photos, our Austin Seven racer John Caddy and others from the 750 Club think the car strongly
resembles a Hamblin
Cadet body. These were manufactured in
Sherborne in Dorset and marketed in London at Super Accessories who
commissioned or were sole agents for the Cambridge. The
Cadet body was an early exercise in glass fibre.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: cca
1939 Adler Trumpf 2L
A rather fuzzy and shaken photo received from
Mahmoud Ezzeldin
(Egypt) saying he
has been organising classic car events in Egypt for the past 5
years www.classicpassions.com.
He is having trouble identifying this car and kindly asks our help.
"Thank you for creating such an amazing website. Will surely be
sending a lot more in the future."- Thanks
for your kind words. We have had a go at repairing the photo and can
advise that this is a German cca 1939 Adler Trumpf 2 Lt.
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H E L P IS NEEDED PLEASE !
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normally do succeed in identifying practically all vehicle photos which
we receive. Occasionally some photos may take time and very occasionally
we get stuck. Clicking on the photo
on the right opens the page
containing some photos we are yet to crack ! Any
help would be very much appreciated.
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